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San Antonio approves $450M Alamo redevelopment project
keye ^ | Oct. 19, 2018 | AP

Posted on 10/19/2018 4:34:05 PM PDT by bgill

The San Antonio City Council approved a $450 million redevelopment plan for the Alamo, marking a new chapter for the nearly 300-year-old site. The council voted for the proposal on Thursday, signing off on disputed changes, including moving the 1930s Cenotaph memorial, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The vote comes after months of debate by city officials and residents over elements of the redevelopment plan, such as closing streets to vehicle traffic, moving the Cenotaph, and using fences or barriers to control public access. The council approved a 50-year lease that gives the Texas General Land Office management and control of the plaza. Other changes include building a museum.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alamo; pbush; texas
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To: Libloather

He must have done a lot of damage
when he p***ed on it. Forever banned.


41 posted on 10/19/2018 9:59:04 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: bgill

How the F do you spend 450 million renovating it? Build a hyperloop to Dallas?


42 posted on 10/20/2018 2:10:15 AM PDT by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
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To: Rinnwald

And... just for the record... it was also a church. Probably people buried under that road.


43 posted on 10/20/2018 2:15:34 AM PDT by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
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To: bgill

They are finally putting in a basement, hehe.


44 posted on 10/20/2018 3:57:00 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: DanielRedfoot

45 posted on 10/20/2018 3:59:59 AM PDT by Lockbar (What would Vlad The Impaler do?)
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To: bgill

Since it is uber-lib San Antonio, will there be an unfortunate display dedicated to the homosexual defenders of the Alamo??


46 posted on 10/20/2018 4:06:46 AM PDT by Lockbar (What would Vlad The Impaler do?)
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To: bgill; All
See my brief history of the Alamo on my bio page!
47 posted on 10/20/2018 9:33:26 AM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan-(girl type)FREEPER FRIENDS! SEE MY TEXAS HX BIO PAGE!)
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To: patriot08

I miss horny toads. Haven’t seen one in decades. Don’t know that our kids have ever seen one. They used to be everywhere. Cute little things. I’d tie a string around their necks like a leash and have them as pets. Just searched and supposedly they live for 5 years. Apparently some live much longer. My grandmother found one with one of my leashes on it long after I’d grown up.


48 posted on 10/20/2018 11:13:30 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill
Yeah, used to tie strings around their necks, too. LOL

They're fierce looking little things to be so docile. We used to turn them over and rub their little tummies and they'd go to sleep. Shame we're losing such cute little things.

49 posted on 10/20/2018 5:00:12 PM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan-(girl type)FREEPER FRIENDS! SEE MY TEXAS HX BIO PAGE!)
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To: bgill
This house is voting straight ticket GOP with the exception of going Independent instead of P. The D candidate probably has a better chance but just can’t vote D.

Me too.

I hear that the Bushes voted for Hillary. So, I think they deserve some protests votes.

50 posted on 10/21/2018 3:31:03 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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