by RoadRunner | Jul 3, 2017 | art, history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
During the 20k+ walk on Sunday, the Texas Trail Roundup takes you by Alamo Stadium at 110 Tuleta, across the street from Trinity University. If you have a spare moment, check out the murals at the west entrance. The federal Work Projects Administration (WPA)...
by RoadRunner | Mar 13, 2017 | art, nature, San Antonio insider
You may have noticed the unusual trail markers in Brackenridge Park. The eastern part of the park has four wooded trails, each about a mile long. The markers at the trailheads are by Susan Budge, who at the time of the trail markers’ creation in 2006 was the...
by RoadRunner | Feb 26, 2017 | art, nature, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
After the Texas Trail Roundup Sunday walk someone asked us about San Antonio’s “Frog Bridge.” Actually, it’s a TOAD bridge (although everyone calls it the frog bridge. Goes to show what we know.) The city commissioned ceramicist Diana Kersey to...
by RoadRunner | Feb 23, 2017 | art, history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
The San Antonio is not a majestic river; its bridges are accordingly modest. You won’t find a Chesapeake Bay Bridge here, or a Clifton Suspension Bridge. The model for the River Walk was Venice, but we we have nothing like the 400 bridges that span the narrow...
by RoadRunner | Feb 15, 2017 | art, food & drink, San Antonio insider
All of the Sunday walks will take you past the Blue Star Contemporary Arts Complex, in the area we call Southtown. In 1985, Hap Veltman and Bernard Lifshutz purchased the historic, run-down and vacant Blue Star Ice and Cold Storage complex across the San Antonio...
by RoadRunner | Feb 13, 2017 | art, history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
On every walk you get a view of San Antonio’s Enchilada Red Central Library, opened in May, 1995. It’s a prominent part of the San Antonio skyline. Here’s a short video explaining how it got built: You’ll walk past our two previous libraries on...
