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FacebookTwitterEmail Boys Town took over the property in 1990 until it was purchased in 2020 by DPMiller Investments LLC in April 2020.Google Maps A member of the Miller family is firing up plans for a new 8-story residential tower in downtown San Antonio. Douglas Miller, part of the Bill Miller Bar-B-Q legacy, has submitted a proposal for 503 Urban Loop, a property he acquired in 2020 near UTSA's downtown campus. The San Antonio Business Journal was the first to report the news. According to documents filed with the City of San Antonio's Historic and Design Review Commission on May 5, Mill...
'Whiskey rectifier' held vital job in San Antonio's distilling industry in early 20th century FacebookTwitterEmail Gilbert Ryan O’Shaughnessy celebrates with family at his home at 220 Madison St. in the early 1900s. Gilbert Ryan - not to be confused with his son Gilbert, a musician who played with Jimmie’s Joys, the house band of the St. Anthony Hotel roof garden in the 1920s - spent close to three decades in the spirits trade, on the wholesale and retail sides and in manufacturing for his work as a rectifier, tasting and ensuring the quality of whiskey. He moved to San Antonio in 1901 an...