Emily Edwards Endowment

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05/07/2014

The Boehler House.
Don't let it be moved.
There's a petition link.
Every voice is tallied and reviewed before each vote.

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01/21/2014

Congratulations to Save the Stein. Fabulous news. Be vigilant. Some school board or municipality may be angling to move or demolish something your town cherishes. Be alert.

11/25/2013

Emily was an incredible savant with silhouettes. These are lovely.

Jenny Lee Fowler is a silhouette artist specializing in custom silhouette profile portraits and original papercuttings from paper, bark, and leaves.

11/08/2013

You can thank Emily Edwards and founders of the San Antonio Conservation Society for not doing this to our favorite landmarks. We've lost many buildings. There's a really nice photo essay called 'San Antonio Was', documenting many of the incredible pieces of architectural history we did lose.

In light of voters pushing the Astrodome closer to demolition on Election Day, we took a look at other Houston landmarks and infamous buildings that have been demolished or relocated.

11/01/2013

1836: One of the more interesting maps, this image shows a stark contrast between the north and south. The southern tip is developed and the street grid is starting to creep higher, while the northern end is still very rural. Gizmodo writes, "The city began selling 'water lots' along the shore, where daring entrepreneurs could create their own plots. Sometimes, engineers would sink entire ships to create a solid foundation for landfill".

Pre-Arsenal History: The San Pedro Ditch runs just east of the Commander's House. Opening this lovely military home on all sides would be a more historic interpretation of its relationship to our urban historic core. The arsenal happened in 1859. It's the same debate as Alamo Plaza. At what point do we take a snapshot of history?

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Earlier this week, Ephemeral New York posted an image of the first known map of Manhattan, the 1660 Castello Plan. It shows a charming little settlement with canals along...

11/01/2013

Kay Hindes, archaeologist extraordinaire. Amazing women protect San Antonio's historical resources. Check out our friend, Kay Hindes' profile. . . .

Scanning a brushy field near known archaeological sites, Kay Hindes noticed the curled-up rattlesnake. Having grown up in a rural community south of San Antonio, she'd encountered plenty of rattlesnakes. [...] she faces developers seeking to, for example, tear down a 150-year-old rock wall or build…

10/27/2013

"HEB proposes building a fortress. There has to be a better way for HEB to grow".

Thanks Ben Olivo for being a voice tuned in to the needs of historic districts AND businesses. We want them to stay here too. But to grow wisely, towards more industrial areas, with Complete Streets for all citizens. Security is a real concern, but this could be handled in many better, more progressive ways. . .

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10/22/2013

Mary Carolyn is wonderful. I interviewed her briefly about the Alfred Giles house on Cedar. She told me that Emily Edwards read her palm and told her 'she was bossy....but 'good bossy'. .

Tomorrow night Ted Flato, FAIA, will serve as a panelist for the AIA San Antonio's "A Conversation with Mary Carolyn George". The event, which will give attendees the opportunity to talk with the author of the book on the life and times of O'Neil Ford, is free and open to the public. Head over to the Center for Architecture to learn more about the mentor who significantly influenced the inception of our firm.

08/09/2013

What a marvelous project. Can't wait to see this courtroom restored.

A single grainy photograph of a crowd of men, many in suits holding hats, and minutes from Commissioners Court meetings are among the few precious clues that architects had to help them piece back together the original courtroom in the Bexar County Courthouse and restore it to its 1897 grandeur.

07/17/2013

Just make the call. Every call matters.

July 17, 2013Action Items, All News, Legislative UpdatesNo CommentsTags: Finance Committee, Historic Tax CreditSenate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have indicated they plan to begin efforts on tax reform and that they will start with a “blank slat...

07/11/2013

I can think of 1,000 more reasons.

I recently read Marni Jameson's column about the historic Capen House in Winter Park, Florida. In it, she laments that a historic house - and a recently restored one at that - may be torn down to m...