It’s not every day that one gets to be a part of the moments that make history books.This weekend was the culmination of 12 years of work for the San Antonio River Improvements Project. Yet, culmination is not the right term because the opening of the Museum Reach extension of the San Antonio River is only the beginning of this story. And if you picked up the newspaper, watched the news or searched the Web and social networks you may have stumbled upon pieces of this story being told in unique ways and from unique perspectives. The intersection of new and traditional media was an historic event in and of itself. From full-page spreads in the paper and exclusive segments on local TV to beautiful images uploaded to Flickr and 140-character tweets – the media and the public have already collaborated on the first pages of what will be a new chapter for San Antonio.
This has been an amazing experience for the KGBTexas team and our thanks go out to the San Antonio River Authority for giving us more River to enjoy and be proud of and for allowing us be a part of this monumental project.
Many of you have done an incredible job at capturing the essence of the new extension of our River and we have been reading, watching and listening. This is not a list of links (OK, it is) but rather, the first thing we can do to give you credit for telling this story and helping San Antonio and the world rediscover what has been part of our city’s own essence for nearly 70 years.
If we have missed something please forgive us. Feel free to add a link to your story in our comments, share on the San Antonio River Authority on their Facebook Page, post to Twitter using the #sariver hashtag or upload to Flickr with the ’sariver’ tag.
Thank you ALL!
Click to read more of what people have said and are still saying about the new extension of the San Antonio River.
The written word
San Antonio Express-News
Police Presence to be Limited in River walk expansion
Paula Allen: Memories of S.A. woman flow as Museum Reach opens
River segment wrapped in ‘tropical feel’
Residents celebrate new stretch of the river
Building San Antonio: A look at River North’s Museum reach, opening this weekend.
City and river resident to celebrate Museum Reach
Poetry, The San Antonio Riverwalk
Museum Reach finally ready to open
Thanks, mayor, for a job well done
City Blog – San Antonio River social media tour gives others a chance to see new expansion of our local river efforts
News roundup: That whole river thing and other developments
For Museum Reach, artists take to bridges
Dream becomes reality on river
The San Antonio River Walk Museum Reach VIDEO
A flowing river’s past foretells a city’s future
Visions of revitalization meet reality
Pearl Brewery’s new role is anchor for renewal project
Welcome mat not yet out for redesigned stretch of river
Hardbergers bestow gift on beloved river
Officials gush over refilling of rebuilt river section
Museum Reach river water returns
Locks on the San Antonio River SLIDESHOW
Wave of change looms for long-hidden river businesses
Grotto plays with the imagination
Link HemisFair to urban pearls
City Blog – Cheers San Antonio!
The Hardberger legacy: A city that believes in itself
San Antonio’s ‘own little Panama Canal’
City Blog – Shimmering Success
MySA Communities – San Antonio River project carries change downstream
Mayoral hopefuls outline their vision for the city
Art will permeate River Walk expansion
River Walk expansion getting close
San Antonio Business Journal
Hardberger’s impact historic, leaders say
River improvements project is flowing with KGBTexas assist
Museum of Art Celebrated New River walk access
Museum Reach project moving along down river
San Antonio Current
The San Antonio River Improvements Project: Urban Segment of the Museum Reach
River Re-Development Roundup Part 4: Museum Reach Preview
River Re-Development Roundup Part 3: Eeny meeny River-tini
For the visual learners
WOAI – Channel 4 San Antonio
River Walk expansion opens, expected to boost economy
Architect Talks About New Stretch of SA River Walk
Bats could become new addition to Riverwalk expansion
You Paid For it: Stimulus Money for the River Project
VFW hopes River Walk’s opening buoys its post
Major San Antonio attraction doubles in size
More officer to patrol the new riverwalk and SLIDESHOW
Riverwalk’s new stretch nearly completed SLIDESHOW
City turns on the faucet for River Walk expansion project STORY / VIDEO
News stretch of the River Walk set to open
News stretch of the River Walk set to open 46-picture SLIDESHOW
KSAT – Channel 12 San Antonio
San Antonio expands size of River Walk
KLRN – San Antonio Public Access
The River North Project in Conversations
KEN – Channel 5 San Antonio
Sneak a peek at the new stretch of the San Antonio Riverwalk VIDEO
Sneak peek at the San Antonio River Museum Reach
The nation is talking about our new river
USA Today – San Antonio doubles up the River Walk
KPVI Idaho Falls – San Antonio expands the size of its River walk
Visit San Antonio – The San Antonio River walk
KWTX Waco – San Antonio River Walk Bigger, Better
Abiline Reporter News – San Antonio River Walk doubles in size
KDBC El Paso-Las Cruces-Juarez – Major San Antonio attraction doubles in size
KRIS Corpus Christi – Major San Antonio attraction doubles in size
KHOU Houston – San Antonio River Walk doubles in size
Tyler Morning Telegraph – San Antonio’s Little Panama Canal Opens
KTRK Houston – Major San Antonio attraction doubles in size
CBS Dallas – Major San Antonio attraction doubles in size
Fort Mill Times – Major San Antonio attraction doubles in size
Houston Chronicle – Major San Antonio attraction doubles in size
Burnt Orange Report – What’s next for Phil Hardberger
MSNBC.com – More officer to patrol the new riverwalk and SLIDESHOW
Dallas Morning News – San Antonio, Oklahoma City urban waterways anchor cities’ pride, vision
Fort Worth Star Telegram – San Antonio constructs a river of art for its residents, visitors
Correction, the WORLD is talking about our new river
Live stream tour of the Museum Reach on AlamoTownVibes.com
The Blogosphere
Dean’s List – Connections: A river runs TU it
Entertainment Daily – Bigger River Walk in San Antonio lets visitors water-taxi upriver to museum, other attractions
Texas Funbelt – S.A. Celebrates River Walk
Blah Blah Whatever Blog – San Antonio River Museum Reach
I’m Done Working – San Antonio Adds to River Walk
The Public Art Network Blog – River Walk is going to keep growing. Nine more miles in the $279 million project are due by 2014.
Alamo City Times – San Antonio Tourism Can Learn From Social Media Professionals
Flickr Club SA – Riverwalk Expansion
Jennifer Navarrete – Museum Reach San Antonio River Expansion Preview
Hobo’s Landing – The Riverwalk Expansion Tour – Part 1 and Part 2
Daily Slackr – Not Like Being Up Sh*t Creek Without a Paddle
Colleen Pence – San Antoni river Walk’s Museum Reach Expansion
San Antonio Starups – New San Antonio River Improvements Could Make Our City a Great Place to Relocate New and Innovative Startups. Come Join in the Celebration May 30-31.
Concerned in SA – What’s next for Hardberger?
Emvergeoning – River Reach sneak peek
Tracy Barnett – Sneak Preview: San Antonio River Walk and SLIDESHOW
Texas Tripper – San Antonio opens river walk extension May 30
Art Daily – The Art Part: How SAMA is Supporting the Public Art Efforts of the Museum Reach
Concerned in SA – Rivers, rhubarbs, and a renaissance
