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Two
Little Sisters 
Larry
Pointilized
Delaware & Raritan Canal, Mercer County, New Jersey
San Antonio Riverwalk
Since the early 1950s and on to the 90s, Tourists
and locals alike have strolled along this amazing River
and enjoy all that it has to offer, the history, wonder,
beauty and pride that have made San Antonio
what it is today. A marvel of nature and inguinity, it
has inspired and enriched the lives of its nieghbors as
well as its visitors for centuries.
1951-1953
San Antonio River is straightened from McCullough to
A Street. A tainter gate is installed in the bypass channel.
1954
Congress authorizes the San Antonio Channel Improvement
Project to provide flood protection for 31 miles of river and 4 tributaries
in San Antonio.
1957
Park rangers, organized in 1955, are placed on river.
1961
Marco Engineering Company of California, major designers
of Disneyland, complete a report, funded by the City and the Chamber,
on the commercial potential of the river. The plan suggests that all
buildings which bck up to the river be developed in an early Texas or
Mexican colonial style, and that as many as possible be rehabilitated
to provide basement space that would open at the Riverwalk level to accommodate
retail and entertainment facilities. Criticism arises over the carnival-like
aspects of the plan, but other elements, like forming a merchants' association
and holding frequest festivals are used as a basis for further plan development.
1962
Straus along with Harold Robbins and Jimmy Gause from
the Chamber staff visit Carmel, CA, and New Orleans' Vieux Carre Commission
to look at their ordinances guiding development. Straus frames an ordinance
based on these two documents which establishes a Riverwalk District and
a seven member Rlverwalk Advisory Commission. Council adopts the ordinance
on March 28. The Department of Parks and Recreation completes a major
landscape program along two miles of river walkway, including over 17,000
assorted tress, shrubs, vines and ground cover. El Tropicano, the first
riverfront hotel, opens. La Sirena at 107 West Commerce opens with a
patio at river level. The Three Wives Antique Shop, at a location now
part of the Hilton Hotel opens in November.
1963
April 15. The San Antonio Chapter of the American Institute
of Architects unveils a plan for the Paseo del Rio. The plan takes the
form of drawings, text and a scale model. It includes a land use plan,
the basis for a planning district recommendation, and a capital improvements
program for public and private development. The Chamber of Commerce creates
a staff position to assist the Tourist Attractions staff manager of the
Paseo del Rio project. The Landing opens in the basement of the Nix Hospital
in April
1964
San Antonio voters approve $500,00 bond issue for Paseo
del Rio improvments City Council adopts an ordinance regulating signage
on river walk. March 17. The Paseo del Rio Association is formed, with
a staff person funded by the Chamber of Commerce staff position and the
money used to pay a PR person to write the weekly Rio Ramblings for the
Express-News.
1965
The San Juan Dam is extended so water can get into the
San Juan Ditch.
1968
March. Hilton Palacio Del Rio opens. Hotel La Posada
opens in the old St. Mary's Law School on College St. April-October,
HemisFair '68. Construction is completed on the river extension and the
convention center complex. August 12. Kangaroo Court opens. The Little
Rhein opens in a San Antonio Conservation property. December. First Fiesta
de las Lumlnarlas held. The bypass channel is modified.
1969
The first Paseo del Rio Assn. Great Country River Festival.
The Stockman Restuarant at 409 E. Commerce opened. Espada Dam is reconstructed.
1971
The Corps of Engineers complete river improvements from
Alamo to Johnson Street. The Fort Worth District and the San Antonio
River Authority are given a Corps Award of Merit for general, landscape
development design. The San Juan-Espada Ditch relocation project is completed.
The Fiesta de las Luminarias and Las Posadas are combined for a riverwalk
presentation.
1973
The River Corridor Feasibility Study is completed, in
a joint effort of six local government entities. The "River Corridor
Plan' provides a longterm framework for development decisions along the
river.
1974
Flood gate 5 is relocated further down the bypass channel
and flood gate 4, constructed to allow for circular boat traffic on the
river bend and bypass.
1975
The Southwest Craft Center opens on the site of the old
Ursuline Convent in buildings that have been bought and restored by the
Conservation Society.
1977
September. San Juan Dam falls.
1978
November 11. Robert H.H. Hugman is honored at a ceremony
inaugurating the Hugman bells at the Arneson River Theater.
1979
A new Marriott Hotel opens on the river extension, next
to the Marina Garage. The Casino Building, the Riverside Hotel and the
Losoya Building are refurbished as new rental apartments using special
federal monies for rehabbing the second to top floors.
1981
In May, the Espada Aqueduct/Pledtas Creek Bypass project
is completed. The Hyatt Regency Hotel and the Paseo del Alamo are opened,
linking the River Walk and Alamo Plaza. The first Holiday River-Parade
is held.
1983
Club Giraud opens at the Southwest Craft Center. The
Johnson Street pedestrian bridge is opened. San Antonio Missions National
Historical Park established in February.
1984
River channel improvements are completed from Alamo to
Arsenal Streets. 1985 Channel Improvements are begun from Arsenal to
Durango.
1987
Holiday Inn Riverwalk is completed. The Nueva Street
Dam, Bridge and Marina are completed. San Antonio tunnel project begun.
Tunnel will carry storm waters from Josephine Street south of US 281,
150 ft. underground and return them to the river channel at Lone Star
Blvd. Project to be completed in 1995
1988
Channel Improvements are completed from Commerce to Houston
Street incorporating Hugman's details. The Hugman wall across from La
Mansion and below the Aztec is completed. Rivercenter opens on an extension
of the river extension. The Mall opens in February, Dillard's in May
and Marriott Rivercenter in October. The Original Mexican Restaurant
opens at 528 River Walk.
1990
The first Carnaval del Rlo is held.
1992
San Antonio River Authority begins repairs and drainage
work on Asylum Creek and San Juan Ditch. Water to flow again in the ditch
when completed in 1994.
1993
Eckert's Drugstore opens in Noah Spears/Flo Kampmann
Atherton Crichton Building
1994
Work completed for San Juan Ditch project. Pumps now
able to put water in ditch.
1995
Southbank project between Presa, Crockett, Navarro, and
river opens. Newly constructed buildings designed to fit in with existing
architecture of San Antonio. Tenants are Country Line, Fat Tuesday, Hard
Rock Café, Peasano's, Starbuck's, and Howl at the Moon.
1996
Presidio Plaza between Crockett, Navarro, Commerce and
river opens with Planet Hollywood, the Edge, The Presidio and Dos Chihuahuas
1997
January - Homewood Suites opens in old San Antonio Drug
Company building.
April - Havana Riverwalk Inn on Navarro opens.
August - Adams Mark opens in 1950's National Bank of
Commerce Building on river.
December - San Antonio Tunnel project dedicated.
1998
September 10 - International Center opens, a conversation
of old Main Library on S. St. Mary's.
October 16-17 - a 20'' rain flooded many areas in San
Antonio, particularly on the Salado and Leon Creeks. The tunnel worked
beautifully in saving downtown San Antonio.
November - Bexar County and the city of San Antonio formally
inaugurate the San Antonio River Oversight Committee to oversee the further
development of the river from US 218 to Mission Espada. The Hawthorne Suites
open on N. St. Mary's
1999
May - Drury Inn opens in old Petroleum Commerce building
on N. St. Mary's; Mexican Manhattan on Soledad opens riverfront patio
overlooking flood channel river walk.
2005
First PDRA Mardi Gras Night Parade.
The Peking, South Street Seaport, New York City
Formal Garden, Nemours, Delaware
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