paseo del rio
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The RiverWalk (Paseo del Río)
Location: San Antonio, TX from Lexington Street to Josephine Street Length approximately 1.5 miles Begin: January 2001, (the channel 1883) Completed: October 2002, (the channel 1929) Inspiration: • The significance of establishing San Antonio settlement since 1700s
• Pride (earliest recoded engineered water system in the nation) Responsible Entity:
Robert H. H. Hugman (early adopter) 1929 proposal Bexar County, the City of San Antonio, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) and the San Antonio River Foundation in
flood control, amenities, ecosystem restoration and recreational improvements to the San Antonio River
Cost $358.3 million for the whole San Antonio River Improvements Project (SARIP)
San Antonio River Improvement Project
Image from On a Mexican Mustan1883
San Antonio River - early 1910's “Surkey's Sea Walls”
Flood damage in 1921
Shops of Aragon and Romula 1929 by Robert H. H. Hugman
Narrow winding streets that were barred to vehicular traffic contained the best shops and restaurants
In 1939, after a full decade of debate and delays, work began on Hugman's San Antonio River Walk under the Work Projects Administration.
The River Walk
Other Parts of the River
The Downtown Reach
