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2 unusual facts about Downtown San Antonio


Downtown San Antonio

Trinity University is a private, primarily undergraduate, liberal arts college in midtown San Antonio, approximately 5 miles due north of the downtown area.

Hipolito Frank Garcia

In 2004, the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Downtown San Antonio was named in his honor.


Battle of Alazan Creek

The battle site is within the city limits of the modern-day U.S. city of San Antonio, Texas, slightly southwest of Downtown in Bexar County.


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Carl Hoppe

Hoppe's day job was salesman for Joske's Department Store in downtown San Antonio, from which he retired in the 1970s.

Joske's

The San Antonio Conservation Society requested that Dillard's keep the Joske's name on the downtown San Antonio flagship store.

KQXT-FM

KQXT-FM (101.9 FM, "Q101.9") is a San Antonio, Texas, adult contemporary radio station operating with 100,000 watts from a transmitter site on the Tower of the Americas in downtown San Antonio.

KWEX-DT

It has studios located in the Southtown portion of downtown San Antonio, and its transmitter is based outside Elmendorf, Texas.