So much of downtown San Antonio looks the same now 54 years later. And that is a good thing. San Antonio has the best downtown around.
@rickysatx79
12 жыл бұрын
iam 32 and i wish i could go back to this time just for a day..wow it was a nice time to be alive.
@dianainclan2021
3 жыл бұрын
I so do too!! Very 😎 cool times
@lou1958
7 жыл бұрын
I ate Chinese food for the first time of my life at the Chung King pavilion. That day was full of wonder and joy for this boy from the poor side of town who lived in science fiction books and films. The world was much smaller then and more isolated by geography and economics.
@stevemelancon6207
3 жыл бұрын
I was a sophomore at Edison HS in San Antonio during Hemisfair. Oh the memories. I won't forget those times when San Antonio grew up to be a "big city."
@detaildr
8 жыл бұрын
I remember riding the skyride at brackenridge before it was taken down :/ only thing left now is the hotel, the park, and the tower!! Truly a great thing Texas did and needs to do again. With the way the world is so grim now, a celebration of culture and life is what we all need.
@chrisrodriguez7534
6 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Danger Gonzalez yea I went to many SPURS games in the Hemisfair arena ,I remember watching DAVID ROBINSON,JONNY MORE,GEORGE GERVIN,I WAS GOING TO Spurs games from 1988 to 1993 and I'm still in San Antonio
@rosaamarillo2110
4 жыл бұрын
Remember when the roof was raised, and some lucky people had ‘obstructed view’ seats where the support poles were directly in front of some seats? The IceMan!!!!!!!
@dianainclan2021
3 жыл бұрын
Jimmy your absolutely right about that.
@austinteutsch
4 жыл бұрын
I was there in 1968. I was 15. It changed my life as I got to go to all those countries all in one day!!
@devinv
9 жыл бұрын
THIS WAS A THING? ugh san antonio looked so fun!
@dianainclan2021
3 жыл бұрын
It still is
@dianainclan2021
2 жыл бұрын
@Pineapple Head absolutely, I like it
@jellyfishpeach769
Жыл бұрын
@@dianainclan2021 No its lost its charm. Its trashy and full of overweight alcoholics. It may have tiny pockets of nice areas but most of the city is dirty, ugly and a mess.
@savagedick1462
Жыл бұрын
Fun town usa
@thatonekid210
13 жыл бұрын
Woww. Everything in here now is gone except the tower
@tommytruth7595
7 жыл бұрын
No, a couple other buildings are still there.
@rosaamarillo2110
4 жыл бұрын
10-15 buildings are still there, part of the water ski area, it’s circular fountain, (which still works) as well as a portion of the old elevated walkway by the midway.. Judge John Wood Courthouse (USA Pavilion) UTITC (Texas Pavilion) .. Lila Cockrell Theater with its tile mosaic ‘ Confluence of Civilizations’ , which can now be viewed from Alamo st, now that the original convention center is gone... I was there April ‘68, had an uncle displaced off Water St during the ‘urban renewal’, watched it all get built. Still remember the day the roundhouse locked at the top of the tower after its long climb.. The transformation of this downtown oasis into park/living space is simply awesome..
@LadyNightOwl63
9 жыл бұрын
So happy to find these videos on YT. I was 5 when we went to the HemisFair - dad was stationed at Laughlin AFB in Del Rio. It was a nice 3 day family vacation - I remember it like it was yesterday. We left Texas when I was 6 - dad was transferred to CA and I haven't been back since. Someday I hope to get to San Antonio to see what it all looks like now. :)
@TerryReedMiss
8 жыл бұрын
+LadyNightOwl63 We were there just for that year for the Fair because of my Dad's business (oil, of course! lol) but I went back in 1988 and just HAD to go up the Tower again! SO FUN! So much gone, but it'll live in our memories forever, eh? :-)
@chrisrodriguez7534
6 жыл бұрын
LadyNightOwl63 lol Lackland,. I see that word every day living here in SA
@mattc7824
6 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughlin_Air_Force_Base in Del Rio.
@marufio
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing like this its all toned down now
@angelorodriguez7736
2 жыл бұрын
Did you ever go?
@williamwingo4740
3 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at Randolph AFB in 1968 but got transferred to California in late March, a couple of weeks before the Hemisfair opened. Never saw it.
@dianainclan2021
3 жыл бұрын
William Wingo , just barely missed it!! Bummer
@debbiedellinger1664
11 жыл бұрын
My family and I went to the HemisFair in San Antonio for a vacation and it was so much fun, being that we were from Indiana. I had a great time.
@rr7firefly
7 жыл бұрын
My older cousin worked at the Youth Pavilion, where visitors were invited to have hands-on experiences, creating installations and making mementos they could take with them. My cousin was very well thought of -- an artist in her early 30s actually "invited" him to move to New York City with her to begin his art career. My aunt was horrified and vetoed the idea outright.
@TerryReedMiss
8 жыл бұрын
We got to go like a dozen times! My Dad had clients from all over S. America and Mexico, so we entertained for a solid year in San Antone! I distinctly remember the Flying Indians, drinking dark Lonestar beer at the Texas Pavilion, riding the boats on the brand new River Walk and going up the Tower of the Americas to eat in the rotating restaurant - first time I ever sipped champagne! :-) SO FUN! I was 11 and turned 12 while there! So many GREAT memories! Went back in 1988, and went up the Tower again!
@EliotBay
Жыл бұрын
wow thats a lot. went there maybe 6-7 times, church group, or relatives would visit & we'd go or the several times my brother was performing there in a university choir.
@dianainclan2021
3 жыл бұрын
I love history, especially our great city
@nthdesign
Жыл бұрын
I just returned from a week-long visit in San Antonio. The memory of Hemisfair definitely lives on! We had dinner at the Chart House restaurant at the top of the Tower of the Americas, and you could look down and imagine the excitement of the fair below years ago.
@albertescobedo2729
Жыл бұрын
I was 19yr old at that time, now I just turn 73 yr old I remember.
@nathanbush6781
28 күн бұрын
We went to San Antonio a few weeks ago! I could see myself living there if I were to choose a place in Texas! That or Austin! I really wish they’d get light rail in SA. BUT, I must say that the Via Public Transit system is pretty great! Very economical, too!
@THEPLANETEARTH
3 жыл бұрын
That lack of traffic though
@music_by_carlos
2 жыл бұрын
cool. WE NEED A HEMISFAIR PT 2. SAN ANTONIO VERY RESPECTED NOW WE CAN MAKE IT 100000X BETTER
@robsman2025
5 жыл бұрын
it was so much fun, i am just so much in joy right now.
@davids.hartley2694
4 жыл бұрын
I remember this VERY well. I have had 2 traumatic brain injuries and been guest of honor at Neurorestorative, 6th floor UT Health building Tyler twice. David S.
@janierios1194
4 жыл бұрын
David S. Hartley how did u get by our tbi?
@videographer1KIK
3 жыл бұрын
I WAS THERE * THANKS MOM AND DAD * REMEMBER THE MONORAIL
@kristalks8238
Жыл бұрын
I remember going. To the dome I was too young for this arena
@EliotBay
Жыл бұрын
The Flying Indians were quite scary to watch for this 7 yr old! Who saw the Sid & Marty Kroft puppet show? The Space Exhibit was cool, too. I remember the monorail broke down a lot & the part that went above the water canal was fun. Plus the mini race car track, awesome. Good times.
@openedto
12 жыл бұрын
I was so lucky as I lived then in Colonies North and our elementary class went to the fair for a whole day. It was absolutely wonderful. Plus the time my parents took us, we had just moved to SA in 68 and what an introduction to the culture(s) of texas, mexico and South America, etc. I am going back there esp. to see the Institute of Texan Cultures
@4eyed4stringer
14 жыл бұрын
@MIKECNW I remember going. I was 4 years old. It really stuck in my memory.
@KinyoHQ
5 жыл бұрын
Incredible history
@reditehd4523
5 жыл бұрын
it still is if you live in San Antonio like me!
@Metalhead396
Жыл бұрын
The kid at the 1:27 mark with the vest and Sombrero I swear is me.
@Lelabear
Жыл бұрын
Sweet! What a cute kid you were! I wondered if I would see my family in the footage but no such luck. We went frequently since my folks worked on the slide show playing continually inside the Hemisfair dome. Kinda the forerunner to the Imax? Found a pic of the slideshow at least: farm8.staticflickr.com/7134/13490330585_14708b8f62_o.jpg?w=300.
@paulinoeugenia2660
3 жыл бұрын
World We Still are Standing
@billcheek8043
3 жыл бұрын
I went to a VIP pre-opening continental breakfast at the Tower of Americas with my family. I was 15 years old. Had Eggs Benedict for the first time. I also had a season pass, so I went almost every day that summer. Another memory was to talk to someone in Philadelphia over a video phone when I visited with my high school band to perform there, Today I occasionally drink scotch out of commemorative rocks glasses. :^)
@LisaBoesen_ItsYourSeason
4 жыл бұрын
I remember going when I was 9. I remember going into a pavilion and standing watching a film about air pollution and such. I was mesmerized at how we were hurting our environment. I thought it was the movie "US" but I'm not sure. I can't seem to find it.
@MIKECNW
14 жыл бұрын
This is all pretyy interesting. Of course I can'r understand why nobody has commented on this and the other 8 parts.
@MrEOM41
6 ай бұрын
Bring back Hemisfair arena
@kimberlymoxley104
2 жыл бұрын
Sooo many good memories
@losmalqueridos2009
2 жыл бұрын
Sad to see the city displace people from there homes. They do it in the name of progress. Shameful!
@mariocisneros911
2 жыл бұрын
There were very old Mexican homes from the 1800's. Maybe the oldest in the city from the 1840's
@openedto
12 жыл бұрын
no the pavilion is still there, only it is now owned as part of University of Texas, but I think much of the exhibit is still there, maybe archived tho.
@TheBigdan210
2 жыл бұрын
I live in Las Colinas and we still have a monorail…
@MichaelGarcia-rk6jk
5 жыл бұрын
San Antonio really did dumb down
@chasem8491
3 жыл бұрын
and ultra girthy locals...girthy stupid idotic people here.
@sublimelyh70
7 жыл бұрын
Coolness...
@pollyhorlander7389
Жыл бұрын
I was there!
@jamesmiller4184
11 ай бұрын
Me too, Polly! I thought old San Antone just 'the aces' !!
@jeffreylaurahutton5379
2 жыл бұрын
What happened to Hemisfair the city turned it into kids park and water park which is fine but keep it as a fair grounds keep the monorail ride and the skyline cable ride as part of the park I went to Hemisfair when I was 14 yrs old and today most of it has died each yr have fiesta Mexicans singing and other activities it would be nice for San Antonio and every Sept have a fair use the fair grounds bring back some of that Hemisfair for two weeks don’t build bunch of apartments and other businesses keep the fair grounds alive even through the yr have some activities at the fair grounds don’t let HemisFair die it could be a big county or state fair each yr but salvage what you can of the monorail and put it back same for the skyline cable rides run them on special activities and fair each yr bring some of the past Hemisfair back please.
@sylviabarroso933
Жыл бұрын
BRING BACK.
@steelstreet3765
Жыл бұрын
I am 43 but i wish i wss there to experience it. I wish there was a documentary the fair.
@jamesmiller4184
11 ай бұрын
Gees, that's really too bad you were too young but, maybe for HemisFair II, you'll be right on-site and ready!
@steelstreet3765
11 ай бұрын
@@jamesmiller4184 I wish I was old! Very old@ like 80!
@jamesmiller4184
11 ай бұрын
@@steelstreet3765 Oh? Surely you're pulling my leg! Gosh, I'll be there in two years but so-far very good. I visited the HemisFair in '68 but only briefly. Since I was into stamp collecting (and even more-so now 54 year later) I picked-up I think an issued stamp or maybe souvenir sheet from there. My BIG world fair interest is in the 1939/40 Golden Gate Exposition held on Treasure Island. (San Fran.) To this day, there is a BIG and serious site dedicated to everything GGE! It is amazing and is constantly attended with neat new stuff being adding regularly. They even maintain a channel here on Y-T. (Hey! Even the Chinese sleuth Charley Chan got in on the GGE bandwagon by appearing there for a mystery to be solved. You might check it out. As-yet, no movies featuring criminal hi-jinks at the HemisFair have yet materialized.) AS WITH the HemisFair, there too the emphasis was on ART relating to all of the Pacific up and down! Truly! The patron goddess was (naturally) Pacifica!!! Anyway, you've got plenty of years for 'catch up'! If you're into Fifties/Sixties nostalgia generally, I recommend "Recollection Road" right here on Y-T. CHEERS!
@lilsushiboi99
8 күн бұрын
wow, all the comments are so old now too...
@Willsatx
Жыл бұрын
When did they tear down the Lone Star Pavilion?
@buddylopez5391
5 жыл бұрын
san antonio was awsome back in the day but local goverment screwed that up
@MIKECNW
10 жыл бұрын
How do you know it's forgotten?
@sabrinashelton1997
Жыл бұрын
When was this produced? I think most of these people have passed.
@jamesmiller4184
11 ай бұрын
Sabrina, it was posted here in January 2010, it says in the drop-down above and in the credits after the last Part 9 -- "C. 1998" so, that was twenty-five years ago and it is likely that many of them have, as you suggest. I was there in '68 doing work and so did not get to see much of it, so this lengthy review is catch-up.
@tomtomtomato1
4 жыл бұрын
Urban renewal btw
@ritaespa9489
2 жыл бұрын
Why did they do away with the rides and all the fun stuff. It looked like fun back in the days. I live here and I know tourist still come through but I feel out downtown is dead. The Alamo is always closed under construction.
@bennnnu380
2 жыл бұрын
Well technically right now the Alamo is undergoing a huge remodel that will honestly bring back a huge number of tourists. It definitely needed an upgrade. And tourism has never been better. We’ve had two final fours in 5 years , multiple nba championships , fast growing city in America etc etc. Downtown has never been busier and it’s honestly growing and getting better. Even in the midst of the pandemic
@cynsalm2288
3 жыл бұрын
2:10 Kroftt Puppets
@wroughtironmgtow9558
6 жыл бұрын
when San Antonio was under the radar and didn't see millennial transplants trying to turn this city in to another NY or SF
@supremeleader9440
5 жыл бұрын
Wah wah
@wroughtironmgtow9558
5 жыл бұрын
@@supremeleader9440 yeah that's exactly what a millennial would sound like.
@austinteutsch
4 жыл бұрын
Your're right. Sanctuary city bullshit. But Trump just got SCOTUS ruling it's ok to cut funds. That'll put a stop to the bullshit.
@jorge8156
4 жыл бұрын
austin teutsch cry
@jorge8156
4 жыл бұрын
Metal Massacre \m/ Fr. all they do is bitch
@AEDC49
13 жыл бұрын
So since then I've always liked talking to people that went to all those Fairs and of course I more then have a large collection of Worlds Fair items starting With Expo '62 Known as Century 21 etc! I even knew where all the buildings went certain exhibits after etc.etc! I also Cringe at the condition and potential of whats left at these sites and keep hoping just one rich Trump, Gates, Branson Trillionaire does the right thing! as I'd love to go up the New York Towers 45 plus years to late!
@AEDC49
13 жыл бұрын
I wanted to go to HemisFair '68 but didn't get to go! I remember when our teacher started the class off by telling us that HemisFair was going to start and I wanted to go bad! but it didn't happen because of the longistics of it all so I always feel like what did I miss by not getting to go etc! I also wanted to go to the '64/'65 New York Worlds Fair same story also for Expo '67 and Expo '70 in Osaka Japan! but a couple class mates got to go and of course they got to tell us of their experience!
@user-pi4kf9uw3m
8 ай бұрын
8:28
@mjacobs8139
6 жыл бұрын
That executive board could use some diversity. More like the white businessmen of San Antonio formed and comprised the board.
@matthewcooper3535
4 жыл бұрын
It was the 60s ,get reality based.
@rosaamarillo2110
4 жыл бұрын
Henry B punched it through though, like he did that guy at Earl Abels
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