Southtown’s Food Truck Park Opens – Alamo Street Eat ~ Bar

Posted on April 3, 2012 by - Uncategorized

Tonight was the Grand Opening of the much anticipated Alamo Street Eat ~ Bar. Steve and Jody Newman have transformed the former Acapulco Drive Inn into Southtown’s newest place to see and be seen. Judging by tonight’s crowd it was the place to be on a comfortable April evening. The venue will be open Tuesday through Sunday and will feature a rotating mixture of at least three to four of San Antonio’s finest Food Trucks. And of course it wouldn’t be a proper Southtown hang-out if it didn’t include a good selection of draft beers.

See the photos below for more details:

Curtis Bowers Southtown Food Truck Alamo Street Eat Bar

Alamo Street Eat ~ Bar in the shadow of the Tower of Americas

Curtis Bowers Southtown Food Truck Alamo Street Eat Bar

Hours of Operation

Curtis Bowers Southtown Food Truck Alamo Street Eat Bar

Tonight's Selection of Food Trucks

Curtis Bowers Southtown Food Truck Alamo Street Eat Bar

Two of tonight's Food Trucks

Curtis Bowers Southtown Food Truck Alamo Street Eat Bar

Jason Dady (sans backwards baseball cap) brought his DUK Truck

Curtis Bowers Southtown Food Truck Alamo Street Eat Bar

Tonight's Draft Beer and Wine Selection

Curtis Bowers Southtown Food Truck Alamo Street Eat Bar

Decisions decisions!

Curtis Bowers Southtown Food Truck Alamo Street Eat Bar

Street scene

NEW LISTING – 117 Panama 78210 – $259,000

Posted on December 31, 2011 by - Uncategorized

Curtis Bowers King William Lavaca Southtown San Antonio CVF Homes

117 Panama 78210

 

Two story dream home in Lavaca priced to move quickly. Completely renovated home sits on large lot and features a contemporary kitchen with Bosch appliances, tankless water heater, insulated walls, spray foam insulated attic and sub-floor, high efficiency HVAC system, new concrete pier foundation, new electric system, new plumbing, and more. Private master suite upstairs is stunning with cedar added to mimic exposed rafters. Seller renovated 123 Panama and many others in Southtown. Come take a look.

Click on the photo for more pictures and information about the home.

The Death of the Fringe Suburb

Posted on December 13, 2011 by - Uncategorized

This op-ed piece was recently posted in The New York Times. I see San Antonio moving in the direction he speaks of with our city, county, and VIA electing to move forward with their light rail plans and also with the continued work of the HemisFair Park Area Redevelopment Corporation as they finish their master plan that will lay out the future renewal of HemisFair.

The Death of the Fringe Suburb

By CHRISTOPHER B. LEINBERGER  Published: November 25, 2011 in The New York Times

DRIVE through any number of outer-ring suburbs in America, and you’ll see boarded-up and vacant strip malls, surrounded by vast seas of empty parking spaces. These forlorn monuments to the real estate crash are not going to come back to life, even when the economy recovers. And that’s because the demand for the housing that once supported commercial activity in many exurbs isn’t coming back, either.

By now, nearly five years after the housing crash, most Americans understand that a mortgage meltdown was the catalyst for the Great Recession, facilitated by underregulation of finance and reckless risk-taking. Less understood is the divergence between center cities and inner-ring suburbs on one hand, and the suburban fringe on the other.

It was predominantly the collapse of the car-dependent suburban fringe that caused the mortgage collapse.

Front Porch Realty, LLC is now open for business

Posted on September 15, 2011 by - Uncategorized

I’ve recently opened my own agency and today the new signs are out. Let me know your thoughts on the new (albeit temporary) design. I’m working with my Graphic Designer on a whole branding and design package. More to follow.

Front Porch Realty, LLC

Front Porch Realty, LLC

 

September First Friday News

Posted on September 2, 2011 by - Uncategorized

First Friday tonight (Sept. 2nd) will have a lot happening in Southtown. Today marks the start of Fotoseptiembre and Blue Star will be featuring the work of the late Chuck Ramirez.

Today will also be the launch of the HemisView Farmers’ Market in Lavaca (located at the corner of Labor St and Cesar Chavez.)

Come on out and enjoy all of the excitement.

**Also, a few of the mobile food trucks are reporting that they will be attempting to find places to set up, though no location has been confirmed.

Here are the trucks that may be riding around: Say.She.Ate TX, Rickshaw Stop, and Seoul Grill.

 

HemisView Farmers’ Market in Lavaca starts tomorrow

Posted on September 1, 2011 by - Uncategorized

 

HemisView Farmers' Market

HemisView Farmers' Market in Lavaca

Drove by the intersection of Cesar Chavez (Durango Blvd) and Labor St this afternoon. This picture shows they are well on their way to hosting tomorrow’s inaugural Farmers’ Market. The event begins at 3pm and goes to 7pm. They plan to have the market every First Friday of each month. This will be a wonderful addition for Lavaca, Southtown, and all of Downtown.

Here’s a link to more information on the event:

http://www.lavaca.net/2011/08/hemisview-farmers-market/

Cevallos Lofts video featuring Southtown

Posted on August 7, 2011 by - Uncategorized

Cevallos Lofts will be a great addition to Southtown. We’re excited to have all of the new neighbors moving in very soon. The sales team at Cevallos Lofts created this great video highlighting the great people and places that make up Southtown. Check it out.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys2GN3YkBd0&w=500&h=400&rel=0]

Be sure to visit their website as well. Cevallos Lofts

 

Summing up San Antonio’s Downtown Redevelopment Efforts Thusfar

Posted on July 25, 2011 by - Uncategorized

If you’re new to my blog or haven’t really been following the recent media about downtown redevelopment this is the perfect article for you. In this week’s Current writer Michael Barajas has written a very strong article defining the key players, the issues, and the history of the push for increased downtown development and revitalization of HemisFair.

I highly recommend reading this very well written and researched article. Thanks for writing it, Michael.

Will efforts to revitalize the city core draw locals back or simply extend the Disneyfication of the River Walk?

By Michael Barajas

Published: July 20, 2011

HemisFair Park Area Redevelopment Corporation CEO Andres Andujar Photos: Michael Barajas

Justin Arecchi remembers brainstorming with local developers and pioneers like Hap Veltman and downtown jazz staple Jim Cullum for hours at a stretch at the long-since shuttered Kangaroo Court restaurant and bar along the River Walk. A popular topic was how to make downtown world-class, a vibrant place for locals to live, work, and play. Even during those 1970s-era chats, Arecchi and the gang kept returning to one central issue, one that still swirls about today’s discussions as millions in taxpayer dollars pour into another round of planning to revive downtown. “We’d each get on top of our soapboxes to make our pitch,” Arecchi said. “And what was clear is that even back then, we all thought we just needed more people living downtown.”