San Antonio - Part 2 - The River Walk

The story goes that in 1926 the city fathers were considering cementing over some of the river in San Antonio. Two sisters of the San Antonio Conservation Society "had a fit", put on a puppet show at city hall (about the goose that layed the gold egg) and took the commissioners on canoe rides to show them the river and to convince them to save it. It worked.

One place you can catch a boat is in the Riverwalk Mall. It is a great tourist attraction and after taking the boat tour I can see why. San Antonio have made it the place to see. And, for us seniors it is only $5 a person to take the boat.

There are old and new buildings, hotels and business along the river walk.

Because of the angle of this triangular building it looks like a single wall from the river. It is quite an optical illusion.

This crane as well as the ducks and squirrels have no fear of people along the walk.

At the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center this mural is on the facade of the Lila Cockrell Theater. The mural is called Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas was created by Juan O'Gorman as part of the 1968 HemisFair (the World's Fair).

The convention center actually is built over the river.

There is also an outdoor theater where the audience is on the other side of the river from the stage.