Alamo brewery a real piece to the puzzle
Hays Street Bridge. EXPRESS-NEWS FILE PHOTO At the end of the day we’re talking about beer. And that helps. Honestly, it helps a great deal. What those against the proposed Alamo Beer Co. brewery next...
View ArticleA primer on the Alamo brewery/Hays Street Bridge vote
The Hays Street Bridge reopened July 2010. The debate is fierce. Should Alamo Beer Co. be allowed to build a microbrewery next to the Hays Street Bridge on the near East Side? Should the brewery...
View ArticleTaylor showed leadership in her speech on Alamo Beer Co. issue
A deal between Alamo Beer Co. and the city was approved yesterday by the City Council. In short, the company will be allowed to build a microbrewery next to the Hays Street Bridge on the near East...
View ArticleVIA to finish Ellis Alley restoration
Plans are under way to finish restoring the historic buildings at Ellis Alley, just north of St. Paul Square, VIA Metropolitan Transit announced today. The two-story Beacon Light Lodge building and two...
View ArticleHappy Hour guide: Boneshakers
Boneshakers 306 Austin St. 3-8 p.m. Monday-Friday The best thing about the happy hour at Boneshakers, 306 Austin St., is the lighting. I’m not being facetious. Just enough natural light shoots in to...
View ArticleVIA’s Thompson center to be discussed tonight
VIA Metropolitan Transit holds its second public meeting on the Robert Thompson Transit Center at 6 tonight at St. Philip's College, 1801 Martin Luther King Drive. The meeting takes places in the...
View ArticleBoneshakers closing at year’s end
The ownership of Boneshakers, 306 Austin St., announced on Facebook Monday that the pizza parlor / live music joint / craft beer haven will be closing at the end of the year. It is with a heavy heart...
View ArticleLand sale intended to spur East Side development
The city is in the process of selling nearly an acre of land on the near East Side to a developer for the purpose of adding mixed-use space or residential units. Four private parties have submitted...
View ArticleThe G-word and the near East Side
In a recent Express-News Sunday column, I used the word “gentrification” to describe the change that is happening to certain near-East Side neighborhoods. East Side Councilwoman Ivy Taylor took notice,...
View ArticleHays Street Bridge property headed back to court
A vacant lot at 803 E. Cherry St. on the near East Side was recently sold to Alamo Beer Co., seemingly putting an end to a 3½-year contentious saga — at least, in the eyes of some observers. But, no....
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