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Development Profile: 121-room Artista Hotel approved by San Antonio design review commission

November 17, 2022 By Heron Staff 2 Comments

The 121-room Artista Hotel is being planned for 151 E. Travis St., San Antonio, Texas, along the River Walk, by California developer Jake Harris.

The 121-room Artista Hotel planned for a compact property on East Travis Street and the river received final approval from the Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Development Explorer, Historic and Design Review Commission, Hotels, River Walk Tagged With: 300 Main, Artista Hotel, Cory Edwards, CREO Architecture, Harris Bay, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Jake Harris, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, River Walk, Travis Building, Weston Centre, Weston Urban

Hops & Hounds planning new location on Museum Reach segment of San Antonio’s River Walk

June 17, 2022 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

Hops & Hounds, a restaurant and dog park, is slated to open at 1123 Avenue B on the Museum Reach, around December 2022.

Hops & Hounds, a restaurant and dog park on the Northeast Side, plans to open a second location on the River Walk in north downtown next to Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen.

Filed Under: Avenue B, Business, Food & Drink, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Nightlife, Pets & Animals, River North, River Walk Tagged With: Beaty Palmer Architects, Cavender family, Clint Wynn, Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen, Hixon Properties, Hops & Hounds, Jamie Hardaway, Lee Beekly, Mila Coffee, Museum Reach, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, River Walk, The Soto

Incoming sports bar McIntyre’s drawing concerns from some in San Antonio’s Lavaca neighborhood

March 24, 2022 By Ben Olivo 55 Comments

The future home of McIntyre's, a sports bar from Houston, rests on land bound by South Presa, Clauda and South St. Mary's streets. March 9, 2022.

Though it has yet to take shape, McIntyre’s, a Houston-based sports bar, has already ruffled the feathers of some in the Lavaca neighborhood.

Filed Under: Architecture, Business, Development, Food & Drink, Lavaca, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, Retail, South Presa, South St. Mary's, Southtown Tagged With: Bar Ludivine, Braun Enterprises, Brian McIntyre, Chase McIntyre, Hands Down, King William, Kyle Berg, Lavaca, Lavaca Historic District, Lavaca Neighborhood Association, McIntyre’s, Melissa Stendahl, Nick Melde, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, Taco Haven, The Haven Southtown, We Are Southtown

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

108-year-old Tobin Hill home demolition on hold after SAC says it’s not interested in buying it

January 12, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The proposed demolition of the 108-year-old Hughes home in Tobin Hill, owned by the Archdiocese of San Antonio, is on hold after community outcry led San Antonio College to withdraw its interest in the property.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, Historic Preservation, Neighborhoods, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Archdiocese of San Antonio, Catholic Student Center, Conservation Society of San Antonio, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Hughes home, Jordan McMorrough, Ken Slavin, La Meri, Lynn Knapik, Mario Bravo, Mason Maury, Mike Flores, Monte Vista, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, R.M. Hughes, Robert Vela, Russell Hughes, SAC, San Antonio College, Shanon Shea Miller, Tobin Hill, Tobin Hill Community Association, Vincent Michael

‘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

A closer look at Weston Urban’s 15-story mixed-use project in west downtown San Antonio

July 18, 2021 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

The 15-story, 255-unit Weston Urban development from the perspective of West Commerce Street.

Weston Urban plans to build a 15-story apartment building between the former Continental Hotel and Arana building in west downtown.

Filed Under: Architecture, Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Commerce Street, Development, Housing, Office, Parking, Retail, San Pedro Creek, Tech District, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Alfred Giles, Arana building, Bexar County PFC, Bexar County Public Facility Corp., Continental Hotel, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Kline’s building, Leeds building, Leo M.J. Dielmann, Lone Star Brewery, Melchio de la Garza House, O. Henry House, O. Henry House Museum, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Spanish Colonial, Trish DeBerry, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, UTSA National Security Collaboration Center, UTSA School of Data Science, Weston Urban

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