Editorial
Phil’s Park
We as San Antonians have in our possession something precious. In a time where massive chunks of our landscape and natural resources (where we derive all of our resources, by the way) are being consumed at a breathtaking rate to make room for data centers that power nothing so useful as the ground we walk on and the air we breathe, having an accessible space to exist among a living environment grows increasingly vital by the day.
Brackenridge Park: 125 Years Old –With a Future in the Making
“The public expressed the greatest interest in preserving the natural setting of the park and the rehabilitation of historic buildings and structures.” One resident insisted the park honor Native American hunter-gatherers who first passed through here some 12,000 years ago. About a dozen archeological discoveries have been unearthed here, as old as 9200 BCE.