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Encyclopedia > Tower of the Americas
Downtown San Antonio features the historic San Fernando Cathedral, the Tower Life Building and the Tower of The Americas.
Downtown San Antonio features the historic San Fernando Cathedral, the Tower Life Building and the Tower of The Americas.

Tower of the Americas is a 228.6 meter (750 feet) high observation tower with a restaurant at San Antonio, Texas. Tower of the Americas, designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford, was built in 1968, as part of the HemisFair '68 exhibition. Image is supplied by Zereshk by scanning. ... Image is supplied by Zereshk by scanning. ... This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... Downtown San Antonio as viewed from the Tower of the Americas Nickname: Alamo City Location in Texas Founded  -Incorporated 1731 {{{incorporated}}}  County Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - Total  - Water 1,067. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... ONeil Ford (1905-1982) was a major regional architect of the mid-20th century in Texas. ... HemisFair 68 was the first officially designated worlds fair (or international exposition) held in the Southwest United States. ...


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The Alamo | Alamodome | Brooks City Base | Clear Channel | Fiesta Texas | Fort Sam Houston | Freeman Coliseum | Frost Bank | HemisFair '68 | Institute of Texan Cultures | Lackland Air Force Base | Nelson W. Wolff Stadium | Randolph Air Force Base | The Riverwalk | S.A. Missions National Park | San Antonio International Airport | San Antonio Spurs | San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo | SBC Center | SBC Communications | SeaWorld | Southwest Research Institute | St. Mary's University | Trinity University | Tower of the Americas | USAA | UT Health Science Center | UTSA | Valero | Downtown San Antonio as viewed from the Tower of the Americas Nickname: Alamo City Location in Texas Founded  -Incorporated 1731 {{{incorporated}}}  County Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - Total  - Water 1,067. ... The Alamo The Alamo (Mission San Antonio de Valero) is the name of former mission and fortress compound, now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas. ... The Alamodome is a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas. ... Brooks Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located in San Antonio, Texas. ... This article is about the company. ... Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a theme park located near San Antonio, Texas in a former rock quarry. ... Fort Sam Houston is a US Army base in Texas. ... San Antonio Freeman Coliseum is the old Arena Over the past 52 years Freeman Coliseum has been host to thousands of events varying from three-ring circus acts to concerts and boxing events. ... The Frost National Bank is a nationally chartered bank and a subsidiary of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. ... HemisFair 68 was the first officially designated worlds fair (or international exposition) held in the Southwest United States. ... The Institute of Texan Cultures is a museum and library located in HemisFair Park in central San Antonio, Texas. ... Lackland Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located to the west of San Antonio, Texas, USA. It is the main entry processing station (Basic Military Training, or BMT) for Air Force trainees. ... The San Antonio Missions is a minor league baseball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... Randolph Air Force Base (Randolph AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Bexar County, Texas near San Antonio. ... The San Antonio Riverwalk (also known as the Paseo del Rio) is an extensive network of walkways one story beneath the heart of the city, linking several major attractions. ... Four Spanish frontier missions, part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries, are preserved here. ... San Antonio International Airport is an airport in San Antonio, Texas. ... The San Antonio Spurs are a National Basketball Association team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas, USA is one of the largest Stock Shows in the country. ... The SBC Center is an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas. ... SBC Communications NYSE: SBC is an American telecommunications company based in San Antonio, Texas. ... For the unrelated theme park in Australia, see Sea World. ... Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is an independent, nonprofit applied research and development organization. ... St. ... Trinity University is an independent, primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences university in San Antonio, Texas. ... USAA is a member-owned Fortune 500 company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. ... Main entrance to the UTHSCSA main campus. ... University of Texas at San Antonio The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is San Antonio’s largest public university, and currently the second largest university in the University of Texas System in terms of enrollment as of fall 2004 figures, at 26,340 students. ... Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) is based in San Antonio, Texas and is one of the leading U.S. refining companies. ...


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Tower of the Americas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (371 words)
Tower of the Americas is a 228.6 meter (750 feet) high observation tower with a restaurant in San Antonio, Texas.
Tower of the Americas, designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford, was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68.
The tower was the tallest observation tower in the United States from 1968 to 1996, when the Las Vegas Stratosphere Tower was built.
Alma-Ata Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (205 words)
The Alma-Ata Tower in the Kazakh city of Almaty was built between 1975 and 1983 and is one of the tallest free-standing towers in the world.
The tower is located on high slopes of Kok Tyube mountain (Kok Tyube is Kazakh for: "greener hill").
The tower has two operational observation decks at the height of 146 m and 252 m, which are accessible by two high-speed elevators.
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