Taylor Watson appreciates how residents with diverse backgrounds and opinions come together to stand up for the Mahncke Park neighborhood.
Bonnie Arbittier / San Antonio Report
I lived on Randolph Air Force Base until I completed high school and grew to appreciate the tight-knit social network, historic homes and ability to bike everywhere I needed to go on base. However, I lamented the suburban pattern of development I saw happening in San Antonio. When the time came, I enthusiastically left for college.
Mahncke Park has been known as the “old hippie” neighborhood, and its younger population is similarly colorful. Gardens are pleasantly overgrown, yard art is diverse, there are several neighborhood bands and a handful of homes on every street have signs promoting or protesting various causes. We have an active, successful community garden that often serves as a gathering space. The Pigpen is our neighborhood bar,is our neighborhood coffee shop, and we are within walking distance of a number of restaurants, a bookstore and a handful of other local businesses. It’s a nearly self-contained neighborhood, a rarity in San Antonio. I love that I can walk to almost everything I might need or want to do.I live on the south side of the park.
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