Located next to the 1921 Woolworth Building, the property would provide space for a...
Moses Rose's Hideout bar owner Vince Cantu is seen inside his bar on Thursday, July 7, 2022. One of the last business holdings in the footprint of the Alamo project, a bar ironically named after Louis “Moses” Rose, who is said to have fled the fort during the 1836 siege, has been given until July 11 to surrender its patio to the General Land Office for development of an Alamo museum and visitor center.
If approved, the council action would be the first use of eminent domain, by which the city can legally seize private property with proper compensation — but without the owner’s consent — in the Alamo project.In July, Moses Rose’s owner Vince Cantu said he had turned down three offers for the bar. Documents provided by the Land Office verify the Alamo Trust offered $2.5 million in April. Cantu declined, saying the Alamo project would increase the value of his property.
Cantu has said he’s willing to sell his property — only to the Alamo, for the right price that includes the cost of paying off taxes and a bank note — but he can’t make decisions about his long-term future until the issue is settled. The property also is needed, officials said, to provide retail and private event space and a 4D theater on the museum’s first floor. Without those features, the trust projects the visitor center “will no longer be a financially sustainable operation and will require city/state support on an annual basis,” according to an executive summary.
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