Skip to main content Doing the right thing : Coalition observes anniversary of Alamo Plaza civil rights milestone noted by Jackie Robinson
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Lifelong San Antonian, East Side resident and a member of the Coalition for the Woolworth Building Nettie Hinton, seated, speaks Tuesday in front of the Woolworth Building at the corner of Alamo and Houston streets about the peaceful integration of the downtown institution on March 16, 1960.William Luther /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Members of the Save the Woolworth Coalition prepare Tuesday, March 16, 2021. to march in front of the building to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the peaceful integration of the former downtown institution’s lunch counter.William Luther /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Alamo citizen panel begins work to rescue renovation plan even as legislator seeks to block historical revisionism
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Alamo Citizen Advisory Committee members met Monday night to start work on getting the Alamo renovation project back on track.Staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Alamo Citizen Advisory Committee members gather to vote on the proposed Alamo plan in City Council chambers in this 2018 photo. The committee, which drafted a vision and guiding principles for the Alamo project in 2014 and approved key concepts of the endeavor in 2018, has been called back into service to help get it back on track.Billy Calzada /Staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
Your Turn: Feb. 28
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Employees of San Antonio Water System fill containers at a water distribution center after a weeklong icy storm. To the relief of ratepayers, SAWS said it will charge all customers the lower of two amounts on their next bill: either the total for February or the total from January.CHRISTOPHER LEE /NYTShow MoreShow Less
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People seeking shelter from subfreezing temperatures receive a meal at Travis Park Methodist Church during the weeklong winter blast. Readers are calling on the Texas Lege to prevent future power crises.Eric Gay /Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
SAWS saves the day
Ayala: Alamo reset has potential to get plaza project completed
Elaine Ayala Commentary
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The Alamo Plaza redevelopment must tell the complete story of the Alamo, including the role of slavery and the myth-making that followed the famous 1836 battle.William Luther / Staff file photo
After years of stops, starts, setbacks and disappointment, Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s call this week for modifications to the Alamo Plaza redevelopment plan holds enormous potential.
Nirenberg’s “reset” promises to get the besieged project completed.
We can hope.
While the city’s plan is still to improve and expand the historic site, perhaps it might do so more modestly while telling the complete story of the Alamo.
First Black police officer killed in San Antonio remains unsolved murder 80 years later
Julius Alberson, 29, was becoming a community leader, had a promising future
Andrew Wilson, Digital Journalist/Social Media Producer
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SAN ANTONIO – A Thursday night out on patrol alone ended in tragedy for San Antonio patrolman Julius Alberson on Dec. 4, 1941.
Within minutes, the “well-liked” officer, who was responding to a disturbance at a dance hall in the 500 block of East Commerce Street downtown, was fatally shot with his own revolver.
“City Policeman Slain at Dance” spread across the front page of the
San Antonio Express the following day. A revolver disappeared, 10 soldiers were detained and one mystery remained who really pulled the trigger to kill Alberson, the local newspapers asked. The 29-year-old had only been on the force for nine months at the time of his death.