SAN ANTONIO | Hampton Inn & Suites / Home2 Suites | 94 FEET | 8 FLOORS | COMPLETED
 

This is picking up where the thread for the 21-STORY AC HOTEL left off. Projected opening of Fall 2018.

https://therivardreport.com/river-wa...be-demolished/

https://therivardreport.com/hdrc-giv...lo-serve-site/

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One more article with more renderings and details...published a day before the Historic and Design Review Commission approved the final design.

https://www.virtualbx.com/constructi...own-hotel.html

Why oh why does it have to be Tuscany in Texas? I thought we were just getting over that...

I'm good with it.

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Crane tower going up!

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They are getting ready to put the arm on now.

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Work site from the River Walk level. They really cut up that old stone wall. I guess they'll rebuild some of it later with original stone?

From an earlier article:
David Merritt, president of the Merritt Development Group, said a report on archaeological findings from the site has been submitted to the OHP, and that the City has closely monitored site preparation. Some of the limestone blocks from the wall are going to be relocated and reused on the property, he added.

“Elements of the wall are important to retain,” Merritt said. “We think we’ve done a good job retaining important aspects of the wall and allowing access to the river.”

HDRC Chairman Michael Guarino, an architect and educator, said he often takes his students by the former Solo Serve site to help them understand downtown’s history.

“[The wall blocks] are unique and are a testimony to a number of buildings that have been on this site,” he said.

Guarino commended the developers for attending an HDRC architecture review subcommittee meeting, praising their willingness to incorporate as much of the retaining wall as possible.

“Approaches I have seen from other developers would have been to tear the wall down,” he said.

https://therivardreport.com/hdrc-giv...lo-serve-site/

https://imgur.com/ is a better photo host. I've been using them for about 5 years now. Photobucket isn't allowing hotlinking anymore and I'm not familiar with most others.

9/13
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I wonder if they're not tearing down the building that was the northern end of the solo serve building after all. I thought it was going to be temporary green space or something, but it still stands with its original facade exposed. It's pretty nice looking.

They are not tearing it down. It was part of the original demo-plan, but assumption is that with Weston Urban rehabbing the buildings on the corner that there was a buyer who wanted to redevelop it or the development company itself is going to.

Progress update pic.

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WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE!!!!:cheers:
LOVE THE NEW RIVERWALK VESSELS!!!!:tup:

As of last Friday:

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Progress as of 12/12.

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Progress as of 1/4/18

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Third floor completed. Working on fourth.

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Awesome picture! Thank you for sharing. :)

Construction view from the riverwalk. Taken on 01/25/18

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Five and a half floors poured. I was told by a surveyor with the concrete contractor that they plan to be done pouring the eight floors and roof by the end of March, weather permitting.

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This looks cool, I like the palms & arches along the river. Great pic of the progress guys. Keep em coming!

Just took this during lunch.

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Awesome progress! Too bad it's not 30 stories taller.

Although eight stories, this is a WONDERFUL REDEVELOPMENT that will enhance the area tremendously!!!:tup:

Totally agree. That side of the river needed to be revamped tremendously.

I get both sides honestly. Yeah I'm glad that anything is happening to fill in the density, but it was a prime opportunity to build something much greater and taller, and they blew it.

Our city motto. :haha:

We are NOT like most same ole, same ole, American cities! We are a historical, unique city.:cheers:

So is Austin, Houston, Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, many cities in the Midwest, and even Laredo, Texas.

Yeah... nothing says “unique and historical” like building a generic Hampton Inn in a prime downtown location.

🙄

Sorry, a 300 year old city is unique in America.
And again, any development in that area will be a tremendous redevelopment!!
You just don't get it:shrug:

Sorry, Austin, Houston, Chicago, etc, etc, etc are not 300 year old cities....


San Antonio: A unique and historical American city

Other unique and historical American cities:

New Orleans
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington DC
Baltimore
New York City



Get it??:yes:

First and only warning. Back to the topic at hand. There are other areas of this website where such discussions can take place. This thread will not be one of them.

Historically, this was the site of the former Veramendi Palace, the surviving wooden doors of which are preserved and on display inside the Alamo shrine. The leading Veramendi family and their prominent house had deep connections to the early settlement of San Antonio and the family tragedy of Alamo defender Jim Bowie, who courted here and married Ursula Veramendi. Alamo defender Ben Milam was killed outside the doors of the palace and first buried within its courtyard.

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(Photo from The Rivard Report by Paul Bubel on Flickr)

We have enough photographs, drawings, descriptions, and knowledge of comparable and contemporary architecture to reconstruct a fair approximation of the lost Veramendi Palace. Our primary direct model is the similar and contemporary Spanish Governor's Palace on Military Plaza facing City Hall. Loath as many, including myself, might normally be to historical recreations of long lost buildings, just imagine if we had indeed recreated such a landmark on Soledad Street with a courtyard garden stepping down to the Riverwalk and filled it with collected artifacts and memorabilia from the Alamo era. What is another nondescript hotel or bland office building when we could again have a "Veramendi Palace," a name steeped in our city's core history, modeled like this:

http://www.robeyarchitecture.com/images/Spanish/1.jpg
(Photo from Robey Architecture, Inc.)

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(Photo from TripAdvisor)

Development in this neglected part of the downtown core is always welcome, and most of use do want big buildings and skyscrapers. However, what of this rather plain Hampton Inn, which could just have easily been Ramada or La Quinta, speaks to San Antonio as a "unique and historical American city" or of this site as a storied place of the Veramendi, Jim Bowie, of Ben Milam? Surely not the post-modern roof tiles, the eventual arches, or a plaque on the sidewalk. The building now under construction is development for development's sake, which is fine too, but I don't go to the nearby Hotel Valencia and think in my tourist suite, "this brand new building has some roof tiles--feel and breathe the history of Mediterranean Italianate San Antonio as a city unique in world!" I'm sure the Hampton Inn will be nice when it is finished and will help to fill out downtown as we look at it from the boat tour, but it doesn't rise to the level of unique history or great architecture. If we want to sell ourselves alongside New Orleans or Savannah, which indeed are San Antonio's historical contemporaries, former colonial rivals, and excellent models to follow as cities famed for their history, perseveration, and atmosphere, then we need to start showcasing our own comparable roots. We couldn't even give this building a deferential throwback name like "Hotel Veramendi."

Thank you.

Wow,
You are missing my point. I never said the Hampton Inn is historical. I said the city of San Antonio is unique and historical. Do you live here? I mean, there is historical architecture everywhere you turn downtown!

The Tower Light Building
The Granada Building ( part of the Tower Light Building development)
The Gunther Hotel
The Crockett Hotel
The Casino Building
The Riverwalk
The Drury Inn
The Hendricks Building
The South Texas Bank Building
The Gibbs Building
The Rand Building


Should I go on?

The Alamo
The Missions

And there are countless more......


San Antonio is a "unique and historical" city.:cheers:
And I will go on and say that it is the most unique and historical city in the state of Texas!:cheers:

I recommend the last few posting be deleted. This is getting out-of-control, and too dramatic. We get it, this is a historical city, so are many others, and just like many others, they have malls and Drury Inn and suites with Denny's mix in about or a Ripleys Believe It or Not.

But hey, gurl's gots to pay the bills somehow.

More "historical beautiful buildings with wonderful architecture" in downtown San Antonio:

The Nix Building
The Brady Building
The St. Anthony Hotel
The Medical Arts Building ( now the Emily Morgan Hotel )


JUST OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE:cheers:

Oh, I forgot to mention the Milam Building on Travis Street!
This beautiful building was bought by Weston, I believe. Wondering what exciting renovations he will do the beautiful historical building. More night lighting at night to show off the architecture, I hope!:cheers:

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Sometimes I forget about this one as it's tucked away in the shadows. Thanks for the update!

Eight floors and roof are complete.

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Thanks for the update. So...it's topped out, where is the tree?

Wait a minute...what's up with the steer or cow?