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Neighborhoods of San Antonio


The city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas is composed of a number of neighborhoods and districts, spreading out surrounding the central Downtown Area.

The urban core of the city and metropolitan area, Downtown San Antonio is a popular destination for tourists, due to attractions such as the Alamo, River Walk, Tower of the Americas, Alamodome, St. Paul Square, Pearl Brewery, Market Square, and the Shops at Rivercenter, which consists of over 100 stores, 21 restaurants, Dave & Buster's, AMC movie theatres, and the Improv Comedy Club. During the Holiday season the day after Thanksgiving Day San Antonio does a Christmas lighting to welcomes the holidays. {http://visitsanantonio.com/holiday } is bounded by Josephine St to the north, Colorado St to the west, I-10/U.S. 90, Probandt, and S Alamo St to the south, and I-37/ U.S. 281, and Monumental St to the east.

Located in the city's inner north-central corridor about two miles (3 km) north of Downtown and laid out roughly down the north-south axis of Broadway, the Alamo Heights area (ZIP Code 78209) is bordered to the south by Hildebrand Avenue, to the north by Interstate 410, to the east by Fort Sam Houston, and to the west by US 281. The enclaves of Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills are included in this area. This area also includes a large swath of Broadway from Mulberry to Loop 410. Inside this area is also Mahncke Park (the neighborhood and the park), McNay Art Museum, the Witte Museum, Brackenridge Park, Botanical Gardens, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio Country Club and Japanese Tea Gardens. The whole of 78209 zipcode is sometimes referred to as "Alamo Heights" even though the precise boundaries of the Alamo Heights city and school district are much smaller than the boundaries of the zip code.


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