EPISODE · Jun 4, 2023 · 12 MIN
How a Mission activist has gone about trying to save a nationally listed building
from Rio Grande Guardian's Podcast · host Mario Muñoz
MISSION, Texas - It was Mission activist Irma Flores Lopez who first noticed a demolition crew preparing to tear down the historic Roosevelt Auditorium, a building placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.She called friends and then the media and the protests began. Flores Lopez and others are hoping Mission CISD's board of trustees will reverse course and understand that preserving part of Mission's education history is worth more than building a parking lot. Flores Lopez provided the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service both with historic images of the auditorium and an audio interview. Here is the interview.Editor's Note: To read a series of stories about those protesting the demolition of Roosevelt Auditorium go to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service website.Go to www.riograndeguardian.com to read the latest border news stories and watch the latest news videos.
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MISSION, Texas - It was Mission activist Irma Flores Lopez who first noticed a demolition crew preparing to tear down the historic Roosevelt Auditorium, a building placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. She called friends and then the media and the protests began. Flores Lopez and others are hoping Mission CISD's board of trustees will reverse course and understand that preserving part of Mission's education history is worth more than building a parking lot. Flores ...
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