This week in Just This, Rick Casey talks with Iris Dimmick, Rivard Report managing editor and City Hall reporter, about the latest draft of plans for remaking Alamo Plaza.

A team of national experts, under direction from the City of San Antonio, the Texas Land Office, and the Alamo Endowment, took steps toward addressing issues passionately raised by community critics when the first draft was released last year.

But critics remain, arguing that the plan overreacts to adjacent tasteless tourist traps by turning Alamo Plaza  into a shrine and killing it as a vibrant center for locals. The new battle of the Alamo isn’t over.

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Rick Casey's career spans four decades of award-winning reporting on San Antonio. He previously worked as a metro columnist for the former San Antonio Light and, later, the San Antonio Express-News.

2 replies on “<i>Just This</i> with Rick Casey #15: The New Battle of the Alamo”

  1. What a great interview, I really found ir yo be esther enjoyable and thought provoking regarding the Álamo.

    I am largely in favor of this new draft and absolutely love the additional pedestrian space that is not common to see within a city in the United States. I believe as we revive our Urban core we really should pay attention yo just how integral and influencial our público spaces can be into creating a unique space. Bien hecho!

  2. Clarification: The Alamo footprint which will be a new outdoor museum, will be open to the public at all times. During museum hours, 8-5 PM there will be a large public entrance thru the museum entrance where all people can freely enter the grounds. When the museum is closed, today from 5 PM to 10 AM the site would be accessible by 6 or more gates.

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