{"id":432747,"date":"2026-09-11T11:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/432747\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:34:14","slug":"fronteras-an-endangered-latinx-landmark-the-fight-to-preserve-san-antonios-alazan-apache-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/432747\/","title":{"rendered":"Fronteras: An endangered Latinx landmark \u2014 The fight to preserve San Antonio\u2019s Alaz\u00e1n-Apache Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio\u2019s Alaz\u00e1n-Apache Courts<\/a> have played a significant role in the economic and cultural history of the city\u2019s historic West Side.<\/p>\n

Known as \u201cLos Courts,\u201d the city\u2019s oldest and largest public housing project is home to around 1,800 low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a decades-long fight of community activism to keep Los Courts and its residents in place as the number of available public housing units in San Antonio and across the country continue to dwindle<\/a> due to age and disrepair.<\/p>\n

The courts were recently included in the 2026 Endangered Latinx Landmarks by the nonprofit Latinos in Heritage Conservation<\/a> (LHC).<\/p>\n

Graciela S\u00e1nchez, director of the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center<\/a> in San Antonio, has been a key champion in preserving the Alaz\u00e1n-Apache Courts.<\/p>\n

She said recent plans to demolish Los Courts threatened the significant impact they have had on the community since they were first established almost 90 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s historical value to these buildings because they were the first in San Antonio\u2019s public housing, but also people have memories and people live here,\u201d Sanchez said. \u201cWhen you tear down 1,000 homes, you\u2019re going to displace people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Graciela<\/p>\n

From left to right: Graciela Sanchez, director of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center. Credit: Esperanza Peace and Justice Center; Sehila Mota Casper is the Executive Director of Latinos in Heritage Conservation. Credit: Courtesy of Latinos in Heritage Conservation. <\/p>\n

Sehila Mota-Casper, executive director of LHC, said issues of inequitable housing continue to affect Latinos today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re dealing with a serious housing crisis,\u201d said Mota Capser. \u201cWith this listing, we were able to showcase the incredible history that Los Cortes holds, but also to be able to advocate for keeping them in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read about the history of the Alaz\u00e1n-Apache Courts here<\/a> in a virtual exhibit from the Museo del Westside.<\/p>\n

\"San<\/p>\n

Courtesy \/ Esperanza Peace & Justice Center <\/p>\n

San Antonio’s Alaz\u00e1n Apache Courts then and now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio\u2019s Alaz\u00e1n-Apache Courts have played a significant role in the economic and cultural history of the city\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-432747","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\/432747","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=432747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}