SAN ANTONIO | Photos and Videos Thread

KevinFromTexas · #1 Posted **May 15, 2015, 1:15 AM**

I thought we could have a thread for photos that people want to share of San Antonio.

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downtown san antonio on a huge hill in La Cantera, west of camp bullis road, off IH 10 west.

https://www.facebook.com/SanAntonioT...type=3&theater

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Sean1187 · #2 Posted **May 15, 2015, 1:47 PM**

A photo I took prior to moving to Arizona back in 2012. Don't know whatever happened to the unedited version.

JACKinBeantown · #3 Posted **May 15, 2015, 1:59 PM**

Nice, Kevin! Thanks for starting this thread.

Keep-SA-Lame · #4 Posted **May 15, 2015, 6:27 PM**

For those who don't know, there's a fantastic Facebook page called Vintage San Antonio that posts nothing but cool old photos of SA:

https://www.facebook.com/VintageSanAntonio?fref=ts

Restless 1 · #5 Posted **May 17, 2015, 3:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by Keep-SA-Lame

For those who don't know, there's a fantastic Facebook page called Vintage San Antonio that posts nothing but cool old photos of SA:

https://www.facebook.com/VintageSanAntonio?fref=ts

Love old photos of SA, and the photos posted here are very cool. This contribution is truly appreciated.

ETA: Meant KSAL, not necessarily Kevin.

KevinFromTexas · #6 Posted **Jun 25, 2018, 10:41 PM**

Photo by Dave - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pgaven...50250/sizes/h/

Sigaven · #7 Posted **Jun 26, 2018, 8:14 PM**

Wow the old mast on the Tower Life building looks a lot taller than I remember it being. Or is that an optical illusion?

jaga185 · #8 Posted **Jun 26, 2018, 9:25 PM**

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Wow the old mast on the Tower Life building looks a lot taller than I remember it being. Or is that an optical illusion?

I think it's one of those white and red antennas in front of it.

KevinFromTexas · #9 Posted **Jun 26, 2018, 10:49 PM**

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I think it's one of those white and red antennas in front of it.

I was thinking the same thing. It caught my eye at first, but I assumed it was one of the tv towers. I didn't realize those towers were that old.

Here's the biggest size of that photo, and you can sort of make out the tv tower.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pgaven...50250/sizes/o/

KevinFromTexas · #10 Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 6:01 AM**

This is (was) the National Commerce Building, now the Wyndham Hotel.

https://www.facebook.com/VintageSanA...type=3&theater

The Hilton Palacio del Rio

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1980

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1977

https://www.facebook.com/VintageSanA...type=3&theater

Marriott Rivercenter under construction in 1987. This also shows the mall under construction. Lots of cranes. I'm pretty sure the Weston Centre would have had its cranes up by then.

https://www.facebook.com/VintageSanA...type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/VintageSanA...type=3&theater

A rare photo of the now demolished (in the 80s) Bluebonnet Hotel.

https://www.facebook.com/VintageSanA...type=3&theater

Casino Building construction.

https://www.facebook.com/VintageSanA...type=3&theater

1967 - Note the construction of the Tower of the Americas shaft.

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1966 - I-37 & I-10 interchange.

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Nix Professional Building

https://www.facebook.com/VintageSanA...type=3&theater

JACKinBeantown · #11 Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 11:45 AM**

Those are great photos! Thanks, Kevin.

AwesomeSAView · #12 Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 5:08 PM**

Those are just AMAZING historical pics!!!

THANK YOU KEVIN FOR SHARING!!!!

The beginning of San Antonio.......

Love that in one of those pics you can see the old Hemisfair Arena!!

Thanks again, sir!!!

JACKinBeantown · #13 Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 10:33 PM**

^^ I saw George Gervin score 48 points in the Hemisfair Arena once. And a whole bunch a whole bunch of other times. I also saw the San Antonio Blurs score 139 one night, saw the Spurs play the Showtime Lakers in the playoffs several times, every NBA game Larry Bird ever played in San Antonio, Dr. J, Moses Malone, Stockton and Malone, even John Havlicek. I also saw the Globetrotters and the Ice Capades there. I even saw a lucky Spurs fan make the $1,000 half court shot!

JACKinBeantown · #14 Posted **May 10, 2019, 2:19 AM**

Anybody have access to the top floor of the Broadway Bank at East Elmira and McCullough? Because... the view. Damn.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Do...!4d-98.4869905

Or the skybridge between Metropolitan Methodist Hospital and the Metropolitan Professional Building?
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Do...!4d-98.4869905

ahealy · #15 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 3:00 PM**

Hey folks, I am realllllly on the hunt for some 1980s-1990s shots of the Colonnade (anywhere in that shopping centre) and especially the interior of the old Albertson's that is now SLC.

This is purely for nostalgic childhood reasons...I'm also really wanting to find any pics of the old video store that was once in that Albertson's.

I know this might be a better fit on reddit but....I can try!

KevinFromTexas · #16 Posted **Jul 27, 2019, 5:36 AM**

Here are a few photos I came across of the M&S Tower's construction.

http://gwmitchell.com/lifting-san-an...o-new-heights/

Also, this is pretty neat. It talks about the restoration of the Tower Life Building's top.

http://www.amerroofing.com/index.php...-life-building

JACKinBeantown · #17 Posted **Jul 27, 2019, 3:24 PM**

Hey Kevin, where are those photos you took a couple weeks ago?

ahealy · #18 Posted **Sep 6, 2019, 12:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Here are a few photos I came across of the M&S Tower's construction.

http://gwmitchell.com/lifting-san-an...o-new-heights/

Also, this is pretty neat. It talks about the restoration of the Tower Life Building's top.

http://www.amerroofing.com/index.php...-life-building

Just now seeing the Tower Life link, Kev. That's friggin amazing! I've always wanted an updated close up of the top

Fryguy · #19 Posted **Sep 8, 2019, 12:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by ahealy

Hey folks, I am realllllly on the hunt for some 1980s-1990s shots of the Colonnade (anywhere in that shopping centre) and especially the interior of the old Albertson's that is now SLC.

This is purely for nostalgic childhood reasons...I'm also really wanting to find any pics of the old video store that was once in that Albertson's.

I know this might be a better fit on reddit but....I can try!

What streets are you referring to, and what is SLC? Salt Lake City?

ajarreguin3 · #20 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 4:05 PM**

How do I insert photos onto a thread? Seems more difficult than I thought lol.