SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson is proposing a state takeover of Alamo Plaza, saying that taking control of the 19th-century square from the city would help bring improvements to the area and highlight its historic significance.
Patterson wrote in a Monday letter to San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro that the city should consider transferring or leasing the downtown plaza to his office, which oversees the Alamo Mission, so the area can be under a “singular authority.”