After a 9-0 vote by the members of the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission (TCH), El Paso County’s request that Downtown El Paso become a National Register Historic District was approved Saturday morning. As part of El Paso County’s proposed Downtown Historic District, almost 300 properties – including properties within the […]Read More
The El Paso City Attorney and the Executive Director of the Downtown Management District (DMD) want the Texas Historical Commission to remove Duranguito from the National Register of Historic Places which would endanger the Downtown National Historic District. City Attorney Karla Nieman, at the direction of five members of City Council, and Joe Gudenrath, Executive Director of […]Read More
The City of El Paso has furloughed 400 employees and cut the salaries of thousands more. There is a budget shortfall of $86.4 million between now and the end of the 2021 fiscal year, and the City pension system has a $58 million hole. There are plans to cut funding for street repair, the police […]Read More
Five distinguished historians and archaeologists will share new research that highlights the significance of the Duranguito neighborhood in El Paso history at a major symposium on Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 14. The speakers at “Before Ponce de León: The Mescalero Apaches at El Paso del Norte” will share their research that shows how a large […]Read More
The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens will host an opening reception for two exhibitions that highlight border culture. “Border Street” is a photography exhibition celebrating our border culture through the lens of four photography enthusiasts. “Rebirth of Duranguito” is a community-generated plan for the preservation and restoration of Duranguito, one of El Paso’s oldest neighborhoods. The […]Read More
After a Saturday conference about Duranguito and a possible second plan to preserve the area, supporters of the new plan released renderings and a video of the area. The “El Paso Preservation Forum” hosted Preservationist J.P. Bryan, State Sen. Jose Rodriguez, and five speakers who all advocated the preservation and restoration of Duranguito, to make it […]Read More
Preservationists have announced a public forum on restoring Duranguito, as well as a discussion on the potential for the entire area. The forum will be held Saturday, December 15, from 10am to 1230pm, in the El Paso Public Library’s Auditorium located at 501 North Oregon Street. As part of the forum, J. P. Bryan will […]Read More
On Wednesday, workers with the City of El Paso began installing fencing to secure the Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Center (MPC) footprint in order to begin the next phase of the archaeological study and to replace the temporary fencing that is currently onsite. “This voter-approved MPC is advancing into the second phase of the […]Read More
Paso del Sur announced Friday the launch of a new citizens initiative petitioning the City Council to pass an ordinance so that voters can decide on proposed changes to Proposition 2 of the 2012 Quality of Life Bond Election. The group, according to their facebook page, “works for the rights of residents and workers of El Paso’s […]Read More
Via a news release on Wednesday, preservationists announced that 11 properties owned by the City of El Paso and one property owned by a private party in Duranguito are being nominated to the Texas Historical Commission (THC). Should the properties be approved as State Antiquities Landmarks, the archaeological remains below ground receive legal protection under […]Read More
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