Hemisfair '68 Archives - San Antonio Report http://sanantonioreport.org/tag/hemisfair-68/ Nonprofit journalism for an informed community Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:31:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sanantonioreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-SA_Report_Logo_512pxArtboard-1-32x32.jpg Hemisfair '68 Archives - San Antonio Report http://sanantonioreport.org/tag/hemisfair-68/ 32 32 172243930 Visitors bid farewell as UTSA shutters 50-year home of Institute of Texan Cultures at Hemisfair https://sanantonioreport.org/utsa-shutters-institute-of-texan-cultures-at-hemisfair/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5370616 Glenn Havel who has been a docent at the Institute of Texan Cultures since 2006 provides a demonstration of the ranching and traveling history of Texas via covered wagon.In its final days, museum staff and volunteers said farewell to the last-half-century home of the Institute of Texan Cultures at Hemisfair.
Visitors bid farewell as UTSA shutters 50-year home of Institute of Texan Cultures at Hemisfair was first posted on June 3, 2024 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5370616 The future of the Institute of Texan Cultures will help determine Hemisfair’s redevelopment https://sanantonioreport.org/the-future-of-the-institute-of-texan-cultures-will-help-determine-hemisfairs-redevelopment/ Sun, 17 Jul 2022 05:01:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5285799 The UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures on Saturday.Opinion: The redevelopment of Hemisfair now appears to be a 20-year project.
The future of the Institute of Texan Cultures will help determine Hemisfair’s redevelopment was first posted on July 17, 2022 at 12:01 am.
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]]> 5285799 River Walk visionary and civic leader David Straus II dies at 98 https://sanantonioreport.org/david-straus-ii-obituary/ Sat, 04 Jun 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5280086 David Straus II, a visionary of the River Walk, died May 28.In addition to his work to improve the River Walk, David Straus II served on numerous civic boards and commissions.
River Walk visionary and civic leader David Straus II dies at 98 was first posted on June 4, 2022 at 10:00 am.
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]]> 5280086 What to do with HemisFair ’68’s Confluence Theatre? https://sanantonioreport.org/hemisfair-redevelopment-rivard-column/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5259313 John H. Wood, Jr. Federal Courthouse in Hemisfair Park.Opinion: San Antonio is about to engage in a vigorous debate over the future of the soon-to-be-former federal courthouse and its Hemisfair site.
What to do with HemisFair ’68’s Confluence Theatre? was first posted on January 9, 2022 at 12:00 am.
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]]> 5259313 Building Hemisfair’s Civic Park: The gathering place downtown San Antonio has long been missing https://sanantonioreport.org/hemisfair-civic-park-rivard-column/ Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5259133 A conceptual rendering shows the future Civic Park at Hemisfair.Opinion: When completed, the green space at Hemisfair will become the year-round people magnet downtown San Antonio has needed.
Building Hemisfair’s Civic Park: The gathering place downtown San Antonio has long been missing was first posted on January 6, 2022 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5259133 ‘Path for the future’: UTSA to create new vision for Institute of Texan Cultures https://sanantonioreport.org/future-institute-of-texan-cultures/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 02:11:29 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5211371 The University of Texas at San Antonio will create a new community vision for the Institute of Texan Cultures.UTSA announced Friday that it will seek community input on the future of the Institute of Texan Cultures and its museum.
‘Path for the future’: UTSA to create new vision for Institute of Texan Cultures was first posted on January 29, 2021 at 8:11 pm.
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]]> 5211371 Mexicalidad design exhibition unites tradition with contemporary concerns https://sanantonioreport.org/mexicalidad-design-exhibition-unites-tradition-with-contemporary-concerns/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5191950 Mexicalidad, a show of contemporary Mexican design, opens virtually Thursday at the Mexican Cultural Institute.
Mexicalidad design exhibition unites tradition with contemporary concerns was first posted on September 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm.
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]]> 5191950 Locals Bid on Precious Pieces of San Antonio History https://sanantonioreport.org/locals-bid-on-precious-pieces-of-san-antonio-history/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:26:45 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=2737567 The auction drew more than 150 people and featured such items as three former skyline gondolas and memorabilia from HemisFair '68.
Locals Bid on Precious Pieces of San Antonio History was first posted on October 24, 2018 at 10:26 am.
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]]> 2737567 New Restaurants, Construction Keep Hemisfair Growth on Track https://sanantonioreport.org/new-restaurants-construction-keep-hemisfair-growth-on-track/ https://sanantonioreport.org/new-restaurants-construction-keep-hemisfair-growth-on-track/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2018 04:44:12 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=2291947 Inside Dough Pizzeria Napoletana at Hemisfair, customers can sit on a patio overlooking Yanaguana Garden.With the massive redevelopment project happening in phases, there’s always something new popping up at the park-centric Hemisfair District.
New Restaurants, Construction Keep Hemisfair Growth on Track was first posted on June 22, 2018 at 11:44 pm.
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]]> https://sanantonioreport.org/new-restaurants-construction-keep-hemisfair-growth-on-track/feed/ 2 2291947 HemisFair ’68: My reflections of childhood wonder on the world’s fair https://sanantonioreport.org/hemisfair-68-reflections-of-childhood-wonder/ https://sanantonioreport.org/hemisfair-68-reflections-of-childhood-wonder/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2018 05:03:41 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=1953521 Images displaying the sky-ride that used to circle around HemisFair are displayed at the exhibit ¡Viva Hemisfair! in the Institute of Texan Cultures.The street that once held my grandparent’s house had become ground zero for HemisFair ‘68, the main gateway to a world’s fair that brought more than six million visitors to San Antonio.
HemisFair ’68: My reflections of childhood wonder on the world’s fair was first posted on April 8, 2018 at 12:03 am.
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