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Ti-BY H GOT HERE, HOW THE Y CO INED THEIR RAIIO TO OR.: :..
G.,AT..- CIVILIZATIONS OF THE AMERICAS, ANY)D HOW THESE CIVILiZT-I.;.,
A1EL FACINGG THE PROBLEMS OF THE SPACE AGE.
HEMISFVAR IS BEING PL-XNND AND BUIL'T 10 GIVE " CRM :" '" A..i
THEME. TO BEGIN WITH, THAT MEANS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE G. EAT
C'-HARM OF SAN ANTONIO ITSELF. THE SITE IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF T'I
DOWNT.OWN AREA, IN WVHAT WAS UNTIL RECENTLY AN OLD RESIDE NTL.L
SECTION. IT iS A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE ALAMO, JUST iAC OS
T'Hi STiREET FROM "LA VILLITA," THE RSTORED MEXICzAN VILLAE OF C.-
SAN ANTONIO, WITHIN AN EASY WALK OF MAJiOR HOTELS AND SHOPS, AND
A SHORT DRIVE FROM HISTORIC MISSIONS AND C'HURCHiES. AMONG TH
. R BUOILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, A NUMBE1 R OF 1STH CENT '
HOUSES ARE B3EING RESTORED AND MADE A PART 0F THE FAIR PLAN.
.LiN ANTONIO RIVER, WHICH MEANDERS BETWEEN GRASSY, TREE-SHADED_
BANKS THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, IS BENlSG EXENDED INTO '
.-.:R GROUNDS; RIVER-TAXIS AND GONIDOLAS WILL -3BRING VISITORS INTC AX
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Steves, Marshall T. HemisFair '68 - The San Antonio's World Fair, text, 1966~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth65822/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.