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Join Date: May 2009
Location: San Antonio
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MacDougal to leave “preservation heaven”
By Scott Huddleston
San Antonio Express News
February 29, 2016 Updated: February 29, 2016 7:06pm
http://www.expressnews.com/news/loca...#photo-9477262
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“It’s the most intact World’s Fair site in the nation. People take it for granted,” MacDougal said of the courthouse in HemisFair Park, to be replaced, with an unknown future, by a new federal courthouse recently awarded federal funding.
The Woolworth’s Building at 518 E. Houston St. is at risk of being considered for relocation or demolition as part of an Alamo area master plan, even though its lunch counter was the first to racially integrate in the South in 1960 — “a major achievement that San Antonio can be proud of,” MacDougal said.
San Antonio also needs to reinforce the importance of preservation as a value tied to the city’s distinct history as the city grows, MacDougal said.
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