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Dream Song Tower is a metal public sculpture by San Antonio artist Cruz Ortiz, installed in late 2017 at Interstate 35 and Zarzamora Street on the South Side. A San Antonio Current public-art guide published in 2026 lists it at that corner.
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Dream Song Tower
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In late 2017 Dream Song Tower, a tepee-shaped metal sculpture by artist Cruz Ortiz, was installed on a city-owned corner at Interstate 35 and Zarzamora Street on San Antonio's South Side. The San Antonio Report, KSAT and the San Antonio Current gave its height as 60 feet; Texas Public Radio described a 70-foot tower.
Ortiz's cut-out lettering spells out Siempre Dreaming of You, a variation on a Selena lyric. The design also draws on South Side folklore, including a light-blue donkey figure for the Donkey Lady. Glasstire and KSAT reported birds and stars that move with the wind. Of the work Ortiz told KSAT: "This is a love letter to and from the Southside."
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A metal sculpture on a city-owned corner beside Interstate 35 and a railway line, reported in 2017 with new sidewalks and landscaping. Ortiz told Texas Public Radio it was probably one of the busiest intersections on the South Side; the San Antonio Current's 2026 public-art guide lists it there.
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At the corner of Interstate 35 and Zarzamora Street, San Antonio, on city-owned land beside a railway line, as reported in 2017 and listed by the San Antonio Current in 2026.
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