KVIA SCIENTIFIC POLL: ONLY 26% OF EL PASOANS WANT AN ARENA IN DURANGUITO
It is has been ten years since the Quality of Life Bond election of November 6, 2012 and the City of El Paso still brags that 71.67% of El Pasoans…
CITY UPDATE ON “ARENA” DEBACLE
This past Monday, September 12, on the five-year anniversary of the City’s attempt to bulldoze Duranguito, our City Council held a work session during which City Architect Daniela Quesada presented…
PRESERVATION TEXAS OF AUSTIN HOLDING BOARD MEETING IN EL PASO THIS WEEKEND
I am pleased to announce that the Executive Director and Board of Preservation Texas is arriving in El Paso today and that we will be holding our Board meeting over…
DON LUCIANO DEMOLISHING PART OF HIS DURANGUITO TENEMENT
Don Luciano, owner of the Duranguito tenement at 217-219 W. Overland, at the northwest corner of Chihuahua St and across from the Chinese Laundry, is currently demolishing part of his…
CITY TO BEGIN REINFORCING AND SECURING TWO HISTORIC DURANGUITO BUILDINGS
It has been 82 days since our City Council voted 6-1 in Executive Session to spend $28,929.27 “to address safety concerns for two structures” within the “Arena Footprint” in an…
CITY FAILS TO SECURE DAMAGED DURANGUITO PROPERTIES
It was 74 days ago that our City Council voted 6-1 under Executive Session item 2 to spend $28,929.27 “to address safety concerns for two structures” within the “Arena Footprint”…
VIDEO: LESTER HOLT OF NBC NIGHTLY NEWS ON DURANGUITO CRISIS
Dear Media and Friends, Here is the video: https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/inside-fight-to-save-historic-latino-neighborhood-in-texas-123387973540 The City of El Paso should be ashamed of itself for attempting to destroy a Hispanic heritage site of national significance.…
LESTER HOLT OF NBC NIGHTLY NEWS TO FOCUS ON DURANGUITO CRISIS TODAY AT 5:30PM ON CHANNEL 9
Dear Media and Friends, Lester Holt of NBC Nightly News will report on the Duranguito crisis this evening at 5:30pm on Channel 9. Holt sent a team of four to…
TELEMUNDO: 93-YEAR-OLD DURANGUITO RESIDENT FIGHTS TO SAVE HER NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE CITY OF EL PASO
Dear Friends and Media, Toñita Morales, who is 93 years old, is the last remaining resident of her Duranguito tenement. She has been fighting for five years against the City…
LATINO HERITAGE SCHOLARS PUBLISH GUEST COLUMN IN EL PASO TIMES SUPPORTING PRESERVATION OF DURANGUITO
Dear Friends, As I reported below in July, the Latino Heritage Scholars, an initiative of the Hispanic Access Foundation (a group with international reach), listed Duranguito as one of seven…