The City of San Antonio has officially designated a new cultural district, the Pride Cultural Heritage District, in the Tobin Hill community near North Main Avenue.

The Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) voted to endorse the district on June 4 after pushback from Commissioner Jimmy Cervantes.

“I don’t think it’s in the right step,” Cervantes said. “I think the intent is in the right, but I think what you laid out here is just a step toward separate but equal, and I don’t think that’s good.”

Eight commissioners voted in favor of the district, and Cervantes abstained from voting. This was the final vote to officially declare the North Main Avenue area, between Elmira Street and Mistletoe Avenue, as the Pride Cultural Heritage District.

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