West Side residents hope creek restoration, more trails will revitalize community
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The West Side has been home to Amelia Valdez’s family for 100 years.
After moving from Múzquiz, Mexico, the family picked cotton and lived in
corrales rows of small houses along Apache Creek, where they also washed their clothes. But in the 1950s, badly needed flood control projects covered springs and creek beds with concrete and cut off neighborhoods from one another.
Today, plans to construct hike-and-bike trails and restore the ecosystem of Alazán, Apache, Martinez, San Pedro and Zarzamora creeks have been in the works so long, some may have written them off or forgotten about them. But restoration of the creeks has quietly moved forward.
NFL pioneer s boyhood home may become historic San Antonio landmark, despite owner s opposition
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The 1921 Craftsman bungalow house at 1206 W. Agarita in Beacon Hill has been saved from demolition and may be declared a local historic landmark in the spring.Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Damon Tassos poses for a picture in front of his boyhood home at 1206 W. Agarita St. in about 1945, shortly before he began playing for the Detroit Lions. The city of San Antonio has initiated a process to declare the house a historic landmark, in part due to its connection with Tassos and his family, which contributed to the local Greek American community.Courtesy photo /Show MoreShow Less