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San Antonio planning facelift for downtown

River North is widely considered to be one of the most rundown, neglected and unsafe areas of the city. It has stood for years at the edge of downtown like a blight on the conscience of San Antonio, reminding city officials and the community constantly that something must be done. But, finding the money to proceed with a redevelopment project has proven difficult, until recently.

River North will be entirely overhauled in a new project that aims to revamp the area and make it an integral part of the life and culture of the city’s core, rather than a ghost town that people avoided at all costs. The project is finally underway following the injection of over US$24 million in funding for the overhaul. Read more

San Antonio belongs among the handful of cities whose identity is so individual and unmistakable that it could be an independent city-state, completely surrounded by the U.S. Like New Orleans, Miami or San Francisco, San Antonio's culture seemed to develop on a course parallel to but independent from the rest of the country. The city's identity is shaped by a confluence of cultures: Spanish colonial plazas and tiny side streets dating from 1731, architecture showing German influence from the late 1800s and an ambience that came directly from Mexico.

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