San Antonio River Walk, Pedestrian with Beautiful Surroundings
In the state of Texas, precisely in the city of San Antonio, Texas, there is one of the interesting tourist attractions, known as the River Walk.
This tourist spot is a promenade along the San Antonio River. which is packed with stunning architecture, as well as lush green landscapes. Besides being able to explore the river by boat, you can also taste typical Texas cuisine.
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San Antonio River Walk located in the second largest state in the United States, San Antonio is a beautiful and attractive city, which is perfect for those of you who are planning a vacation to Texas. Storing several historical buildings with a city center that is always crowded with tourists, you can have an adventure and enjoy the night atmosphere by the river.
Here you can find cobbled paths with rows of restaurants lining the San Antonio riverbank. The calm river flow makes the River Walk area look beautiful, especially at night.
The presence of instagenic bridges, shady trees along the banks of the river, and birds flying make The San Antonio River Walk never run out of visitors. Most tourists come here just for sightseeing or enjoying culinary delights in one of the restaurants.
The best way to enjoy the San Antonio River Walk is to take a tour down the river by boat. This boat can accommodate 20-40 passengers. The boat tour is deliberately slow so that you can be content to enjoy every corner of the River Walk as well as take selfies.
You can also make a tour reservation as well as a dinner cruise on this boat, which is certainly very romantic.
The River Walk is a successful special river arrangement, located one level below the driveway.
The River Walk loops and meanders under a bridge and two parallel walkways, flanked by restaurants and shops, linking the main attractions from the shops at Rivercenter, Arneson River Theatre, Marriage Island, La Villita, to HemisFair Park, Tower Life Building , the San Antonio Art Museum, the Pearl and the five Spanish colonial missions of the city, which have been considered World Heritage Sites, including the Alamo.
During the annual spring season at the Fiesta San Antonio, there is a River Parade featuring flowers floating on the river.
History of San Antonio River Arrangement
In September 1921, flooding caused by the overflow of the San Antonio River, which claimed up to 50 lives. The local government later developed a master plan for river flood control.
Among those plans, there are plans to build an upstream dam (Olmos Dam) and cut a prominent river bend in the current Downtown area (between Houston Street and Villita Parkway), then pave the bend at the corner, and build a sewer.
Work began on the Olmos Dam and bypass channel in 1926. However, the San Antonio Conservation Society successfully protested against plans for a paved sewer. No master plan was developed until 1929, until the native and San Antonio architect Robert Hugman proposed his plans to develop the River Walk.
Although many were involved in the development of the site, the leadership of former mayor Jack White was credited with being instrumental in addressing the issue of the bonds that raised funds, to power the 1938 San Antonio River Management Project, which became the river's evolution, providing the 2.5-mile River Walk.
Hugman supports the idea of a bypass channel, but, instead of paving the way for a bend in a river, Hugman suggests things that are more important:
the flood gate at the north end (upstream) of the bend of the river;
a small dam at the south end (downstream) of the river bend; and
Tainter gate in river channel to regulate water flow.
The river bend was then surrounded by a commercial development, entitled "The Shops of Aragon and Romula".
Hugman went further to maintain his architect's office along the bend of the river.
Hugman's plan was not received well at first, as the area was known to be dangerous. On one point. People were warned about the threat of drowning in the event of river flooding. However, over the following decades support for commercial development on the bend of the river grew.
In early 2016, for the first time in history, the River Walk was connected to another linear urban road, namely the San Pedro Creek Greenway. The Greenway joins the River Walk at the confluence of the San Pedro and San Antonio Rivers near the Mission Concepcion.
The River Walk has inspired many other cities, such as the Little Sugar Creek Greenway in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cherry Creek Greenway in Denver, Colorado, The Bricktown Canal in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the Santa Lucía Riverwalk in Monterrey, Mexico.
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