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Esperanza Peace & Justice Center breaks ground on West Side museum

March 30, 2022 By Ben Olivo

Graciela Sanchez, director of the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Museo del Westside takes place on the morning of Tuesday, March, 29, 2022, at the Rinconcito de Esperanza, 816 S. Colorado St., San Antonio, TX, on the city's West Side.

After more than 10 years of planning, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center is a year away from completing its Museo del Westside, a community space dedicated to West Side history and culture inside the old Ruben’s Ice House.

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, Museums, Neighborhoods, West Side Tagged With: Blanca "Blanquita Rosa" Rodríguez, Casa de Cuentos, David Gonzales, Esmeralda Reyes Rocha, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Graciela Sanchez, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Henry Gomez, Houck Foundation, Impact San Antonio, Irma Reyes Guevara, Las Tesoros de San Antonio, M&E Grocery Store, Manuel Reyes Jr., Mariachi Esperanza, MujerArtes, Museo del Westside, National Endowment for the Humanities, Patricia Reyes Zepeda, Rinconcito de Esperanza, Ruben's Ice House, San Antonio Area Foundation, Teri Castillo, West Side, Westside TIRZ

Esperanza center plans rehab of ‘casitas’ to preserve old-style West Side housing

March 4, 2021 By Richard Webner

The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center plans to rehabilitate a cluster of seven little homes at its Rinconcito de Esperanza arts hub 816 S. Colorado St.

The Rinconcito de Esperanza cultural hub has received $1.5 million from the city to rehab seven historic homes into a community health center, an internet access point and a studio for recording oral histories.

Filed Under: Development, Historic Preservation, Neighborhoods, West Side Tagged With: Alazan Courts, Casa de Cuentos, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Graciela Sanchez, Legacy at Alazán, MujerArtes Studio, Museo del Westside, NRP Group, Rinconcito de Esperanza, Ruben's Ice House, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Trinity University, West Side, Westside TIRZ

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