St Marys Street Opens as San Antonio Traffic Artery
Civic leaders and property owners steered the widening of St Marys street linking Commerce to Bowen Island. A concrete bridge over the river joined Oak land and Romana, easing north south traffic and energizing the downtown core with $219000 spent from city bond funds and private contributions.
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Romana
Army Post
Brackenridge Park
Alamo Heights
San Antonio Seeks St Marys as Main Retail Street
City planners argue St Marys street should become the focal retail thoroughfare linking Commerce and Houston streets. They cite midcity location between Alamo Plaza and Flores street, existing retail dominance, ample building sites, parking, and to relieve congestion while boosting north south traffic flow.
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Commerce
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St Mary's Street Compared to European Grand Avenues
The article argues St Mary's street in San Antonio mirrors Paris and Berlin boulevards and New York subways by shaping urban growth. It credits plans by George Washington and L Enfant for US cities, notes Paris expansion cost 265 million, and suggests St Mary's could handle 200000 residents in ten years like a subway.
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St. Marys Street Backed by Strong San Antonio Committee
A vigorous group backs the St. Marys street project in San Antonio. They advocate a central thoroughfare to ease cross town travel, linking north and south districts, with bridges and new offices and hotels reflecting future growth. The list includes Hart, Cook, Steves, Kronkosky, Ward, Brady, Lyons, Tobin, Hart, and others.
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St. Mary’s Street
San Antonio
Bowen’s Island
Lafayette
A. P. Ward
L. J. Hart
F. W. Cook
Ernest Steves
Albert Kronkosky
Lafayette Ward
Jourdan Campbell
J. M. Nix
B. F. Nicholson
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D. Sullivan
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Thomas F. Brady
Jee Gunter
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W. G. Tobin
H. C. Feldman
E. A. Stribling
F. M. Farnsworth
N. D. Barclay
Amos Graves
Green Davidson
R. Strohmeyer
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