Author: San Antonio (Tex.).Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
The San Antonio River and Environs
Author: San Antonio (Tex.).San Antonio and Environs
Author: George Paul GoffPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385452333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
River Walk
Author: Lewis F. FisherPublisher: Maverick Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Illustrated photographs and narratives describe the history, restoration, and continued development of San Antonio's River Walk.
American Venice
Author: Lewis FisherPublisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595342656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In American Venice: The Epic Story of San Antonio’s River, Lewis F. Fisher uncovers the evolution of San Antonio’s beloved River Walk. He shares how San Antonians refused to give up on the vital water source that provided for them from before the city’s beginnings. In 1941 neglect, civic uprisings, and bursts of creativity culminated in the completion of a Works Projects Administration project designed by Robert H. H. Hugman. The resulting River Walk languished for years but enjoyed renewed interest during the 1968 World’s Fair, held in San Antonio, and has since become the center of the city’s cultural and historical narrative. “The real story [of the River Walk] is a bit less Hollywood but far more interesting . . . With a growing number of cities facing issues of water supply, urban runoff, flooding, and ways of rebuilding better after a disaster, the San Antonio River Walk remains a great example of getting it right,” writes Irby Hightower, co-chair of the San Antonio River Oversight Committee. In this updated and expanded edition of River Walk: The Epic Story of San Antonio’s River, Fisher offers more fascinating stories about the River Walk’s evolution, bringing to light new facts and sharing historical images that he has since discovered. The update includes information about the Museum and Mission Reaches, two expansions of the River Walk that are vital to San Antonio’s continued growth as the seventh largest city in the country. Fisher starts his story with the first written records of the river, in the 1690s, and continues through the 1800s and the flood of 1921, to debates over transforming the river and its eventual role as the crown jewel of Texas, and finally to its recent expansion. More than a community attraction, the River Walk’s banks are also a giant botanical garden full of plants and trees. Indeed, the American Society for Horticulture has named the River Walk a Horticultural Landmark. As Fisher says, the River Walk “remains a work in progress, one forever precarious and unfinished yet standing before the world as a triumph of enterprise and human imagination.”
Exploring the San Antonio River Walk
Author: Emma HuddlestonPublisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 164185989X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Gives readers a close-up look at the history and importance of the San Antonio River Walk. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, a labeled map, and a “That’s Amazing!” special feature, this book provides an engaging overview of this amazing landmark.
The San Antonio River
Author: Mary Ann Noonan GuerraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
San Antonio
Author: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
San Antonio River Channel Improvement
Author: On the Border
Author: Char MillerPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 9780822970606
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This award winning book is an environmental history of the role of water and water management in the region surrounding San Antonio and and the San Antonio River Valley.
The Spanish Acequias of San Antonio
Author: I. Waynne CoxPublisher: Maverick Books
ISBN: 9781893271340
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This well researched and documented book recounts the unique history of water and water distribution in early San Antonio, Texas. The founding of San Antonio in 1718 was due to the presence of two major sources of water --San Pedro Springs and the headwaters of the San Antonio River. From these Spanish engineers designed seven major acequia systems that followed sometimes barely perceptible land contours downward. The history and remarkable expertise of those early engineers is recounted here. Photographs and maps of early San Antonio and urban San Antonio add to the story. The manuscript was completed shortly before the renown local San Antonio archaeologist died at the age of 70 years.