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Un Poquito de Mexico en HemisFair Park

by Susan | Feb 16, 2019 | art, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

The 10km Friday Friendship walk will take you through HemisFair Park. Just before you get to the Tower of the Americas you’ll be instructed to walk to the left of the Mayan Statue and head towards the big blue sculpture titled “Unamita.” What are...

A Walk through Academia: Trinity University

by Susan | Feb 14, 2019 | art, history, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

Sunday’sTexas Trail Roundup 21k walk will take you through the campus of Trinity University, located between Brackenridge Park and the historic Monte Vista neighborhood. Presbyterians founded Trinity in 1869 in Tehuacana, Texas (about 40 miles NE of Waco) from...

Our Enchilada Red Library: More Than Books (But We Have Those, Too)

by Susan | Feb 12, 2019 | art, history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

On every walk you get a view of San Antonio’s Enchilada Red Central Library, opened in May, 1995. It’s a prominent part of the San Antonio skyline. Here’s a short video explaining how it got built: You’ll walk past our two previous libraries on...

The Not-A-Frog Bridge in Brackenridge Park

by Susan | Jan 21, 2019 | art, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, nature, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

After the Texas Trail Roundup Sunday walk someone asked us about San Antonio’s “Frog Bridge.” Actually, it’s a TOAD bridge (although everyone calls it the frog bridge. Goes to show what we know.) The city commissioned ceramicist Diana Kersey to...

Alamo Stadium Murals: a WPA Project

by Susan | Jan 7, 2019 | art, history, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

During the 20k+ walk on Sunday, the Texas Trail Roundup takes you by Alamo Stadium at 110 Tuleta, across the street from Trinity University. If you have a spare moment, check out the murals at the west entrance. The federal Work Progress Administration (WPA)...

Everything’s BIG in Texas: Even the Art!

by Susan | Jan 31, 2017 | art, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

La Antorcha de la Amistad / Torch of Friendship was presented as a gift from the Mexican government to the City of San Antonio in 2002. The artist of the sculpture is world-renowned Mexican sculptor, Sebastián, and was commissioned by the Asociación de Empresarios...
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