by Susan | Apr 4, 2022 | Monuments
This was the first statue installed in San Antonio’s new San Pedro Creek Culture Park, a linear urban park that was previously a concrete-lined drainage ditch that serviced stormwater runoff in downtown San Antonio. Once complete, the 2.2 mile-long park...
by Susan | Jan 17, 2022 | Monuments
There’s a new statue in San Antonio’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. Let me make it clear. MLK Park, which is adjacent to the Eastside Boys and Girls Club on MLK Blvd., is not the same place as MLK Plaza, on N. New Braunfels, just outside the gates of Ft....
by Susan | Feb 22, 2021 | Monuments
This engraved stone is embedded in the pavement in front of the Bexar County Court House in Main Plaza / Plaza de las Islas. It says: Captain Toribio de Urrutia and Fray Santa Ana now determined to do their best to establish a permanent and lasting peace with the...
by Susan | Feb 15, 2021 | Monuments, San Antonio insider
The Door of Equality (La Puerta de Igualdad) is the latest gateway sculpture by the artist Sebastian and is a gift to the City of San Antonio from Fundación Sebastian and Siempre México to commemorate the city’s rich civil and human rights history. The sculpture...
by Susan | Feb 8, 2021 | Monuments, San Antonio insider
Located on the southwest corner of the University of Texas, San Antonio Downtown Campus. “Labyrinth Gateway” is a suspended sculpture hanging from cables mounted to pylons surrounding a small courtyard. The labyrinth represents a metaphor in the writings...
