West Side

A picture of the Apache Creek from an overlooking bridge. The moving creek winds back and forth through the center of the frame into the distance, with grass and concrete on its sides that make their way up to the streets and park on either side. Rain clouds hang in the background, releasing rain onto the nearby neighborhoods.

Climate change may make flooding worse. How can San Antonio’s past help the city prepare?

Josh Peck

Climate change has the potential to make San Antonio flooding more dangerous than ever. How can San Antonio's past help the city prepare?

An outdoor view of Jaime's Place located on W. Commerce in San Antonio. Owner Jaime Macias opened the bar during the pandmeic and has been a community gathering space since.

Arts & Culture

Fronteras: 'The barrio and beyond' — Jaime’s Place bar becomes cornerstone of San Antonio’s historic West Side

Norma Martinez

San Antonio business owner Jaime Macias discusses the role of his bar in the near West Side, "conscientious" development, and finding his place as a Mexican American.

Community participatory Museo del Westside will be housed at the historic Ruben's Ice House at the Rinconcito de Esperanza.

History

Fronteras: ‘It comes from the community’ — Museo del Westside preserves the unique stories of its residents; Women of MujerArtes share their life stories through clay

Norma Martinez

New community participatory Museo del Westside showcases the stories and experiences of San Antonio's west side residents. Located at the same corner, the MujerArtes Clay Cooperative provides an environment for women to reflect their lives through art.

Esperanza Peace & Justice Center's community participatory Museo del Westside is currently in development at Ruben's Ice House, a meeting spot-turned-grocery store first built in the 1950s. It is located at the Rinconito de Esperanza on the corner of Colorado and Guadalupe Streets.

Arts & Culture

Fronteras: Museo del Westside works to preserve 'the heart of Mexican American history of San Antonio'

Norma Martinez

Museo del Westside captures the unique stories and culture of San Antonio's historic West Side.

Arts & Culture

Fronteras: Curanderos on the borderlands offered physical, spiritual and psychological healing; and El Pueblo — the bilingual voice of San Antonio’s West Side

Norma Martinez

Curanderos on the borderlands offered physical, spiritual and psychological healing; and El Pueblo — the bilingual voice of San Antonio’s West Side.

One location on the tour includes La Prensa’s former headquarters on Dolorosa street. In 1913, La Prensa debuted as a weekly publication, and within a year, it was published daily and expanded from local to national circulation. It became a fixture for San Antonio’s Mexican American community after the end of the Mexican revolution in 1920. This image is from the interior of La Prensa newspaper in the early 1920s.

Community

Fronteras: 'Mapping the Movimiento' — Take a tour through San Antonio’s Mexican American civil rights history

Norma Martinez

Mapping the Movimiento is a self-guided interactive tour of San Antonio's Mexican American civil right's history.

San Antonio

Fronteras: The Flood Of 1921 Devastated San Antonio's West Side. It Also 'Sparked A Latino Environmental Justice Movement.'

Norma Martinez

A devastating flood 100 years ago marked a critical turning point for San Antonio’s development. But the response efforts by local leaders at the time were largely driven by protecting economic interests of business elites while neglecting the barrios of the city’s West Side. A new book details what happened on that fatal night and the West Side community organizers who fought to protect their neighborhoods after city leadership failed them.

Chicano artist Adán Hernandez, left, with actor Jesse Borrego, right, in Hernandez's San Antonio studio while filming "Blood In Blood Out," 1991. | Courtesy: Jesse Borrego

Arts & Culture

Fronteras: The Legacy Of Chicano Artist Adán Hernandez

Norma Martinez

One of the Chicano art world's greatest figures died this month. Adán Hernandez is perhaps best known for his work in the 1993 film “Blood In Blood Out,” but his work also caught the attention of museum curators and art collectors.

San Antonio

2 Dead, 2 Wounded After Shooting On San Antonio's West Side

Brian Kirkpatrick

A police statement on Saturday identified the officer as T. Sauvage, a five year veteran of the force.

San Antonio

Fronteras: The Future Of Public Housing In San Antonio’s West Side

Norma Martinez

The Alazán-Apache Courts are the oldest public housing units in the city and are a prominent feature in this mostly Mexican American neighborhood. The initial demolition plans for the 1939 complex called for the relocation of several residents to other housing communities or to switch them to Section 8 vouchers. But officials with the San Antonio Housing Authority, SAHA, recently pivoted from their plan, canceling its partnership with the NRP Group to demolish the structure.