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A CENTURY OFF BROADWAY continued 100 years with a brass carousel featuring popular animails. Open 9am to 5pm 365 days a year. www.sazoo-aq.org More Off Broadway Located on Broadway, just outside Brackenridge Park, Kiddie Park was opened in 1925, the oldest children’s amusement park in the US. All of the original rides including a 1918 Herschell Spillman carousel and ferris wheel have been refurbished and are still in use. A real treat for young and old. 210.824.4351 Further down, on the right, is Do Seum. The greatly expanded children’s museum, currently located at 305 E. Houston St., will open in June. Concentrating on interactive science, technolgy, art and literacy, their invitation is: Please Touch. Please Experience. 210.212.4453.
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Rivercenter Mall (Commerce & Bowie)
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A recent Smithsonian Affiliate, The Witte opened to the public in 1926, and is in the midst of a $100 million rennovation. Named for Alfred Witte, it contains art, science and nature exhibits and recently opened HEB Children’s Body Adventure. 210.357.1900 www.wittemuseum.org Botanical Gardens, 555 Funston off Broadway, was developed on 38 acres at an abandoned quarry donated by George Washington Brackenridge in 1899. It features Texas Native Trail; formal, old fashioned and sensory gardens; the Kumamoto En Japanese garden; bistro and gift shop. 210.207,3250 www.sabot.org McNay Museum is housed in a former 1926 donated mansion with 700 pieces and has since doubled its space opening to lush sculpture gardens. Focusing primariliy on 19th and 20th century European and American art, the collection now consists of over 14,000 objects and a 50,000 volume research library and recongnized nationwide. www.mcnayart.org
Broadway Corridor Specials For $4, you can purchase a one-day pass on VIA’s #7 Sightseer Special that will chauffeur you up the Broadway Corridor. Starts at Market and Presa downtown. 210.362.2020 The $44 (children $22) Broadway Reach ticket offers admission to most of the Corridor’s attractions and is good for seven days, an approximate $20 savings. www.broadwayreach.org A $15 Barge Taxi pass good for 24 hours also stops at most of the locations. San Antonio Conservations Society’s self-guided drive tour up Broadway lists 26 historical sites with a printable photo/notes map. www.saconservation.org/events. Now’s the time to cruise San Antonio’s Broadway Corridor.
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