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While Hemisfair was viewed as a win for the city's business establishment, a now-forgotten pavilion operating under the World's Fair banner that was anything but establishment — especially for the time.

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The new spot will serve the same brunch favorites featured at Box St.'s flagship brick-and-mortar restaurant at Hemisfair.

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The late 'Red' McCombs chaired the Hemisfair committee that realized the building of the Tower of the Americas. But did the fair really "make" SA what it is today?

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Council seems willing to rewrite Zachry Hospitality's five-year-old agreement to develop part of Hemisfair.

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