Looking at the hemisfair footage reminded me of Fiesta Texas, (with the themes.) Maybe they should move SixFlags to Hemisfair!J/K
I took these pics a few weeks ago, I parked in the Vistana parking garage.
Grand Hyatt looks tiny next to the Drury and the Tower is hidden behind Tower Life Building
Towneplace Suites; now working on 2nd and final floor above original roofline.
Look how dirty that facade used to be. Taken in Jan.
It is the city trying to escape the consequences of being a city
while still remaining a city. It is urban society trying to eat its
cake and keep it, too.
- Harlan Douglass, The Suburban Trend, 1925
Having grown up there, San Antonio always reminded me of an African city. I think it's the way that there are so many random open spaces downtown and the way that it was heavily built up in the 70's and then not touched much since.
Took these pics from one of the North Star Mall parking garages on Sunday. While up there, a mall security guard comes up to me and ask what I was taking pictures of. I told him I took pics of the surrounding buildings and skyline. He was OK with that. He pretty much just wanted to know if I was taking pictures of the mall itself because apparently, that is a no no. I did get a little of the mall in some of the pics.
downtown
Quarry smokestacks and The Broadway in the distance
For the last 15 years, the surface lot to the right of the maroon SUV has been my nightime free parking lot of choice when headed to Pat'O's or Howl with friends. There is rarely an attendant working the lot after 10 pm.
Sharing my secret with the board for your parking pleasure. Just hoping the lot owner isn't a ssf member. lol.
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"We marched five leagues over a fine country with broad plains, the most beautiful in all of New Spain. We camped on the banks of an arroyo. This I called San Antonio de Padua, because we reached it on the day of his festival." - General Domingo Teran de los Rios, June 13, 1691, in a letter to the King of Spain on the occasion of the founding of San Antonio.
It is the city trying to escape the consequences of being a city
while still remaining a city. It is urban society trying to eat its
cake and keep it, too.
- Harlan Douglass, The Suburban Trend, 1925
Awesome photos Miaht82. I've always loved aerial photos and I really like these because they're from way up high. I hope to one day have a flight that takes us over San Antonio.
It is the city trying to escape the consequences of being a city
while still remaining a city. It is urban society trying to eat its
cake and keep it, too.
- Harlan Douglass, The Suburban Trend, 1925