Construction on Hemisfair park will start this fall, but mixed-use development around it may change
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Renderings of the Civic Park planned at Hemisfair.Courtesy of the Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp.Show MoreShow Less
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Renderings of the Civic Park planned at Hemisfair.Courtesy of the Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp.Show MoreShow Less
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The first phase of Civic Park is shown in green.Courtesy of the Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp.Show MoreShow Less
Work on a nine-acre public park at Hemisfair is expected to begin this fall, but officials are reassessing elements of a planned mixed-use development nearby, in part because of challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Editorial: Build on Houston s affordable housing successes. Don t take away the tools.
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To understand just how welcome the new luxury apartment complex is that’s rising at
the corner of West Dallas and Montrose, recall the fire that consumed the $50 million development at that site in 2014.
Seconds before the five-story structure collapsed in flames, a construction worker stuck on the top floor swung himself like
Spider-Man down to a lower balcony and then leapt off the railing into the arms of a waiting firefighter.
A welder’s torch had apparently sparked the fire, but the dramatic scene captured on video of the dangling worker and the smoking wreckage begged for interpretation as a symbol for Houston’s explosive boom and bust cycle. For years, Houston had ridden high on oil and gas while the rest of America was mired in the hangover from the 2008 Great Recession. Across Houston, aging garden apartments came down fast to make way for luxury towers
Skip to main content We can t do this : How 501 public housing units in San Antonio were suddenly spared destruction
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Kayla Miranda and fellow advocate Amelia Miranda watch the eviction of a resident Wednesday from Apache Courts, a neighboring complex of Alazán Courts, which SAHA plans to rebuild.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Community advocate Kayla Miranda, 37, talks with her daughter, Nadia, 16, at their Alazan-Apache Courts unit, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Miranda has been an outspoken person on the issue of the demolition of the courts and their redevelopment. With them is the family’s three-year-old dog, “Joy”.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
The fight over San Antonio s Alazan-Apache Courts shows different visions for the West Side Posted By Gus Bova, The Texas Observer on Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 10:34 AM click to enlarge Ben Olivo / SA Heron Alazán Courts resident Jacquline Caldwell speaks at a protest in front of SAHA headquarters late last year. On a Thursday in early November, nearly 70 San Antonians showed up via Zoom to address the board of the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), a quasi-governmental agency that oversees the city’s public housing and Section 8 vouchers. Due to the unusual volume of people, the board chair cut individuals’ speaking time from 3 minutes to a minute and a half. In 90-second bursts, often interrupted by technical difficulties, a st
Hixon-Cavender plans next phase of downtown San Antonio s Broadway mini-neighborhood click to enlarge Richard Webner The view from the Soto office building on Broadway.
Now that Hixon-Cavender has finished construction of the Soto office building, the local partnership looks to the next phase of the mini-neighborhood it is developing on a key stretch of Broadway linking downtown and the Pearl. Next up is a food-and-beverage market that will occupy two historic buildings behind the Soto and will include a courtyard for outdoor seating, said John Beauchamp, the chief investment officer for Hixon Properties. He calls it the Make-Ready Market, but that’s a tentative name.