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!
How many more segment videos do i have to watch? This was all fine n dandy till click watch click watch. Y didn't u make this into one video pipi corn fun? U suck
When they planned this , they displaced many mexican American citizens . Plus destroyed homes from the 1880' -1940's. Whenever , the wealthy reap the rewards, are not displaced and if they have property, homes, are compensated or preserved
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.
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.
Some body has got to be around that's not a pussy . All you hear and block us You Tube , we can't play shit because of " Rivas " nobody can Stand that fuki g name in San Antonio Texas. Now it's contaminating Paloma California
Besides the U.S. Pavilion with its ground-breaking movie experience, I am always amazed that internationally recognized scenographer Joseph Svoboda had a special presence with his Laterna Magika. Anyone who knows even a little about Svoboda knows that he shattered the limitations of set design with his technological innovations.
@@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!
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.
IM 64 YEARS OLD BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK CITY I FOLLOWED GEORGE ICEMAN GERVIN SINCE ICE WAS PLAYING FOR THE VIRGINIA SQUIRES FEBRUARY 1973 AND I WAS AT THE HALL OF FAME WHEN ICE WAS INDUCTED MAY 1996 AND I LOOK LIKE JAMES JIMMY SI CAPTAIN LATE SILAS I REMEMBER SWEN FLYING DUTCHMAN NATER USED TO GET ALL OF THE REBOUNDS I USED TO WATCH THE NETS PLAY THE SPURS ON CHANNEL 9 A LOCAL TV STATION I WILL NEVER FORGET THE BASELINE BUMS I WAS THE FIRST SPURS FAN IN NEW YORK CITY WOW WHAT A LIFE I'VE LIVED
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.
For being greedy and stealing the peoples land to build hamisfare, it paid back with carma, hopefully old people can start telling the truth about how HB Gonzalez and city officials really stole one of my family home from them and built into their historical land and house that was built in 1887. Why the historical people didn’t stop the stealing from city and government officials ? Uh, they got bribe with free tickets for the fare. Nice park, and now it’s all fading away with different developers doing something else with it.
I was seven years old that year of 68 when we piled in the family wagon, every bit the Griswalds, and headed from Chicago for our 3 week vacation that would take us to visit relatives in Cali and TX. We spent two great days at the HemisFair and I have the old Super 8 films my dad took that are now on disc. I have tried very hard to find anything on the exhibit that was something like "Cars Of The Future," and they had 3 or 4 prototypes of these Jetson looking vehicles. One was, I remember well, the station wagon of the future and had a shopping cart that popped up out of the back. Please let me know if you-all know of a site with footage or pics.
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.
I was 15 yrs old come from Oklahoma when Hemisfair opened up and we went to The America’s of the Tower I stepped on the elevator and guy running the elevator how old is the Space Needle we called it then and he said young man it’s brand new and we were one of the first to go up the Needle. Me and my Grandparents spent 4 days there and we seen everything there. I wished after the Hemisfair they left the monorail & overhead cable car ride going that be so great for San Antonio today, but I had the greatest time of my life in 1968 and watching this on RUclips brings back lot of memories. I’m Jeffrey Hutton of Canton Lake, Oklahoma.
Seems like my CITY SAN ANTONIO, TX was way better back then than what it is today cuz we don't get the PRESIDENT come here since I've been born and all the othe things ain't here no more like the sky ride it seems like San antonio has gotten unnoticed for years and years.
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.
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
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!
How many more segment videos do i have to watch? This was all fine n dandy till click watch click watch. Y didn't u make this into one video pipi corn fun? U suck
Agh the gatekeepers
I didn’t realize so much went on before Hemisfair was built; a lot of preparation beforehand and many changes have to happen--both good and bad.
John DuBose was my Vice Principal at Pat Neff
Bring back Hemisfair arena
8:28
When they planned this , they displaced many mexican American citizens . Plus destroyed homes from the 1880' -1940's. Whenever , the wealthy reap the rewards, are not displaced and if they have property, homes, are compensated or preserved
I screen-shot dear Cathy Mangum's recipe, and am going to recreate it exactly! Sounds Texas scrumptious!
I was there!
Me too, Polly! I thought old San Antone just 'the aces' !!
When was this produced? I think most of these people have passed.
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.
The kid at the 1:27 mark with the vest and Sombrero I swear is me.
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.
Some body has got to be around that's not a pussy . All you hear and block us You Tube , we can't play shit because of " Rivas " nobody can Stand that fuki g name in San Antonio Texas. Now it's contaminating Paloma California
Besides the U.S. Pavilion with its ground-breaking movie experience, I am always amazed that internationally recognized scenographer Joseph Svoboda had a special presence with his Laterna Magika. Anyone who knows even a little about Svoboda knows that he shattered the limitations of set design with his technological innovations.
I was 19yr old at that time, now I just turn 73 yr old I remember.
Anita Bryant? Yuk. What a beautiful production of American history with live action!
I was at the 1968 HemisFair. I was 10 years old and the ONLY thing I remember about it was the Aztec human sacrifice. That girl had huge breasts!
I remember going. To the dome I was too young for this arena
When did they tear down the Lone Star Pavilion?
I never realized that so many good people were displaced in order to build The Hemisfaire.
I can remember going to The Hemisfaire when I was 9 years old. so much fun. 👍
insulted Mexico. Over Half of Mexico's population is now here in the states. 2023
BRING BACK.
I am 43 but i wish i wss there to experience it. I wish there was a documentary the fair.
Gees, that's really too bad you were too young but, maybe for HemisFair II, you'll be right on-site and ready!
@@jamesmiller4184 I wish I was old! Very old@ like 80!
@@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!
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.
IM 64 YEARS OLD BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK CITY I FOLLOWED GEORGE ICEMAN GERVIN SINCE ICE WAS PLAYING FOR THE VIRGINIA SQUIRES FEBRUARY 1973 AND I WAS AT THE HALL OF FAME WHEN ICE WAS INDUCTED MAY 1996 AND I LOOK LIKE JAMES JIMMY SI CAPTAIN LATE SILAS I REMEMBER SWEN FLYING DUTCHMAN NATER USED TO GET ALL OF THE REBOUNDS I USED TO WATCH THE NETS PLAY THE SPURS ON CHANNEL 9 A LOCAL TV STATION I WILL NEVER FORGET THE BASELINE BUMS I WAS THE FIRST SPURS FAN IN NEW YORK CITY WOW WHAT A LIFE I'VE LIVED
It's sad to realize people were forced out of their homes and businesses 😪
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.
Fiesta was better in old days, but it's sad how they took people' out of their house for hemsi fair
For being greedy and stealing the peoples land to build hamisfare, it paid back with carma, hopefully old people can start telling the truth about how HB Gonzalez and city officials really stole one of my family home from them and built into their historical land and house that was built in 1887. Why the historical people didn’t stop the stealing from city and government officials ? Uh, they got bribe with free tickets for the fare. Nice park, and now it’s all fading away with different developers doing something else with it.
Thank goodness they got rid of those eyesore shacks. Mojado
I was seven years old that year of 68 when we piled in the family wagon, every bit the Griswalds, and headed from Chicago for our 3 week vacation that would take us to visit relatives in Cali and TX. We spent two great days at the HemisFair and I have the old Super 8 films my dad took that are now on disc. I have tried very hard to find anything on the exhibit that was something like "Cars Of The Future," and they had 3 or 4 prototypes of these Jetson looking vehicles. One was, I remember well, the station wagon of the future and had a shopping cart that popped up out of the back. Please let me know if you-all know of a site with footage or pics.
Governer John Connally ruined San Antonio
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.
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.
I was 15 yrs old come from Oklahoma when Hemisfair opened up and we went to The America’s of the Tower I stepped on the elevator and guy running the elevator how old is the Space Needle we called it then and he said young man it’s brand new and we were one of the first to go up the Needle. Me and my Grandparents spent 4 days there and we seen everything there. I wished after the Hemisfair they left the monorail & overhead cable car ride going that be so great for San Antonio today, but I had the greatest time of my life in 1968 and watching this on RUclips brings back lot of memories. I’m Jeffrey Hutton of Canton Lake, Oklahoma.
Sooo many good memories
Seems like my CITY SAN ANTONIO, TX was way better back then than what it is today cuz we don't get the PRESIDENT come here since I've been born and all the othe things ain't here no more like the sky ride it seems like San antonio has gotten unnoticed for years and years.
Sad to see the city displace people from there homes. They do it in the name of progress. Shameful!
There were very old Mexican homes from the 1800's. Maybe the oldest in the city from the 1840's
DO A HEMISFAIR PT 2 TODAY
cool. WE NEED A HEMISFAIR PT 2. SAN ANTONIO VERY RESPECTED NOW WE CAN MAKE IT 100000X BETTER
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.
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
I live in Las Colinas and we still have a monorail…
You forgot to mention Mora Arriaga in this video
You forgot to mention Mora Arriaga in this video
You forgot to mention Mora Arriaga in this video
You forgot to mention Mora Arriaga in this video
You forgot to mention Mora Arriaga in this video
Did the mud flood rabbit hole bring you here???
I love history, especially our great city
Why would they do this crappy as government