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designteamSOUTH team report
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 The
South Team
considered an area rich in historic
and recreational resources flanking the San Antonio River in the vicinity
of Mission San Jose. The team sought ways to knit the existing and
potential resources together more effectively to create a "destination-oriented"
whole. A pedestrian bridge over the San Antonio River would connect Mission
County Park with a historic acequia and the ruins of the Hot Wells Hotel
on the east bank. (The owner and potential redeveloper of the Hot Wells
property was a team member.) A hotel, conference center and culinary institute
were proposed for the property now occupied by the city's last surviving
drive-in theater. The main river channel, straightened and widened by the
Army Corps of Engineers, would be softened with landscaping, and a remnant
of the original channel would be reclaimed as a lake and marsh to retain
and filter runoff. - Mike Greenberg
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