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case study #2Figure 26. San Antonio River Walk. Robert Hugman’s early visions of the river’s development.Hugman’s plan enthused C.M. Chambers (the mayor at the time). Then theplan began being presented to civic and community leaders, stressing thegreat commercial opportunity and benefits it would bring (Eckardt, n.d).According to Gregg Eckardt, an estimated 50,000 people waited in line forthe River Walks grand opening. At first, the community didn’t take to thedesign too well because of criminal activity, resulting in the downtown areaturning its back on the river. It wasn’t until 1962 when the establishment ofthe River Walk District and Advisory Commission that San Antonio’s RiverWalk reached its full potential (Eckardt, n.d).Figure 27. San Antonio River Walk at Casa Rio, 1946.43