San Antonio,officially the City of San Antonio,is a city in and the county seat of Bexar County,Texas,United States. The city is the seventh-most populous in the United States,the second-largest in the Southern United States,and the second-most populous in Texas after Houston. It is the 12th-most populous city in North America,with 1,434,625 residents as of 2020.
Beeville is a city in Bee County,Texas,United States. Its population of 13,543 at the 2020 census makes it the 207th-largest city in Texas. It is the county seat of Bee County and home to the main campus of Coastal Bend College. The area around the city contains three prisons operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
The American Discovery Trail is a system of recreational trails and roads that collectively form a coast-to-coast hiking and biking trail across the mid-tier of the United States. Horses can also be ridden on most of this trail. The coastal trailheads are the Delmarva Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the northern California coast on the Pacific Ocean. The trail has northern and southern alternates for part of its distance,passing through Chicago and St. Louis respectively. The total length of the trail,including both the north and south routes,is 6,800 miles (10,900 km). The northern route covers 4,834 miles (7,780 km) with the southern route covering 5,057 miles (8,138 km). It is the only non-motorized coast-to-coast trail.
The San Antonio River Walk is a city park and special-case pedestrian street in San Antonio,Texas,one level down from the automobile street. The River Walk winds and loops under bridges as two parallel sidewalks lined with restaurants and shops,connecting the major tourist draws such as the Shops at Rivercenter,the Arneson River Theatre,Marriage Island,La Villita,HemisFair Park,the Tower Life Building,the San Antonio Museum of Art,the Pearl,and the city's five Spanish colonial missions,which have been named a World Heritage Site,which includes the Alamo. During the annual springtime Fiesta San Antonio,the River Parade features flowery floats that float down the river.
Phillip Duane Hardberger is an American politician and lawyer who served as mayor of San Antonio,taking office in June,2005. A Democrat,he was elected on a non-partisan ballot.
A greenway is usually a shared-use path along a strip of undeveloped land,in an urban or rural area,set aside for recreational use or environmental protection. Greenways are frequently created out of disused railways,canal towpaths,utility company rights of way,or derelict industrial land. Greenways can also be linear parks,and can serve as wildlife corridors. The path's surface may be paved and often serves multiple users:walkers,runners,bicyclists,skaters and hikers. A characteristic of greenways,as defined by the European Greenways Association,is "ease of passage":that is that they have "either low or zero gradient",so that they can be used by all "types of users,including mobility impaired people".
Von Ormy is a city in southwest Bexar County,Texas,United States. As of the 2020 census,it had a population of 1,174. It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan statistical area.
A linear park is a type of park that is significantly longer than it is wide. These linear parks are strips of public land running along canals,rivers,streams,defensive walls,electrical lines,or highways and shorelines. Examples of linear parks include everything from wildlife corridors to riverways to trails,capturing the broadest sense of the word. Other examples include rail trails,which are disused railroad beds converted for recreational use by removing existing structures. Commonly,these linear parks result from the public and private sectors acting on the dense urban need for open green space. Linear parks stretch through urban areas,coming through as a solution for the lack of space and need for urban greenery. They also effectively connect different neighborhoods in dense urban areas as a result,and create places that are ideal for activities such as jogging or walking. Linear parks may also be categorized as greenways. In Australia,a linear park along the coast is known as a foreshoreway. When being designed,linear parks appear unique as they are planned around the public's opinion of how the space will affect them.
Howard R. Barr (1910–2002) was a prominent twentieth-century architect in Austin,Texas. He received his degree from the University of Texas School of Architecture in 1934. Upon graduation,he worked in the University architect’s office,where his first project was the design of housing units for the new U.T. observatory in West Texas.
Edward D. Garza,is an American politician and a professional urban planner. From 2001 to 2005,he served as mayor of San Antonio,Texas. Elected at the age of 32,he is the youngest person to become mayor of San Antonio and only the second person of Hispanic descent to hold the office since the election of Henry Cisneros in 1981.
William E. Thornton is an American politician who served as the mayor of San Antonio,Texas from 1995 to 1997. He succeeded Nelson Wolff and was himself followed by Howard Peak,after Thornton finished third in his bid for reelection. Thornton also served as a member of the San Antonio City Council for district 8. During the 1997 mayoral election,public relations consultant T. J. Connolly defected from Thornton to Peak's campaign and was subsequently reported to the police for stalking Thornton and his wife. The incident was investigated by the police found no basis for the charge. Connolly describes the incident as "a cold,calculated,well-planned political move". Thornton was a noted proponent for proposals to restore and expand San Antonio's historic center in the area around the Alamo,as well as a supporter of tax abatements to promote tourism through the construction of new hotels. His term as mayor was marked by tension between the mayor and members of the city council.
La Cantera is a master-planned development and district of the City of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas,on the city's Northwest Side. "La Cantera" is Spanish for "the quarry",in reference to what the district was before USAA turned it to a 178-acre (0.72 km2) mixed-use master-planned development.
Philip Adam Cortez is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. He previously served as a State Representative for House District 117 during the 83rd Legislative Session. From 2007 to 2012,he was a member of the nominally nonpartisan San Antonio City Council,on which he was a firm ally of then Mayor Julian Castro.
On May 9,2015,the city of San Antonio,Texas,held an election to choose the next Mayor of San Antonio. Interim mayor Ivy Taylor ran for election to a full term and narrowly defeated former state senator Leticia Van de Putte in the runoff election on June 13,2015,to become the first African American elected to the position.
On May 6,2017,the city of San Antonio,Texas held an election to choose the next mayor of San Antonio. As no candidate secured a majority of the vote,a runoff was held on June 10,2017 with Councilman Ron Nirenberg defeating incumbent mayor Ivy Taylor.
Ronald Adrian Nirenberg is an American politician who is the mayor of San Antonio,Texas. Prior to his election,Nirenberg served as a member of the San Antonio City Council for District 8 for two terms.
On May 4,2019,the city of San Antonio,Texas held an election to choose the next mayor of San Antonio. The election was a nonpartisan blanket primary. As no candidate secured a majority of the vote,a runoff was held on June 8,2019,between the two top candidates,incumbent mayor Ron Nirenberg and San Antonio City Councilman Greg Brockhouse. In the runoff,Nirenberg narrowly defeated Brockhouse,51.11% to 48.89%.
Leticia Huerta is a Chicana artist known for her public art and paintings that reshape community spaces.
