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On
North St. Mary's Street
between Mulberry Avenue and the Zoo.
by Sarah
Reveley |
| Photo
courtesy Justin Parr, 2007 |
San
Antonio -
Sunken Garden Amphitheatre
Where else but
Texas can you sit in a rock quarry and enjoy comedy, Shakespearean
drama and concerts ranging from jazz to hard rock?
Originally a rock quarry used from 1880 until 1908, the Sunken Garden
Amphitheatre is a hidden treasure next to the recently-restored Sunken
Gardens. The abandoned quarry’s transformation began in 1915, when
the City built a lushly landscaped lily pond named the Japanese Garden,
and a huge landscape with patterns formed by rocks and flowers called
the Texas Star Garden. A movement was on to create an open air theatre,
which was finished in 1930. Renovations for the Texas
Centennial included dressing rooms, stage improvements, roads,
walks, and landscaped grounds. A concession area was built by the
NYA in 1937. |
| From
"Monuments Commemorating the Centenary of Texas Independence", State
of Texas, 1938 |
| Vintage
postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Sunken Garden
Amphitheatre gate
Photo courtesy Sarah
Reveley, 2008 |
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