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848 5 minutes read On January 21, advocates for people-centered public housing in San Antonio received incredible news: the San Antonio Housing Authority canceled their contract with mega-developer NRP Group to demolish and redevelop the largest public housing complex in San Antonio, the Alazán Courts. The plan would have displaced over 1,200 low-income residents and boosted the ongoing effort to gentrify San Antonio’s historic Westside. The reversal is a sudden, unexpected victory for organizers who have struggled against privatization schemes for years. In addition, the CEO of SAHA re...

Online forum to highlight San Antonio's historic 'places of color' FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Mario Salas, former member of the San Antonio City Council, used to spend time at the Woolworth Building after its lunch counter became one of the first in the South to be racially integrated without protest or violence. The building could be reused as part of a new Alamo museum, or possibly demolished.Carlos Javier Sanchez /ContributorShow MoreShow Less 2of3 The recently discovered historic foundations of the circa-1875 chapel of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, now the second-oldest bla...

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...