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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 ]
The tower housed San Antonio's first Sears, Roebuck & Company store, originally occupying the building's basement and first 4 levels. [4] Opening on March 7, 1929, Sears, Roebuck & Co. was the first portion of the building opened to the public, with 35,000 items on display and 225 members of staff.
Stratosphere Tower: 350.2 m (1149 ft) 1996 Concrete Las Vegas, Nevada: Tallest observation tower in the United States. 2 Tower of the Americas: 228.6 m (750 ft) 1968 Concrete San Antonio, Texas: Built as the theme structure for San Antonio's World's Fair, HemisFair '68. It was the tallest observation tower in the United States from 1968 until ...
In 1960, Lyda formed his own construction company, Darragh & Lyda, with Burnet County rancher Steinmetz Darragh. In the mid-1960s, a joint venture between the San Antonio–based company and H. A. Lott Inc. built the Tower of the Americas, and most of the major HemisFair '68 structures in San Antonio.
The building contains 210,851 square-feet within the tower structure and it was the first office building in the United States with built-in air conditioning when constructed. [5] [6] The general contractor was L.T. Wright and Company and the architect was George Willis, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. [7] The building engineer was M. L. Diver ...
Another tower, the Deli Tower, features three deli meats and two cheeses of choice with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and fresh-baked bread. The Deli Tower is $28.99 for two and $55.99 for four.
The Germania Insurance Amphitheater (originally the Tower Amphitheater, then Austin360 Amphitheater) called for sponsorship reasons, is an outdoor amphitheatre that is part of the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) located in Austin, Texas, USA. The venue opened in November 2012 with a capacity of 14,000.
Once upon a time, Taco Bell served kid’s meals. That era ended around the same time that flash mobs and feather hair extensions fell out of style (ahem, 2013). But that doesn’t mean there’s ...