{"id":240200,"date":"2026-04-08T10:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/240200\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:19:09","slug":"heres-how-much-downtown-corpus-christi-has-changed-since-1920s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/240200\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s how much downtown Corpus Christi has changed since 1920s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Oliva, Corpus Christi Caller Times<\/p>\n<p>Wed, April 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffed43c16ad48913ead2432c73a4f150.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Downtown Corpus Christi has changed quite a bit in the past century or so. From a bustling area to a barren area back to a bustling area, downtown Corpus Christi has made a name for itself over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8216;Diamond of Corpus Christi&#8217;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/news\/local\/downtown\/2023\/05\/04\/diamond-of-corpus-christi-a-historical-look-of-the-downtown-area\/70038896007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:A historical look at revitalizations in the downtown area;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">A historical look at revitalizations in the downtown area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out these archive photos from back in the day compared to the same spot taken on March 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>John Oliva covers entertainment and community news in South Texas. Have a story idea? Contact him at john.oliva@caller.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offers.caller.com\/specialoffer?gps-source=CPTOPNAVBAR&amp;utm_campaign=specialoffer&amp;utm_medium=onsite&amp;utm_source=topnavbar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Consider supporting local journalism with a subscription to the Caller-Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Consider supporting local journalism with a subscription to the Caller-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/news\/local\/downtown\/2026\/04\/08\/check-out-downtown-corpus-christi-changes-over-years\/89346825007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Check out changes, similarities of downtown Corpus Christi over years;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Check out changes, similarities of downtown Corpus Christi over years<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Oliva, Corpus Christi Caller Times Wed, April 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM UTC Downtown Corpus Christi has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[92157,155,157,156,92158],"class_list":["post-240200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-barren-area","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-past-century"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}