Imagine San Antonio
Urbanism/Urban Design/Public Policy/San Antonio
I travelled into foreign territory today. It was beautiful. Tree-lined and stately, it seemed as if I’d walked into the college campus of my movie dreams. I had never set foot upon Trinity University’s campus until today. I have to admit that I began to reconsider my life choices. As nice of a campus as UNT has, it doesn’t compare nicely to the O’‘Neil Ford-designed campus built on a old quarry north of San Antonio.
Plaza de Armas, held a little get-together in which leaders of architecture the like gathered to discuss the future of San Antonio
As for the discussion proper, it was nice to hear that we are taking city design seriously enough to make it a department. Tim Cone of the Historic Design and Review Commission also defended his group’s role as protector and enabler of good, respectful design and not a roadblock to innovation and growth.
You didn’t miss much if you didn’t attend. You won’t be riveted if you watch the video, but if you are a budding policy/planner kind of person this will be something you want to check out.
S/O to Ben Olivo’s Downtown blog for hipping us to the event.
Panelists: City Design Center director Mark Brodeur Irby Hightower, Alamo Architects; Dan Markson, NRP Group; Anita Devora, executive director of Build San Antonio Green; and Timothy Cone, chairman of the Historic Design and Review Commission.
This was originally published here