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The Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot (229-meter) observation tower-restaurant located in the Hemisfair district in the southeastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford [1] and was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68. [2]
Incorporating grand hotel bars, secretive speakeasies, quirky salons and dive bars, The World's 50 Best Bars list aims to celebrate the diversity and universality of the drinks culture and to reflect new bar scenes developing all over the world. The World's 50 Best Bars is owned and organised by William Reed Ltd, the group behind The World's 50 ...
In 1858 the Mengers hired an architect, John M. Fries, along with a contractor, J. H. Kampmann, to complete the two-story, 50-room hotel in San Antonio, Texas, [2] which became a stopping point on the Chisholm Trail where cattle drovers could replenish their supplies while cattlemen sold and bought their livestock.
Long dominated by New York and London cocktail establishments, the World’s 50 Best Bar Awards have, for the second year running, found their winner in a Spanish city.
Highlights of the museum include a 78 Point Brady Buck, a world record holding 1,056-pound black marlin, [8] a longhorn with an 8-foot spread, [9] and the first gorilla ever on public display in the United States. Comedian and San Antonio native Carol Burnett claimed to have been frightened by the gorilla as a child. [10]
Mugaritz | San Sebastian (No. 31 among the World’s 50 Best) Another El Bulli alum, Andoni Luis Aduriz recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his restaurant Mugaritz, which is located on the ...
The U.S city of San Antonio, Texas has are large venues such as the Frost Bank Center, medium-sized venues such as The Paper Tiger [1] that host large concerts and touring music acts, and many small venues that host other kinds of music.
The tallest office building in San Antonio. [7] 3 Grand Hyatt San Antonio: 424 (129) 34 Hotel / Residential 2008 A 1,000 room hotel that was the tallest building in San Antonio completed in the 2000s. [8] 4 Tower Life Building: 404 (123) 30 Vacant 1928 First known as the Smith-Young Tower. Also on the National Register of Historic Places. It is ...