The Weston Site: 1900-1930

The Weston Centre site itself saw turmoil in first two decades of the 20th century when a broad-reaching plan was undertaken to rebuild the city’s downtown infrastructure. A series of public works projects resulted in the construction of new bridges, updated utilities and wider streets in the Pecan Street area.
Pecan Street at the time was divided into an east and a west section and and were only  finally aligned as a single street in 1910.

At the same time, apartments, hotels and residential structures were built in the area along Soledad and Armistead. In the mid-1920s, some of these buildings were replaced by commercial development with the construction of the Robert E. Lee Hotel in 1922, the Travis Building in 1923 and the Milam Building in 1927, along with an expansion to the existing parking garage, which then became known as the Milam Garage.

Devastating floods in 1913 and 1920 had resulted in local efforts to shore up the banks of the river, but permanent retaining walls were only completed by the Works Progress Administration in 1939 to 1941. This created the basis for the ongoing improvements that eventually resulted in San Antonio’s famous River Walk.

• Commitment to Local Management
• Technology Always a Priority
• The Early Days: 1930 Forward

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