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San Antonio
Is San Antonio a back roads Western town near the Mexican Border with a Rodeo; or the sophisticated home of the Nelson Rockefeller’s Latin American collection; or the one time home of just about every great military general in U.S. History? It is all of these things, which makes it such a darn interesting place. Hey, I guess you have to mention it seems as if championship sports have a role here as well.
San Antonio is both big and small. While San Antonio is the nation’s seventh largest city, it is in fact a small town. San Antonio is distinctive collection of small communities linked together by geography. Here is a cram course on some of these communities that run from the Riverwalk and Downtown north to Alamo Heights and Ft. Sam Houston over to Broadway and Brackenridge Park and north to Olmos Park and Cementville and the Quarry and then further north to the Airport and Hill Country Village up to Sonterra and even further north to Hill Country of Texas or go west along Loop 1604 to the and UTSA and Fiesta Texas and the La Canterra area back down Interstate 10 to the Medical Center and down Fredericksburg Road to San Pedro Springs and Park and San Antonio College then out west to Woodlawn Lake and to SeaWorld and the Northwest area over to Lackland and Kelly and Brooks and back up Interstate 37 pass Mission San Jose and Hot Wells and King William to out Interstate 35 to Windcrest and Selma and Retama Park and Randolph. These and other communities make San Antonio the second-largest city in Texas and, according to the 2006 U.S. Census estimate, with a population of just under 1.3 million. It is further estimated that the eight-county metropolitan area around San Antonio has a population of 2 million. This makes San Antonio the 29th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
San Antonio
has both history and a future. One only has to look around to see our new
future. There is significant sustained growth in medical, banking, insurance,
manufacturing, and tourism industries, as well as, the continued contribution
of our standby industries of military and agriculture. In these directions will
be our future, but San Antonio also has history. San Antonio was named for the
Portuguese Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day it was (June 13) when a
Spanish expedition stopped by in 1691. You might note that the date of 1691
predates any U.S. history, as such, but San Antonio history is also a
significant part of United States history. Did you know when the Wright
Brothers sold the first air planes to the U.S. Government; they delivered them
to Ft. Sam Houston? As a result a few Air Force bases have sprung up and have
survived around here since then. Just about every significant U.S. military
leader can trace some connection to San Antonio. If you could go back in time,
you might find a young Dwight Eisenhower coaching the St. Mary’s University
football team; or Douglas MacArthur going to high school; or Teddy Roosevelt recruiting
Rough Riders for the war in Cuban; or Robert E. Lee, spending his early career
in the US Army; or General Pershing getting his horses ready to chase Pancho
Villa back into Mexico. The truth is and what I have known and remember is our
brave soldiers many of whom have lived, served, trained, recovered, and retired
in San Antonio. We have a national cemetery and the largest Air Force and
second largest Army hospital here. Even the fictional Col. Potter would reminisce
about his days at Ft. Sam.
San Antonio communities are
connected by an excellent freeway
system, as well as, a unique South Texas tradition of diverse cultures. No
place else but San Antonio do you have Fiesta
or the Alamo or our Rodeo or our historic Missions. Will Rogers once said San Antonio was one
of the four most beautiful American cities with San Francisco, New Orleans and
St. Louis as the others. San Antonio the saying goes is where every Texan’s
heart has a home. The Alamo is a well known landmark and hopefully you know
something of its history, if not click on it, but the building at the right is
less well known so I will tell you its history. From its completion in the
summer of 1929 until the 1950’s it was the tallest building west of the
Mississippi. It is presently known as the Tower Life Building after the insurance
company that owns it. It was originally named the Smith Young Tower after its
developers. A 31 story, eight sided, neo-Gothic "skyscraper," which
I think is reminiscent of the Empire State Building in style, if not size. The
building has unique features, such as its rain spouts; which are gargoyles
intended by Mr. Smith and Young to ward off evil spirits. They did not work
their magic. The completion of the building came just a few months before the
stock market crash of 1929, which sealed the economic fate of Mr. Smith and Mr.
Young. To me the building is symbolic of San Antonio in that it has never been
abandoned or mistreated even though it fell upon hard times. It also
represents the economic daring San Antonians are known to exhibit on occasion.
San Antonio Convention
and Visitor’s Bureau Map: Click on the
map to be hyperlinked to the Convention Bureau’s website. Their site is a good
source of information about San Antonio, including a larger copy of this
excellent map. A good thing about this map is it is a source of connecting
roads. Clearly the hub and spoke nature of San Antonio is visually
demonstrated. In the older map you can see what is called Loop 13, which
connected Lackland, Kelly, Brooks and Ft. Sam Houston military bases.
Circa 1961:
This older map demonstrates how large the military were as a physical presence and in comparison to more recent maps, the incredible growth here.
I grew up in San Antonio
beginning in 1950’s and have spent most of my life here. I know the city well
and I would really like to help you find that place that will make you comfortable
here. As you can see by the picture, we are an adaptive bunch who enjoys food
and drink. San Antonio has been growing steadily and we would love to have you
as our new neighbor. Howdy!!!
I have my favorite apartments in each of the San Antonio areas, as well as, good ideas for value properties and properties that accept special challenges. I have authored some special web pages about my favorite properties. Be sure and check them out. Let me know if I can be of any help. Okay?
Please call or email me anytime to reserve a day, or morning, or afternoon, for this process or to discuss your situation.
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