{"id":203423,"date":"2026-03-13T19:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/203423\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:09:11","slug":"new-mural-bike-tour-launching-at-hemisfair-to-highlight-san-antonios-vibrant-public-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/203423\/","title":{"rendered":"New mural bike tour launching at Hemisfair to highlight San Antonio’s vibrant public art"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Mural Ride Store called the Spoke Spot will activate the Historic Tynan-Sweeney House. Credit: Courtesy \/ Hemisfair<\/p>\n

Hemisfair will soon offer mural bike tours to connect locals and visitors alike to the vibrant public art of San Antonio. Tours are expected to launch later in the year.<\/p>\n

Locally owned business Mural Ride Bike Tours will offer guided art bike and walking tours along with local retail, public e-mobility services and rotating artist exhibits at its new headquarters in the downtown park that\u2019s emerged as a destination for tourists and locals alike.<\/p>\n

Mural Ride Bike Tours will take over the Hemisfair\u2019s historic Tynan-Sweeney House \u201cas a hub for art, mobility, and community,\u201d according to park officials. The building sits in the Northwest Zone of Hemisfair along East Nueva Street, directly across from La Villita.<\/p>\n

Built in 1868 for Irish immigrant James Sweeney and his family, the Tynan\u2013Sweeney House served as a residence and later a rooming house until 1964. During HemisFair \u201968, it operated as Pierre\u2019s Interlude, a Cajun restaurant.<\/p>\n

Hemisfair announced the property was available for lease<\/a> in August of 2025 and took applications through the fall before selecting Mural Ride Bike Tours, officials said. In a statement announcing the leasing opportunity, Hemisfair emphasized the downtown property\u2019s selling points, including the fact that roughly half of the park\u2019s visitors are from Bexar County, while 26% come from across Texas and 22% from out of state.<\/p>\n

In 2022, the Hemisfair Conservancy won a Community Project Funding grant of $942,997 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support exterior and interior rehabilitation of the Tynan-Sweeney House.<\/p>\n

Upgrades funded by the grant include roof replacement, exterior plaster repair, window and door reconstruction, and installation of a courtyard-facing glass wall. Mural Ride Bike Tours officials said they have begun additional renovations to move their business into the building.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe move to the Tynan-Sweeney House is the natural evolution of a mission for us that started on the streets of San Antonio years ago,\u201d said Mural Ride owner-operator Brian Gregory Benavidez. \u201cFor years, we\u2019ve been focused on getting more eyes on San Antonio\u2019s street art and showing how cycling is a real way to move through the downtown corridor.\u201d<\/p>\n

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