"From plazas placed in Spanish times to the River Walk, one of the world's most renowned linear parks, San Antonio enjoys a broad variety of historic public spaces. Here they are uniquely protrayed in more than 165 vintage postcard images. Most date from the first half of the 20th century, when the plazas, parks and River Walk were in transition to modern times. Streetscapes change, carriages fade away. Candy vendors ply Military Plaza, drop-ins are welcomed near the Alamo at the Plaza Bar, cooks prepare supper at the weekly snake fry in Brackenridge Park's Reptile Gardens, as these vignettes of the passing scene give you new insights into familiar places"--Back cover.