ALAMO TRUST

Plenty of people also read the Current's story about the security concerns of San Antonio residents of subsidized housing.

Vince Cantu, owner of the downtown San Antonio bar, has previously demanded $17 million from the Alamo Trust.

This week's top stories also included coverage of a fatal dog attack in San Antonio, in which one man died and three others were injured.

Talks between a downtown bar owner and the Alamo Trust failed to result in an agreement over how much the state will pay for his property.

Bar owner Vince Cantu said he plans to bring the same $17 million asking price to a meeting with Alamo Trust officials Wednesday.

On Tuesday, LULAC and Moses Rose's owner Vince Cantu appeared outside City Hall to call for a delay in negotiations.

An attorney representing Moses Roses Hideout says that he and the owner want Alamo Trust to hold negotiations in 'good faith.'

Opinion: Moses Rose’s Hideout owner Vince Cantu is the last holdout preventing the planned Alamo Museum and Visitor Center from proceeding.

City Council approved an ordinance that relies on the power of eminent domain to acquire bar property for the planned Alamo museum.

The San Antonio City Council authorizes the city to use the eminent domain process to take an Alamo Plaza bar property.

The San Antonio City Council voted 9-2 on Thursday morning to authorize the use of eminent domain to acquire Moses Rose’s Hideout on East Houston Street, which sits in the footprint of a planned Alamo Visitor Center and Museum.

The owner has held out for a higher price, saying officials behind the project never entered into serious negotiations.

Vince Cantu, the owner of Moses Rose’s Hideout, said in a news release Wednesday that he’s “ready for ‘the Battle of the Alamo 2.0′ but today is asking for peaceful negotiation with city council.”

The Alamo Collections Center is the first building developed as part of the Alamo redevelopment plan and the newest building since the 1950s.

The Alamo Trust acquired the collection from Bexar County collectors Donald and Louise Yena. Donald, a renowned Western artist, donated six large paintings.

Tap Pilam sought to be included in decisions about human remains at the Alamo, as it claims members are descended from Indigenous people buried there.

The gift will go toward the conservation of Alamo Plaza.

Holt joins the board as the Alamo's nonprofit steward continues to form a multimillion-dollar redevelopment plan for the historic mission and plaza.

The two architecture firms that designed an exhibition hall under construction at the Alamo have been selected to design the Alamo museum.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick said Tuesday he wants to use taxpayer money to cover the remaining costs of the Alamo redevelopment plan.

Está comenzando a surgir una versión revisada y mucho menos costosa del plan de reurbanización del Álamo.

Nearly a year after the Alamo redevelopment plan was sent into a tailspin, a revised and less costly version of the plan is starting to emerge.

Opinion: How the hall's 10,000 square feet of interior exhibition space will be used in the long term is a mystery.

The Alamo Management Committee, which includes city, state and Alamo Trust representatives, has oversight of the $250 million Alamo Plaza Plan.

Alamo Trust says the center will create $12 billion in economic benefits, over 8,100...

Bexar County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the county's $25 million share of funding for a $450 million museum and visitor center across from the Alamo,...

The yet-to-be-designed Alamo museum will be housed in historic buildings by the Alamo Plaza, county commissioners heard Tuesday.

A two-story, 24,000-square-foot building is planned for the eastern corner of the Alamo grounds to display artifacts.

The immersive outdoor exhibit debuts Friday morning across the Alamo and is free to the public.

The revised Alamo Plan would change several controversial aspects of the original version. And while there looks to be enough support on council to pass a new ground lease and operating agreement, which contains details of the plan, some council members have concerns.

click to enlarge Michael MarksThe Woolworth building, which overlooks Alamo Plaza, is considered a significant civil-rights landmark. click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / San Antonio Conservation SocietyThis 1981 photo shows the Woolworth Building with its original signage. San Antonio will be responsible for the design and construction of Alamo Plaza and the improvements to Crockett and Bonham Street. The Alamo Trust will be responsible for the design and construction of a world class museum and any improvements to Alamo Street, Houston Street and the Paseo del Alamo that are necessary to integrate the museum into the Alamo Plaza. "The previous plan to remake Alamo Plaza drew a remarkably diverse array of critics.

The Alamo grounds are now open but buildings remain closedThe Alamo Grounds are now open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the historic site announced Thursday on Twitter. The Alamo Grounds are now open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the historic site announced Thursday on Twitter. Photo: Billy Calzada /San Antonio Express-News Photo: Billy Calzada /San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close The Alamo grounds are now open but buildings remain closed 1 / 1 Back to GalleryThe Alamo grounds have reopened for visitors, the historic site announced Thursday via Twitter. The shrine and museum annex, however, remain closed until further notice, the Alamo wrote in its tweet. ON EXPRESSNEWS.COM: State commission recognizes Alamo church in downtown San Antonio as a cemeteryThe Alamo temporarily closed in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A vast majority of Republicans across Texas are averse to the changes proposed for the Alamo, if primary ballots are any indication. The exact ballot language read: Texans should protect and preserve all historical monuments, artifacts, and buildings, such as the Alamo Cenotaph and our beloved Alamo, and should oppose any reimagining of the Alamo site.Statewide, 97 percent of Republicans voted yes. However, officials with Alamo Trust, the nonprofit tasked by the Texas General Land Office with stewardship of the site, said the States plan for the Alamo is actually consistent with the message sent by GOP voters. Currently, the Cenotaph omits 12 of the Defenders who gave their lives at the Alamo, the Alamo Trust continued. They should be honored.A spokeswoman for the GLO declined to comment, deferring instead to the Alamo Trust.

However, most discussion of that time has centered on another former lunch counter at the Woolworth Building on Alamo Plaza. The area where the three buildings sit on Alamo Plaza is slated for a future Alamo museum, which will be separate from the civil rights museum announced Wednesday, Trevio said. We believe we will have the institute finished out well before the Alamo museum is done, he said. This is not a power play of the Alamo pushing the institute, Latimore said. Officials will also weigh the recommendation of architects Machado Silvetti and HKS, which were chosen for the design of the Alamo museum, Trevio said.

Tap Pilam representatives could not be reached for comment Monday. Also listed as plaintiffs are the San Antonio Missions Cemetery Association and Raymond Hernandez, a Tap Pilam tribal council member. Tap Pilam leaders say they represent direct descendants of the indigenous people who lived, died, and were buried there. But Tap Pilam is not recognized by the federal government as a Native American tribe, a sticking point in the Alamo dispute. That lawsuit alleges that the redevelopment plan violates the Texas Health and Safety Code because the Alamo is a cemetery.

The only folks that have spoken in favor of this thing are the folks that are making money off it, San Antonio resident and Tea Party commentator George Rodriguez told HDRC members. Rodriguez was referring to contractors working on the project for the City and Alamo Trust, the sites nonprofit manager. The Cenotaphs relocation is part of the first phase of a $450 million redevelopment of the historic site and plaza. The outcry over the Cenotaphs relocation continues more than a year after the HDRC approved moving the Cenotaph in October 2018. That was part of a joint vote with the HDRC and Citys Planning Commission a little more than a week before City Council gave its go-ahead to the entire Alamo plan.

Work is set to begin over the next few months on the first phase of the Alamo site redesign, involving moving the Cenotaph monument to the Alamo defenders to its new location near the Menger Hotel. Alamo Trust is the nonprofit set up by the Texas General Land Office that manages the Alamo. Also included in the first phase is the new Fiesta parade route and a free speech zone that promoters of the redesign say will incorporate the ways people have historically used Alamo Plaza. The public will watch every aspect of this project.The relocation will involve closing off streets around Alamo Plaza in early 2020. The closures will be on Blum Street and Alamo Plaza Street in front of the Menger and East Crockett Street from Alamo Plaza Street to Bonham Street.

The Native American group sued in September, alleging the state violated its members' civil rights by excluding them.The legal battle unfolds amid a $450 million renovation of Alamo Plaza. Around 1,300 people, including Native Americans, were buried on the property, Tap Pilam maintains in its suit.According to the General Land Office filing, Ramon Vasquez a Tap Pilam member already sits on the Alamo Citizens Advisory Committee, which oversees redevelopment of the site. From local politics and culture to national news that hits close to home, San Antonio Current has been keeping San Antonio informed for years. If quality journalism is important to you, please consider a donation to San Antonio Current. Every reader contribution is valuable and so appreciated, and goes directly to support our coverage of critical issues and neighborhood culture.

Archaeologists excavating areas below the Alamos Church and Long Barrack first encountered human remains in August, including teeth and toe bones. Apparently, plaintiffs believe (mistakenly) that the specter of federal litigation might help them secure this special treatment, states one filing by Alamo Trust. However, the GLO and Alamo Trust argued in legal filings that Tap Pilam has not proven its members are truly descended from people buried at the Alamo. Human remains found during recent months have been moved to an environmentally controlled vault, according to archaeology reports. In its filing, the GLO called its existing protocol for the treatment of human remains both extensive and inclusive. The committee includes members of five federally recognized Native American tribes.

Human bone fragments have turned up in an archaeological dig to find the foundations of the Alamos Church and Long Barrack, State officials said Friday. Archaeological investigations undertaken as part of the $450 million redesign of Alamo Plaza have revealed multiple fragments, according to a news release from the Texas General Land Office, which owns the Alamo site, and Alamo Trust, the nonprofit that manages it. Archaeologists found the fragments inside the Church and outside the Long Barrack, GLO communications director Karina Erickson said in an email. Right now, we would be asking for everything to stop, because we know its a cemetery, Tap Pilam leader Ramon Vasquez said in a phone interview Friday. The commission instead designated the site a historic Texas cemetery, a largely symbolic gesture.