Gone but not forgotten in San Antonio! (Alamo, Highlands: dating, sewer)

[catriona]

Originally Posted by scythempress

Mr. Dunderbach's was the first to have the original Haribos Gummi Bears. Those riots lasted about 5 days. The girl that got her arms wrapped around the flag pole and her ribs broken lived on Nash Blvd on my block. I remember Mr. Price, the black principal and Mr. Mayhan, the head pricipal, being surrounded in the street, and I dont remember seeing one SAPD car.

I remember my mom picking up me and a few of my friends -- it must have been on the news and she darted up to the school. We were all running from the building, along with a bunch of other people. There were other parents picking up their kids as well. I don't know how she found us all in the confusion. I also remember us girls having to pull our hair (you remember the style, long, parted in the middle, straight) in front of us during passing periods because there were rumors that some of the kids that started the riots were going to get even by trying to cut off our hair.....A very bad situation at any rate, one that I hope our kids don't have to deal with.

[yodi711]

Originally Posted by catriona

I remember my mom picking up me and a few of my friends -- it must have been on the news and she darted up to the school. We were all running from the building, along with a bunch of other people. There were other parents picking up their kids as well. I don't know how she found us all in the confusion. I also remember us girls having to pull our hair (you remember the style, long, parted in the middle, straight) in front of us during passing periods because there were rumors that some of the kids that started the riots were going to get even by trying to cut off our hair.....A very bad situation at any rate, one that I hope our kids don't have to deal with.

Can you explain this a little more. What was this all about? Where again? I have been trying to google for information but cannot find anything.

[suziebuzie]

I remenber Wolco, Kress. H.L. Green, Niceler next to J.C. penney store down town. Leeds, La Fiera, Nathinal for men International fabric and clothes store Solo Sever. If any one remenber any more store name then I love to go to kress to eat at the dinnier thier mum mum biscuits they make my mouth water yum yum. I love the chicken salads sandwich at wolco. yum yum. Wallgreen had a dinner too. and it was yum yum.I want to go back in time to eat at those places.

[catriona]

Originally Posted by yodi711

Can you explain this a little more. What was this all about? Where again? I have been trying to google for information but cannot find anything.

I don't know if the information is out there. You may try the archives of the Express-News.

Basically, what I remember is, the school district (SAISD) closed down Wheatley HS, which was predominately African-American, and bussed them to Highlands and possibly another school. The kids from Wheatley were upset that their HS had been closed and that they were bussed off elsewhere. Highlands at the time was predominately white and hispanic, and the bad feelings that the Wheatley kids had turned into a major racial issue. I don't remember much else, other than trying to stay out of the way during passing periods for fear of either being shoved out of the way or someone grabbing my hair or one of my friends' hair and cutting it off.

Perhaps scythempress might have a better memory of what happened.

I do remember staying home from school for a few days, until everything cooled down.

[Willsatx]

Wow that amazing about the riot, the things we learn here.

[Rayzr77]

Hey everyone! I'm was down in SA this past weekend and I spent a few hours sorta doing a GBNF tour of my own. Of course I had to stop by WPM and see what has become of it. It looks like there is some sort of business where the Mervyn's used to be. Not exactly sure what it was, looked like offices. And they have started bulldozing the entrance that was between Dillards and JCPenney. And of course the whole perimeter of the mall is fenced off so I couldn't do too much exploring. I took some pics in case some of y'all who don't live in SA want to see.
I also checked out The Galaxy (now Rialto) to see what was up. At least it's still a movie theatre but I miss the big Galaxy marquee listing the movies that are playing. I also went down Austin Hwy to Broadway and went down Broadway towards downtown. From Broadway, went through Brackenridge Park and went over 281 and eventually made it to Hildebrand. Went down Hildebrand and turned right onto San Pedro and went all the way down till right before NSM (traffic was pretty bad there). I backtracked and got onto to 281 to make it back to my mom's house. It was cool seeing some of the locations that have been mentioned on here most of which I had never seen or hadn't seen in a looooooooong time. There are still other areas that I wanna check out next time I have a chance.

[Rayzr77]

Elementary: Trinity Church, Pope St. Pius X, Crestview, Miller's Point (part of the first group of kids to open the school '87)
Junior High: Kitty Hawk
High School: Judson, 2 years (gray campus), then moved to Laredo (United-'95).

[Willsatx]

I wonder what is located at the old Mervyns at WPM?

[smuboy86]

It's Rackspace. They bought the mall a year ago, and are moving their entire HQs there. They are spending a 100 million on the facility.

[Been There B4]

Elementary: Wilshire

Jr. High: Krueger

H.S.: Roosevelt ('72 grad.)