SAPL : October 11 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

11 October 2021

1937
San Antonio’s new federal building and post office opens on Alamo Plaza. Ralph Cameron, a San Antonian, was architect and A. W Kutsch and Sons of Detroit were general contractors. The contract price was $1,768.510.93 but with extras which included features of the building cut out of the original plans and replaced; t he total cost of the building when entirely completed will aggregate approximately $2,225,000.

1991
Mayor Nelson Wolff jetted off to Paris, France yesterday to ride a bullet train and meet representatives of the TGV Consortium, who plan on constructing the bullet train in Texas to connect Dallas, Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio and Houston.

2007
San Antonio City Council votes to purchase the Mission Drive-In property for $3.2 million and redevelop the site for a multi-use complex which includes a public library.

This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.