San Antonio's Historic Plazas, Parks and River Walk in Vintage Postcard Images

$16.95
(softcover)

104 pages, 7 x 10 inches
166 illustrations, index

San Antonio enjoys a unique variety of historic public places, from plazas placed in Spanish times to the River Walk, one of the world's most renowned linear parks.

"That this sort of open landscape left a memorable impression was precisely what 18th-century urban planners had in mind when they designed San Antonio and other cities within their vast New World empire," writes Trinity University's Dr. Char Miller in the foreword.

In this book, Lewis F. Fisher organizes 166 full-size vintage postcard images into panoramas displaying the transition of these spaces into modern times. Streetscapes change. Carriages fade away. Candy vendors ply Military Plaza, then are gone. Drop-ins are welcomed near the Alamo at the Plaza Bar, cooks prepare supper at the weekly snake fry in Brackenridge Park's Reptile Gardens.

In addition to the book's foreword and introduction, each of the eight chapters begins with a concise summary of the subject that follows. Interpretive captions add to the reference value of this visual tour de force.

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