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Historic and Design Review Commission

Developer’s plan to build 8 homes in Dignowity Hill sent back to drawing board

March 10, 2022 By Ben Olivo 6 Comments

A single-family home development called CherryCourt. is being planned by Mint Development of San Antonio for two vacant lots on the 1000 block of North Cherry Street in Dignowity Hill Historic District on the near East Side. This rendering shows the view from Cherry Street.

A new project called CherryCourt, eight 2-story homes in Dignowity Hill, was recently rejected by the Historic and Design Review Commission.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, Development, Dignowity Hill, East Side, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Neighborhoods Tagged With: CherryCourt, Conservation Society, Cory Edwards, Dignowity Hill, Dignowity Hill Historic District, Gabriel Q. Velasquez, Hays Street Bridge, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, James H. Cervantes, Jeffrey Fetzer, Mint Development, Monica Savino, North Cherry Street, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, Ricardo Turrubiates, Scott W. Carpenter, Terramark Urban Homes, The Conservation Society of San Antonio, Ziga Architecture Group

Fort Worth developer planning to build 342 apartments in east downtown San Antonio

January 19, 2022 By Ben Olivo 71 Comments

Vaquero Ventures of Fort Worth is planning to build a 340-unit apartment building at 1220 E. Commerce St. in east downtown.

Fort Worth developer Vaquero Ventures received conceptual approval from the Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday on its envisioned 342-unit, five-story apartment building at 1220 E. Commerce St. in east downtown.

Filed Under: Alamodome Garden, Architecture, Building Explorer, Commerce Street, Denver Heights, Development, Dignowity Hill, East Downtown, East Side, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Neighborhoods, St. Paul Square Tagged With: Aiden by Best Western, Alamodome Gardens, Ashley Farrimond, Brandon Behrens, Cherry X Commerce, David Adelman, Denver Heights, Dignowity Hill, Griffin & Farrimond, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Killen, Merriman Anderson Architects, Quadrant Investment Properties, REATA Real Estate, RK Group, St. Paul Square, Sunset Station, Sunset Station Train Depot, Texas Research and Technology Foundation, The Baldwin, The Espee, Valerie Cortez, Vaquero Ventures, VelocityTX, Vidorra

Bakke Development granted approval for Southtown ice house concept

January 17, 2022 By Ben Olivo 56 Comments

Bakke Development is planning a mixed-use retail project at 207 Roosevelt Ave., that includes an ice house, office space, and potentially a restaurant. Renderings go before the Historic and Design Review Commission on Jan. 19, 2022.

Local developer Bakke Development Corp.’s plan for an ice house and retail complex on a prominent intersection in Southtown goes before the Historic and Design Review Commission this week.

Filed Under: Development, Food & Drink, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, Retail, San Antonio River, South St. Mary's, Southtown Tagged With: Bakke Development Corp., Brandt Bakke, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lone Star Brewery, Meier Bros. Monuments, Mission Reach, San Antonio River

Pearl set to expand across river, into Samuels Glass building after commission approvals

November 4, 2021 By Richard Webner 2 Comments

The Samuel Glass Co. building at 221 Newell Ave. is slated to be renovated into the Market at Pearl.

The Pearl is poised to undergo its greatest expansion in years after the city’s Historic and Design Review Commission approved three projects at its Wednesday meeting.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Historic and Design Review Commission, Historic Preservation, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Pearl, Restaurants, River North, River Walk, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Cellars at Pearl, Clayton Korte, Elmira Apartments, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Market at Pearl, Newell Avenue, Pearl, Pearl Stable, Samuels Glass Co. building, San Antonio River, Silver Ventures, Southline Residences, Stephen Williams

Market at Pearl planned for former Samuels Glass Co. building

November 1, 2021 By Ben Olivo 10 Comments

Silver Ventures is planning to restore the former Samuel's Glass Building into a market. Renderings for Nov. 3 HDRC meeting.

Silver Ventures, the developer behind the Pearl, is planning to restore the former Samuels Glass Co. building, 221 Newell Ave., into a market that will include four restaurants and a bar.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, Food & Drink, Historic and Design Review Commission, Historic Preservation, Pearl Tagged With: Bartlett Cocke, Bill Shown, Clayton Korte, Fox Motel, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lawrence Samuels, LP, Pearl, Rio Perla Properties, Samuels Glass Co., Silver Ventures, Southline apartments

‘Laredito’ brothel, orphanage in west downtown San Antonio closer to landmark status

September 15, 2021 By Richard Webner 8 Comments

The Dashiell House, 503 Urban Loop, could be designated a local landmark.

The 1883 Dashiell House, once a brothel in San Antonio’s red-light district before serving as a nursery, is now eligible to become a designated landmark—against the will of its owner.

Filed Under: Historic and Design Review Commission, Historic Preservation, West Downtown Tagged With: Aurelia Dashiell House, Bill Miller Bar-B-Q, Boys Town, Brown & Ortiz, Butch Cassidy, Carmelite Sisters, Conservation Society of San Antonio, Dashiell House, Douglas Miller, DPMiller Investments LLC, Dwight Eisenhower, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Fannie Porter, Fort Sam Houston, Graciela Sanchez, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, James McKnight, Laredito, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, red-light district, Rev. J.W. Shaw, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Scott Carpenter, Vincent Michael, Westside Preservation Alliance

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