Seventh largest and one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, it has the highest concentration of Spanish colonial architecture in North America, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, which includes five 18th century missions. The city also has the oldest active cathedral sanctuary in the United States. The Archdiocese celebrates the 25th anniversary of the papal visit. Erica Hernández is an Emmy-winning journalist with 15 years of experience in the radio and television news business.
Erica has covered a wide range of stories across Central and South Texas. She is currently a court reporter and co-host of the podcast South Texas Crime Stories.
San Antonio
, officially the city of San Antonio, is a city in Texas, United States. Located around the historic Pearl Brewery, San Antonio has recently become famous for this lively district.Today, guests can sample the best in food, shopping, art, museums, and lodging at the dozens of businesses that line the 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) walkway along the San Antonio River. San Antonio is also known for Morgan's Wonderland, a non-profit theme park designed for children with special needs. San Antonio is considered one of the most haunted places in the United States, according to Yahoo Travel. The park located just north of the city center on North Flores Street and San Pedro Avenue is 46 acres and features the San Pedro Springs swimming pool.
Anyone who has ever driven on the San Antonio freeway is familiar with the giant cowboy boots found in front of the North Star Mall. San Antonio has a humid transitional subtropical climate, with very hot, long and humid summers and mild to cold winters. The San Antonio Spurs have won five championships and are the only former ABA team to win an NBA championship. The San Antonio Museum of Art, which opened its doors in 1981 in the former Lone Star Brewery complex, may not serve local beers, but its collection of more than 30,000 objects spanning 5000 years is likely to quench other types of thirst.
Behind cities like New York and Los Angeles, San Antonio ranks seventh as the most populous city in the country. In addition to art museums, San Antonio is known for the recently renovated Children's Museum and the Witte Museum, which is dedicated to the history of Texas. Long before soldiers shouted “Remember the Alamo”, Spanish soldiers had established a fortress in San Antonio to protect their land in the New World. In fact, at the beginning of the century, in 1900, there were more German speakers in San Antonio than Spanish.
The McNay Art Museum brought modern art to Texas in 1954, when Marion Koogler McNay, an art teacher and heir to an oil fortune, donated her San Antonio mansion to the cause of art. According to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city is visited by about 32 million tourists a year. When San Antonio hosted the World's Fair in 1968, the Tower of the Americas was designed by renowned Texas architect O'Neil Ford.
