Downtown San Antonio
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Developer plans 200-foot-high Ferris wheel in downtown San Antonio
Located two blocks from the Alamo, the Grandismo development will also include miniature golf, a carousel and a food hall.
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River North Icehouse will open soon near downtown San Antonio
The new spot will offer food, a full bar and live music inside a renovated warehouse space near the San Antonio Museum of Art.
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City of San Antonio closes two busy downtown streets on Monday
The northbound lanes of South Alamo Street between Market Street and Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard will be closed for the next year.
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As San Antonio ponders a Spurs arena, it should remember Sunset Station’s lessons
Developers tend to make a lot of promises, but revitalizing downtown isn’t as easy as many would have you believe.
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San Antonio gets federal funds for $16 million downtown bike-lane project
The city will use the money to build protected two-way bicycle lanes along Market and Commerce streets.
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Owners of San Antonio’s Picks, Pink Shark buy downtown bar Lucky Lizard
The drinkery will reopen as Sore Loser, a sports-themed dive with vintage touches.
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Successful Sampling: Check out this handy survival guide to the San Antonio Beer Festival
These tips from Beer Fest pros to help you get the most out of Texas’ second-largest, single-day beer celebration.
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Free downtown festival Luminaria puts art and performance in the limelight Saturday
The annual event showcases visual art installations as well as live music, dance and theater performances.
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Artpace’s 20th annual Chalk It Up will take over Houston Street Saturday, Oct. 14
A slate of featured artists will create murals for the event, following this year’s ‘Dream Big!’ theme.
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CityScrapes: San Antonio’s ‘doom loop’ shows city’s downtown missteps
Downtown’s sky-high vacancy rate for prime commercial real estate raises troubling questions, both about the future of downtown and more importantly, about how we make public policy.
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Pabst Brewing Co. moving headquarters to building on San Antonio’s Broadway corridor
The iconic beer brand plans to relocate its roughly 120 employees to The Soto later this fall.
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Inside Project Y: The mind-expanding history of Hemisfair’s Youth Pavilion
While Hemisfair was viewed as a win for the city’s business establishment, a now-forgotten pavilion operating under the World’s Fair banner that was anything but establishment — especially for the time.
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Trish DeBerry will be next CEO for Centro San Antonio
The nonprofit, largely comprised of downtown business owners, advocates for center-city development.
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San Antonio-based Bunz burger joint quietly opens second location near La Cantera shopping center
The company marked the occasion with a social media announcement featuring local influencer Chris Flores, also known as eatmigos.
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First Look: San Antonio’s Tokyo Cowboy offers mashup of craft cocktails, Asian-inspired eats
A Thursday sneak peek showed off the restaurant’s combination of creative craft cocktails and hearty diner-inspired eats in a stylish yet understated atmosphere.
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Founder of San Antonio’s El Camino, Bésame food truck parks opening sports bar near UTSA
The new spot will be located on Babcock Road in the former Cantina Sports Bar.