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Typical Monte Vista Historic District street sign. Bounded by Hildebrand Avenue to the north, Broadway to the east, I-10 to the west and I-35 to the south, Eastside of San Antonio's Historic District features an assortment of neighborhoods ranging from the working class Beacon Hill to the up-and-coming Five Points to the established upper middle class Monte Vista.
All of them are districts within San Antonio except for Terrell Hills and Olmos Park, both independent municipalities similarly to Alamo Heights. Alamo Heights is approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of the San Antonio International Airport and 5 miles (8 km) north of downtown San Antonio, both of which are accessible via Broadway and U.S. 281 North.
The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Its zip code is 78056. Its zip code is 78056. The Medina Irrigation Company (MICO) originally built much of the community as a workers camp, to house the approximately 1500 Mexican laborers (and their families) who constructed Medina Dam .
Market Square is the site of Cinco de Mayo in central San Antonio and many other fiestas throughout the year. [2] The "El Mercado" building was built as a Works Progress Administration project during 1938-1939 after the existing municipal market house (known as the Giles building) was torn down. The new building was originally named the ...
Helotes (/ h ə ˈ l oʊ t ɪ s / hə-LOH-tis) is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located on the far northwestern side of San Antonio. It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area. Its population was 9,030 at the 2020 census. [5]
Miraflores is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of downtown San Antonio, near the corner of East Hildebrand Avenue and Broadway. The San Antonio Zoo is immediately across from the San Antonio River on its west side. Today, only about 4.6 acres (1.9 ha) of the original 15 acres (6.1 ha) have been preserved. [2]
Scholz Palm Garden (before 1891), 105-109 North Alamo, two-story brick building; Crockett Hotel (1909), E. Crockett St., originally a six-story building, with a seventh story added in 1927. Overlooks The Alamo. property. [4] Owned by corporation which also owns 1859 Menger Hotel, just across E. Crockett St., also overlooking The Alamo.
La Villita Historic Arts Village is an art community in downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States.There are art galleries, stores selling souvenirs, gifts, custom jewelry, pottery, and imported Mexican folk art, as well as several restaurants in the district.