{"id":396174,"date":"2026-08-03T04:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396174\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T04:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:51:13","slug":"university-health-moves-14000-pound-flor-de-esperanza-from-medical-center-to-new-south-side-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396174\/","title":{"rendered":"University Health moves 14,000-pound \u2018Flor de Esperanza\u2019 from Medical Center to new South Side hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sign up for\u00a0TPR Today<\/a>, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning.<\/p>\n

A familiar landmark was carefully transported from the North Side to its new home at a South Side hospital under construction.<\/p>\n

The 14,000-pound Flor de Esperanza sculpture was transported Saturday morning from a storage site near Blossom Athletic Center to the future site of University Health\u2019s Palo Alto Hospital.<\/p>\n

The 23-foot-tall steel sculpture, designed by artist Sebasti\u00e1n and painted bright yellow, was previously displayed at University Hospital in the South Texas Medical Center. Sebasti\u00e1n also created the iconic red Torch of Friendship downtown, which was presented to San Antonio in 2002.<\/p>\n

Allison Hays Lane is the executive curator of University Health\u2019s SaludArte program and oversaw the move.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an adventure, for sure,\u201d she told TPR.<\/p>\n

The sculpture was lifted by crane onto an open step-deck trailer operated by Scobey Moving and Storage Service.<\/p>\n

Lane followed behind with her hazard lights on as the caravan moved slowly down U.S. 281.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a little bit nerve-wracking. The blankets under it started flapping around, but of course it\u2019s strapped down tight. It\u2019s not going anywhere, but you do have that moment of, \u2018Oh my God, what would this look like if it came off this truck?\u2019 And, yeah, you do have that moment of panic,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"Flor<\/p>\n

Allison Hays Lane<\/p>\n

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Courtesy photo<\/p>\n

Allison Hays Lane, in a yellow vest, with the crew who moved the sculpture to University Health\u2019s Palo Alto Hospital.<\/p>\n

The sculpture was removed from University Hospital and placed in storage in 2019 to make way for construction of University Health\u2019s Women\u2019s & Children\u2019s Hospital. Flor de Esperanza was later restored by Wanderlust Iron Works.<\/p>\n

\"Allison<\/p>\n

Allison Hays Lane<\/p>\n

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Courtesy photo<\/p>\n

Allison Hays Lane (in yellow vest) with the crew who moved the sculpture to University Palo Alto Hospital.<\/p>\n

Lane said the sculpture is now in place at its new home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sculpture will sit just at the main entrance, basically looking out, facing Zarzamora and Jaguar Parkway.\u201d<\/p>\n

A second, smaller Sebasti\u00e1n sculpture, Espacio Tiempo, will be installed in a garden at Palo Alto Hospital.<\/p>\n

Palo Alto Hospital is set to open in April 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sign up for\u00a0TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-396174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396174","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=396174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}