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Rinconcito de Esperanza

Esperanza Peace & Justice Center breaks ground on West Side museum

March 30, 2022 By Ben Olivo 61 Comments

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

Artist celebrated at Esperanza’s Día de los Muertos event where she volunteered

November 5, 2021 By Kayla Padilla 4 Comments

An altar by Blanca Rivera honors her friend Angie Merla, who was a volunteer at the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, during the center's annual Día de los Muertos event at the Rinconcito de Esperanza arts hub on the West Side.

Angie Merla, an artist and long-time volunteer at the Esperanza’s Día de los Muertos event, was honored with an ofrenda after she died of cancer earlier this year.

Filed Under: Art, Día de los Muertos, Holidays, Obituary, People, West Side Tagged With: Angie Merla, Blanca Rivera, Boys & Girls Club, Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, MujerArtes, Rinconcito de Esperanza

Rammed earth. Giant screws as piers. City of San Antonio building sustainable housing that’s also affordable

July 2, 2021 By Maggie Ryan 57 Comments

An affordable home to be built using the rammed earth technique is planned for the south lot at San Salvador Avenue and Denver Boulevard on the far East Side of San Antonio.

San Antonio Affordable Housing Inc., a nonprofit branch of the city, plans to build two experimental homes on the far East Side, one using earthen materials for its walls, another whose foundation can be adjusted post-construction.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, East Side, Housing, Neighborhoods Tagged With: 3050 Eisenhauer, Alamo Architects, David Komet, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Ian Benavidez, Jaime Damron, Jim Bailey, Komet Consultants, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, Office of Urban Redevelopment of San Antonio, OURSA, Peter Greenblum, REnewSA, Rinconcito de Esperanza, San Antonio Affordable Housing Inc., Scott Price

Priced out of Southtown, SAY Sí goes west

March 23, 2021 By Josh Feola 5 Comments

Twenty seven years into its run, the youth arts education nonprofit is preparing to open the doors on its massive new West Side space by Apache Creek later this year.

Filed Under: Art, Education, Neighborhoods, West Side Tagged With: Alazán-Apache Courts, Apache Creek, Bexar County, Blue Star Arts Complex, Charles Butt Foundation, Chili Bowl, Christian Academy of San Antonio, City of San Antonio, David Rogers, Deborah Rogers, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Jon Hinojosa, Nicole Amri, North East School of the Arts, Rinconcito de Esperanza, SAHA, San Antonio Food Bank, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio Water System, SAY Sí, Shirley Gonzales, Southtown, St. Mary's University, Stephen Garza-Guzman, Tafolla Middle School, West Side, Westside TIRZ

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

March 4, 2021 By Richard Webner 4 Comments

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

West Side poised to receive first historic district designation

June 12, 2020 By Carson Bolding 43 Comments

Rinconcito de Esperanza community center on the West Side.

The Esperanza Peace & Justice Center has initiated the creation of a historic district on the West Side.

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, West Side Tagged With: Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Graciela Sanchez, Museo del Westside, Rinconcito de Esperanza, Sarah Gould

Museo del Westside to showcase West Side history, culture

May 29, 2020 By Ben Olivo 4 Comments

Ruben's Ice House to be Museo del Westside

Rehab work to create the Museo del Westside, a museum dedicated to West Side history and culture that’s going into an old icehouse, could begin this fall.

Filed Under: Neighborhoods, West Side Tagged With: Dwayne Bohuslav, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Museo del Westside, Rinconcito de Esperanza, Sarah Gould

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