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The Express-News Downtown Blog
by Benjamin Olivio
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/downtown/

Below are the latest posts from the San Antonio Express-News blog on downtown. Click on the title to view the full post on the Express-News site.

Townhome owners upset at SAHA’s affordable housing proposal at former Victoria Courts site

May 17, 2013 03:11pm

Some residents of the Artisan Park Townhomes, located on the site of the former Victoria Courts, are concerned about a plan by the San Antonio Housing Authority to build more affordable housing than what was original planned. The residents say they purchased their homes with assurances by SAHA that more for-sale units would be built [...]

Open house to show potential of historic building

May 16, 2013 06:14pm

Center City Open House 201 W. Commerce St. 6 p.m. May 28 Free Most San Antonians remember the historic two-story building at 201 W. Commerce St. as having housed a Kress store. Most recently, it was home to the Melrose apparel store until closing in late 2010, early 2011. National convenience story chain 7-Eleven has [...]

Alamodome over the years

May 16, 2013 04:57pm

My fondest memory of the Alamodome is from 1999. It isn’t Sean Elliott’s “Memorial Day Miracle” for one reason: I wasn’t there to witness it. It was Game 1 of the ’99 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks. After the national anthem ended the place went dark. The music started and the disco lights [...]

Deciphering Sculley’s decision on Joske’s

May 15, 2013 04:07pm

City Manager Sheryl Sculley’s conceptual approval of the Joske’s hotel fascinates me for several reasons. Download a copy of Sculley’s letter here. On the one hand, opponents of the proposal — the construction of a 20-story-plus high-rise hotel and timeshare above the historic Joske’s building — probably view Sculley’s move as a lose because it [...]

Downtown Alliance
Twitter Account

August, 2009

Downtown is just a click away

Aug 7, 2009

The Downtown Alliance of San Antonio (DTA) and Centro San Antonio (Centro) launched www.downtownsanantonio.org – a new Web site providing visitors, residents and business owners a wealth of online resources for navigating and exploring downtown San Antonio. Designed and produced by local, award-winning branding firm Toolbox Studios, Inc., the new site categorizes and maps downtown destinations using Google’s Map tools, and is poised to become the definitive online resource for the city center.