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Spelling Bee champion Harini Logan of San Antonio given key to the Alamo

June 25, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

National Spelling Bee Champion Harini Logan (left) and Kate Rogers, Executive Director of The Alamo Trust, Inc., pose for a photo in front of the Alamo on Friday, June 24, 2022. Harini was given the first Key to the Alamo.

Three weeks after winning the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Harini Logan, was presented with the first Key to the Alamo award on Friday afternoon.

Filed Under: Alamo, Miscellaneous, People Tagged With: Alamo, City Council, Harini Logan, J. Alex Ruiz, Kate Rogers, Logan Anjaneyulu, Naren Logan, Rampriya Logan, Roshani Chokshi, Scripps National Spelling Bee

Photos: Blood moon dots San Antonio sky

May 16, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

A total lunar eclipse, aka the red blood moon, hangs above downtown San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday night, May 15, 2022.

A total lunar eclipse, aka a red blood moon, hung above downtown San Antonio on Sunday night.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Alamo, Alamo Plaza, Moon, Red blood moon, Thai Lucky, Torch of Friendship, Total lunar eclipse, Tower Life building, Tower of the Americas

Photos: Battle of Flowers Parade returns after two-year Covid cancellation

April 10, 2022 By Heron Staff 65 Comments

Thousands of people attend the Battle of Flowers Parade on Friday, April 8, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas.

The Battle of Flowers Parade returned to the streets of downtown San Antonio after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

Filed Under: Events, Fiesta, Photos, Slideshows Tagged With: Alamo, Battle of Flowers Parade, Crockett Park, Fiesta

Photos: Hundreds observe fall of Alamo in 1836

March 6, 2022 By Ben Olivo 52 Comments

James Madewell (from left) Ray Bassham, and Ron Paynter exit the visitors center Scenes in front of the Alamo on March 6, 2022, the anniversary of the day the fort fell to Mexican forces in 1836.

Alamo Plaza has been packed all day as hundreds of visitors take in events commemorating March 6, 1836, the day Texian forces inside the Alamo fell to the Mexican.

Filed Under: Alamo, Events, Photos Tagged With: Alamo, Alamo Plaza, Bob M. Benavidez, San Antonio Living History Association, The Sons of the Republic of Texas

Dullnig building purchased by Austin company, beginning new chapter in its 138-year history

November 6, 2021 By Richard Webner 56 Comments

The Dullnig building, a local historic landmark, is located at 101 Alamo.

The iconic circa-1883 Dullnig building on Alamo Plaza has been sold to a company linked to a real estate brokerage from Austin.

Filed Under: Alamo Plaza, Architecture, Retail, Transactions Tagged With: 101 Alamo LLC, 290 Jones Investments Inc., Alamo, Alamo Plaza, Civic Park, Dullnig building, Dullnig Building Partners Ltd., Five & Dime General Store, George Dullnig, Hemisfair, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, James Lifshutz, Jeremy Jessop, JJ Real Co., Jones & Jones Company, On the Rocks Pub, Paula Allen, Riverwalk Vista Inn, San Antonio Express-News, Shops at Rivercenter Mall, Teddy Rea Jones, Texas Historical Commission, Texas State Historical Association

San Antonio City Council votes 10-1 to approve new Alamo plan

April 15, 2021 By Richard Webner 5 Comments

The effort to overhaul the Alamo complex, which many had taken for dead last year, got a jump-start Thursday when City Council approved a deal with the state that will repurpose the historic Woolworth building and leave the Cenotaph in place.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Plaza, City of San Antonio, Texas Tagged With: Alamo, Alamo Cenotaph, Alamo Endowment, Alamo Plaza, Alamo Trust, Battle of Flowers Parade, Clayton Perry, Dan Patrick, Davy Crockett, Erik Kramer, Fiesta Flambeau Parade, José Toribio Losoya, Lori Houston, Rebecca Viagran, Reed-Hilderbrand, Roberto Treviño, Ron Nirenberg, Shirley Gonzales, Texas General Land Office, William B. Travis

Nirenberg signs Alamo resolution; City and state to now negotiate on 50-year plaza lease

October 2, 2018 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Texas General Land Commissioner George P. Bush have signed off on the Alamo master plan that has drawn much controversy since the latest iteration was unveiled to the public in early June.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Street, City of San Antonio Tagged With: Alamo, Alamo Defenders Descendants Association, Alamo Plaza, David Lake, George P. Bush, Lake Flato, Roberto Treviño, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio Conservation Society, This is Texas Freedom Force

Updated: Alamo plan now solely in Nirenberg’s hands

September 13, 2018 By Ben Olivo 6 Comments

For the controversial Alamo interpretive plan, what had been a speedy approval process in the past two weeks has now come to a halt, according to two high-ranking officials.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Plaza Tagged With: Alamo, Alamo Citizens Advisory Committee, Alamo Defenders Descendants Association, Alamo Plaza, Battle of Flowers Association, David Lake, George P. Bush, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lake Flato, Planning Commission, Robert Trevino, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio Conservation Society, This is Texas Freedom Force

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