{"id":910485,"date":"2026-07-03T19:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/910485\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:52:21","slug":"remodeled-paseo-from-alamo-plaza-to-the-river-walk-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/910485\/","title":{"rendered":"Remodeled paseo from Alamo Plaza to the River Walk is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closed for renovation in early 2024, the Paseo del Alamo reopened Thursday as a pedestrian connector between the state\u2019s biggest tourist destination and the San Antonio River Walk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The renewed paseo, located next to the Crockett Building and the future Alamo Visitor Center and Museum, is one piece of the all-encompassing, $700 million <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonioreport.org\/400-million-state-budget-alamo-redevelopment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">redevelopment of Alamo Plaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paseo connects the historic plaza to the River Walk at Losoya Street and is a common entry point for visitors to the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The area now features a welcome center, shaded walkways and ADA-compliant paths, terraced seating, an elevator tower, and new landscaping and interpretive elements that explain the story of water in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PaseoDelAlamo_SanAntonioRiverWalk_TheAlamoPlaza_DowntownTourismAttractionsVacation_VisitSA03_07.01.2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5446103\"  \/>A timeline and carving detail with historic info is seen along the Paseo del Alamo ahead of its opening on July 1, 2026. Credit: Amber Esparza \/ San Antonio Report<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A rainwater-harvesting cistern was created to reduce reliance on local water utilities, said a statement from the Alamo Trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Construction on the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum, which is planned as an exhibit of the Alamo\u2019s complete 300-year history, is expected to be finished in late 2027. The museum opens to the public in spring 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also at the Alamo, this summer, work crews have been putting the finishing touches on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonioreport.org\/field-trips-the-alamo-san-antonio-education-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Texas Cavaliers Education Center at the Alamo<\/a>, a state-of-the-art building on the grounds featuring an auditorium and classroom space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alamo Trust also announced this week that former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his wife Renda recently donated $1 million to the Alamo redevelopment project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alamo Trust is a financial supporter of the San Antonio Report. For a full list of business members, <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonioreport.org\/meet-our-business-nonprofit-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Closed for renovation in early 2024, the Paseo del Alamo reopened Thursday as a pedestrian connector between the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":910486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[51147,101757,368218,162839,162919,5229,368219,106055,7202,48211,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-910485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-alamo","tag-alamo-plaza","tag-alamo-redevelopment-plan","tag-alamo-trust","tag-alamo-visitor-center-and-museum","tag-america","tag-paseo-del-alamo","tag-rex-tillerson","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-river-walk","tag-sanantonio","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116857795653619013","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}