Author: Marion Alphonse Habig
Publisher: Franciscan Press
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lewis F. Fisher
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2016-08-22
Total Pages: 523
ISBN-13: 159534781X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Few American cities enjoy the likes of San Antonio's visual links with its dramatic past. The Alamo and four other Spanish missions, recently marked as a UNESCO World Heritage site, are the most obvious but there are a host of landmarks and folkways that have survived over the course of nearly three centuries that still lend San Antonio an "odd and antiquated foreignness." Adding to the charm of the nation's seventh largest city is the San Antonio River, saved to become a winding linear park through the heart of downtown and beyond and a world model for sensitive urban development. San Antonio's heritage has not been preserved by accident. The wrecking balls and headlong development that accompanied progress in nineteenth-century San Antonio roused an indigenous historic preservation movement—the first west of the Mississippi River to become effective. Its thrust has increased since the mid-1920s with the pioneering work of the San Antonio Conservation Society. In Saving San Antonio, Texas historian Lewis Fisher peels back the myths surrounding more than a century of preservation triumphs and failures to reveal a lively mosaic that portrays the saving of San Antonio's cultural and architectural soul. The process, entertaining in the telling, has reverberated throughout the United States and provided significant lessons for the built environments and economies of cities everywhere.
Author: Adina De Zavala
Publisher:
Published: 1917
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781404758742
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Henry Ryder- Taylor
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Published: 2013-12
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781314941432
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Janey Levy
Publisher: Rosen Central
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780823936816
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of primary source materials highlights the story behind the Alamo and its place in the history of San Antonio, Texas.
Author: Byron Browne
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1467136301
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"After the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortaes in the sixteenth century, conquistadors and explorers poured into the territory of Nueva Espaana. The Franciscans followed in their wake but carved a different path through a harsh and often violent landscape. That heritage can still be found across Texas, behind weathered stone ruins and in the pews of ornate, immaculately maintained naves. From early structures in El Paso to later woodland sanctuaries in East Texas, these missions anchored communities and, in many cases, still serve them today. Author Byron Browne reconnoiters these iconic landmarks and their lasting legacy."