September 23, 1960. San Antonio has just started to shake off the last of a brutal South Texas summer, but the heat still presses flat against the open land along San Pedro Avenue.
A piece of rough, empty land on the North Side just months ago now has something completely new for the city.
Inside, it feels completely different. The heat drops away. The air is cool and quiet. Fountains run along broad Saltillo-tile walkways…