Under construction

It feels like everything downtown is under construction.  This surface lot at Main and Pecan Streets is now a big mountain of dirt with heavy equipment around and on top of it.  Nice shot of the Rand Building in the background.

 

Still painting!

They're almost finished with the red and most of the yellow.  Still need to repaint the purple.
 

Painting the balls

 

Still painting

 They're still painting the library.  Haven't finished yet but making good progress.

Lights Alive!

 I went to the Lights Alive Christmas lights display off Culebra the other night.  The lights were cool but the music was too modern.  I would have preferred more traditional music instead of Christmas dubstep.

The Tobin Center

 A rarely seen view of the back of the Tobin Center, from the Riverwalk north of the Augusta Street bridge.

Repainting the Enchilada Red

 

Renovations to the Central Library have begun with repainting the iconic "Enchilada Red" exterior.  The paint color is officially "Hot Pepper" but there was a contest before the library opened in 1995 to put a unique name on the color of the library.  "Enchilada Red" won.
What was second place, you ask?

"Li-berry red."

Old and New

The old and new Frost Towers just off Flores Street downtown.

San Antonio snow

It snowed on December 7 - the earliest recorded snowfall for the Alamo City.  I thought I would drive around downtown and watch it fall.  It looks more like rain through my windshield.

Emma Stone?

This painting, on the backside of the Korova, reminds me of Emma Stone.

Pink Folyd?

Oh so close!  I loved their album, "Dark Side of the Mono."

Dancing With Myself

I saw this truck carrying electrical equipment and I was reminded of that Billy Idol video back in the 80's.

Schilo's Deli

The legendary Schilo's deli on Commerce Street.  It's been around for over 100 years.  If you stop by, have some pea soup and homemade root beer.

Continuing the theme...

This painted advertisement for Bell Furniture Company, featuring Quasar televisions, was painted on the north wall of the Wolfson Building.  It's not there anymore.  It burned in a fire in October 2011.  It used to be across Main Avenue from the Bill Miller at the corner of Commerce Street.

Fawcett Furniture

I always liked this old building on Dolorosa Street - especially the faded Coca-Cola advertisement.

San Antonio's not...

...a very bicycle-friendly town.

Maguey gigante

This is a huge maguey, or agave, plant at the corner of Augusta and McCullough streets.  It's hard to convey in a photograph but it's at least eight feet tall.  Whenever I walk by, I fully expect it to say, "Feed me, Seymour!"

Pete on the street

I saw this little Pete the Cat sticker stuck to the ground in the San Antonio Public Library parking garage.

Milam Diner - RIP

The Milam Diner closed last December 30, after being open for 79 years.

Yield!

I saw this sign being enveloped by this heart shaped green vegetation and I just had to grab a pic. It always makes me laugh to see these signs because everyone I know says San Antonio drivers don't know how to yield. Even my sister who was born and raised here bitches about people that yield when they shouldn't and those that don't when they should.

For those at Fort Hood:

“That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.”-Albert Pike