San Antonio Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Downtown ==== Downtown San Antonio, the city and metro area's urban core, encompasses many of the city's famous structures, attractions, and businesses. The central business district is generally understood to cover the northern half of the "Downtown Loop"βthe area bordered by Cesar Chavez to the south. Due to the size of the city and its horizontal development, downtown accounts for less than one half of one percent of San Antonio's geographic area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Value of U.S. Downtowns and Center Cities|url=https://centrosanantonio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/VODT17_San-Antonio_final.pdf|access-date=December 13, 2020|website=centrosanantonio.org|page=18}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Strip (north of Downtown) houses a concentration of clubs and bars catering to the [[LGBT]] community.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Arredondo |first1=Camelia |last2=Juarez |first2=Joe |date=2023-10-23 |title=City Council taking steps to protect, fund Main Ave strip through proposed cultural heritage designation |url=https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/10/23/city-council-taking-steps-to-protect-fund-main-ave-strip-through-proposed-cultural-heritage-designation/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |work=KSAT |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page