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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.

Ideas for Travis Park unveiled

May 24, 2013 08:31pm

A pocket dog park, food trucks on a more regular basis and ping pong tables are among the ideas for Travis Park which New York-based urban consultants Project for Public Spaces presented to the public on Wednesday night. Most of the ideas they presented focus on park activation, not redesign. “Nothing here is permanent,” PPS [...]

Underground parking could be in the mix for HemisFair

May 22, 2013 06:36pm

This drawing show a temporary parking lot between the Tower of the Americas and the Institute of Texan Cultures. If you build it, they will come. But where are they going to park? In “Field of Dreams,” the mystical baseball diamond resulted in a winding traffic jam as far as the eye — or the [...]

Food trucks to occupy Madison Square Park, Alamo Plaza in the evening

May 22, 2013 04:59pm

The downtown mobile food truck program is going mobile. Part of the program placed food trucks at Travis Park in the evenings once a month. Tonight, the trucks move to Madison Square Park, 400 Lexington Ave., 6-9 p.m., with Apizza Mia and Silly Goose serving grub.

Band of the West to perform twice at Arneson

May 22, 2013 04:58pm

The United States Air Force Band of the West kicks off Memorial Day weekend with a pair of shows at the Arneson River Theatre. The band's Gateway Brass section will perform popular and patriotic music from 7-8 p.m. Thursday. And the Southwest Winds will perform a similar program 10-11:30 a.m. Friday. Both concerts are free. The USAF Band of the West is based at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

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Downtown Street Closures for Memorial Day Weekend

May 27, 2011

Upcoming downtown events and construction activity will require temporary street closures. Motorists will be diverted as the City closes several streets to accommodate the activity.

KSAT: What would you do?

May 25, 2011

KSAT's undercover cameras catch reactions to a "drunk driver" including an Amigo who saved the day... http://www.ksat.com/news/28013365/detail.html

Express-news: Planning a Private Event

May 25, 2011

From the Express-news: It's the time of year for graduation parties, rehearsal dinners, wedding receptions and baby showers, and, of course, business meetings and dinners. We asked area restaurants to tell us about their private room option...

The Palm to honor Centro San Antonio Amigos in celebration of National Tourism Week

May 13, 2011

In celebration of National Tourism Week, The Palm San Antonio will host the Centro San Antonio Amigos for lunch on Friday May 13, 2011 in appreciation of their dedication to making downtown a clean and friendly destination for visitors and locals from near and far. While the Amigos are invited to dine al fresco, they will be looked over by not only The Palm’s attentive staff but the smiling “faces” of San Antonio’s leading businessmen, politicians and celebrities whose caricatures line the restaurant’s famed walls. Often called “the face of San Antonio,” themselves, the 65+ Amigos provide a host of services that improve downtown through the Ambassador, Streetscaping, and Maintenance programs.

Get Lost: New River Walk Smartphone Tour Invites Visitors to Get Lost in SA River Walk History

May 9, 2011

Using state-of-the-art technology that makes history accessible, Downtown Alliance and the City of San Antonio have developed the Hugman River Walk Tour – the only free interactive self-guided tour of the San Antonio River Walk. With a smart phone or pad device, visitors access the tour by scanning a quick response (QR) code to navigate along the internationally-recognized tourist attraction. The tour’s QR codes are found on the River Walk’s wayfinding and interpretive signs.

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