The 1968 World’s Fair made a huge impact on San Antonio, and a great deal of planning took place in this very room at Patsy Steves’ home. Today, we are very excited to continue our efforts to redevelop Hemisfair so that future generations can enjoy this beautiful park district in the heart of our city….
By Annette Garcia, Spectrum News San Antonio Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 08:38 PM EST Watch the video HERE SAN ANTONIO, Texas — After months of fundraising, The Hemisfair Conservancy saved five trees in downtown San Antonio by moving them just a few feet. Modern machines were brought in to help out Mother Nature by…
By Annette Garcia, Spectrum News Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 06:19 PM EST SAN ANTONIO – The Hemisfair Conservancy is not giving up on a chance to save five 40-year-old oak trees. “The problem is that if they’re not saved by the end of January they will be destroyed and we just cannot imagine that…
Bill Shown, For the Express-News Updated 2:49 pm, Sunday, October 9, 2016 I was just 10 years old when I attended HemisFair in 1968. I remember the fair with rose-colored glasses, a place full of magic and color and exciting food. My imagination was particularly captured by the IBM Pavilion, where a computer (probably with less…
SHARI BIEDIGER, Rivard Report on 29 September, 2016 at 00:05 One year ago, no one in San Antonio would have thought to do yoga or Tai Chi, or play chess at Hemisfair Park. There were no story times, sand castles, bubbling jets, or mango-flavored paletas. But since the first phase, Yanaguana Garden, opened last October, the downtown park…
September 22, 2016 By Jessica Herring, Fellow Alum of The Mission Continues How My Story Began It was February of 2003 when I learned my first trip to see the world would be to a giant sandbox, and unfortunately it wouldn’t be to build sandcastles. I had joined the military partially to see the world,…
My culture. My Hemisfair. I was probably ten or eleven when I first went to Hemisfair. I was attending a Spurs-Celtics game at Hemisfair Arena with my family, and I was so excited to see Larry Bird play in San Antonio. Once the game started, though, my attention was captured not by the game –…
My history. My Hemisfair. I was born and raised on the beautiful east side of San Antonio. My childhood home once stood where the Alamodome now stands; my family was displaced when the Alamodome was built. I grew up under the shadow of the Tower and I loved her very much. We had a Tower view from…
My history. My Hemisfair. I was a fourth grader when the 1968 World’s Fair came to San Antonio, and I remember the whole city buzzed with energy in the months leading up to Hemisfair. My mother visited high schools all over town to invite girls to join in establishing the Women’s Pavilion, and my grandfather,…
My culture. My Hemisfair. San Antonio is a young, ambitious, vibrant city with a rich cultural history and a unique culinary perspective. Though we’re influenced by Mexico and Latin America, it’s the people of San Antonio who have made our city and culture what it is today. As a native to the city, I –…