Harsh Patel English San Antonio River Walk
21 January 2015
Use of pathos in “San Antonio: A City Guided by Its River” and “Flood of Memories”
In this essay from excerpts from “The Water and Culture Reader”, Alexis Harte talks about the history of the San Antonio River walk. It is also known as Paseo del Río which is a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River. Today, the River Walk is an enormously successful special-case pedestrian street, one level down from the automobile street. The River Walk loops under bridges as two parallel sidewalks lined with restaurants and shops, connecting the major tourist draws from the Alamo to River center Mall, to the Arneson River Theatre, to Marriage Island, to La Villita, to HemisFair Park, to the Tower Life Building, to the San Antonio Museum of Art, a “Flood Of Memories”nd the Pearl Brewery. During the annual springtime Fiesta, the River Parade features flowery floats that float down the river. Harte also says that the San Antonio river system has long supported birds and wildlife and its relationship with the humans has occasionally been less hospitable. Following the deadly floods that occurred in 1921 which killed 50 people and cost $10 million in damages the city leaders thought that it would be best to bury the urban stretch of the river. Because of a fairly traditional firms plan to straighten and widen the basin today the River Walk is an enormously successful and is a serious economic engine for the city for it draws about 7 million visitors who spend roughly about 800 million. The use of pathos in the passage “Flood of memories”. San Antonio River floods on this day in 1921, killing 51 people and causing millions of dollars in damages. The flood was caused by some of the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Texas. The San Antonio River winds through southwest Texas, an area that is generally dry. However, on September 7, a storm stalled over the town of Taylor and dumped an astounding 23.11 inches of rain on the area
Use of pathos in “San Antonio: A City Guided by Its River” and “Flood of Memories”
In this essay from excerpts from “The Water and Culture Reader”, Alexis Harte talks about the history of the San Antonio River walk. It is also known as Paseo del Río which is a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River. Today, the River Walk is an enormously successful special-case pedestrian street, one level down from the automobile street. The River Walk loops under bridges as two parallel sidewalks lined with restaurants and shops, connecting the major tourist draws from the Alamo to River center Mall, to the Arneson River Theatre, to Marriage Island, to La Villita, to HemisFair Park, to the Tower Life Building, to the San Antonio Museum of Art, a “Flood Of Memories”nd the Pearl Brewery. During the annual springtime Fiesta, the River Parade features flowery floats that float down the river. Harte also says that the San Antonio river system has long supported birds and wildlife and its relationship with the humans has occasionally been less hospitable. Following the deadly floods that occurred in 1921 which killed 50 people and cost $10 million in damages the city leaders thought that it would be best to bury the urban stretch of the river. Because of a fairly traditional firms plan to straighten and widen the basin today the River Walk is an enormously successful and is a serious economic engine for the city for it draws about 7 million visitors who spend roughly about 800 million. The use of pathos in the passage “Flood of memories”. San Antonio River floods on this day in 1921, killing 51 people and causing millions of dollars in damages. The flood was caused by some of the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Texas. The San Antonio River winds through southwest Texas, an area that is generally dry. However, on September 7, a storm stalled over the town of Taylor and dumped an astounding 23.11 inches of rain on the area