HemisFair ’68, regarded as an event that helped transform San Antonio from a sleepy town into a progressive city, concluded its six-month run 56 years ago this week. HemisFair ’68 — the first World’s ...

The Hemisfair is calling local artists to help collaborate with a new mural that will be featured on the ground level. Deadline to apply is Aug. 7, 2024. (Hemisfair ...

I have a 17-inch-by-11-inch proclamation certificate that was given to my father (Dick Prets) as he was named an International Ambassador for HemisFair ’68. Dad was mayor pro tem of Galveston, ...

April 6 marks the 55th anniversary of HemisFair ’68, the World’s Fair many credit with transforming sleepy San Antonio into a high-visibility, growth-oriented city. The event, which ran from April ...

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More often known as Club Abrazo (“embrace” in Spanish), this city-owned facility was the VIP club used to entertain prominent visitors to HemisFair '68, the world's fair held in San Antonio from April ...

When Carlos Freymann emigrated from Mexico City to San Antonio at the age of 31, he hardly spoke a word of English. Two years later, he represented San Antonio on a tour of 13 European capitals, in a ...

A historic San Antonio home is getting new life as a hub for art and urban movement. Hemisfair has restored the Tynan-Sweeney House to house the first storefront from locally owned guide service Mural ...

Brussels, Seattle, New York, Montreal—and now San Antonio. Of fairs, there seems no end. Why another now? For one thing, because HemisFair ’68, which last week opened its six-month run, gives a big ...

San Antonio’s Hemisfair Park, site of the 1968 World’s Fair, is finally inching towards realizing its decade-old redevelopment plan. Before the World’s Fair, Hemisfair was a residential neighborhood ...