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Post by Greg C. on Feb 12, 2005 8:52:12 GMT -5
how did you take the aerial view photo?
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Post by Bromhead24 on Feb 12, 2005 18:10:22 GMT -5
Thats quite a distance from the low barracks to the church for the palisade.
JW's and the new Alamo seems to be about half the distance, especially the 2004 version.
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Post by neferetus on Feb 14, 2005 10:22:29 GMT -5
Thats quite a distance from the low barracks to the church for the palisade. JW's and the new Alamo seems to be about half the distance, especially the 2004 version.  Yes Bromhead, it's a considerable distance. People just don't seem to realize that the courtyard enclosing the 'campo santo' was a 'little fort' unto itself. davycrockett, I lifted the aerial view of the Alamo from an 'all aerial view' image website. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 22, 2005 10:53:59 GMT -5
 According to Alamo legend, Davy Crockett played his fiddle from atop that turret over the main gate on the night before the battle. |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Feb 22, 2005 18:04:19 GMT -5
That is an interesting rendition, where did you get it?
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Post by neferetus on Feb 22, 2005 19:41:23 GMT -5
That is an interesting rendition, where did you get it? The DRT's souvenir pamphlet, 1966. The turret really does resemble the one on the Dripping Springs set, doesn't it? But the north wall!  |
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Post by Cole_blooded on Feb 23, 2005 10:47:44 GMT -5
that was a very good above the alamo aerial photo you posted nef ! it is also nice to see all the other photos you have posted too, especially with your insight into each one.
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Post by neferetus on Feb 23, 2005 17:15:44 GMT -5
Thanks, Cole. Good to see you back!  |
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Post by Greg C. on Feb 23, 2005 18:08:38 GMT -5
welcome back!
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2005 18:35:19 GMT -5
 Another cool Alamo overview from the 1960's, based upon the Captain Reuben M. Potter plan of the Alamo. |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Feb 25, 2005 18:41:04 GMT -5
The hump is gone but the two upper story windows are there.  .....on the church...that is. Good photo Nef. |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Mar 4, 2005 20:04:34 GMT -5
Wheres everybody at? It's sure quiet in here these last few days.....  |
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Post by grislyexponent on Mar 5, 2005 0:00:51 GMT -5
unfortunatly everybody except us are in san antonio for high holy days?  |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Mar 5, 2005 11:41:34 GMT -5
Thats right! I totally forgot about that.... |
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Post by neferetus on Mar 16, 2005 18:43:46 GMT -5
 A lost still from THE ALAMO 2004. "Last Line Of Defense". |
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Post by alamoguy on Mar 16, 2005 18:59:37 GMT -5
what is the current condition of the dripping springs set?
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Post by neferetus on Mar 17, 2005 10:39:21 GMT -5
what is the current condition of the dripping springs set? It's holding up surprizingly well. As a matter of fact, the Alamo set is faring better than the town itself. Terrific rains have created considerable washouts (mini-crevices) in the streets of Bejar and some of the buildings have been undermined. As to the fort, though, the Alamo 169th reenactment held in Dripping Springs over the weekend of Feb. 26/27th was responsible for a little sprucing up of the set. Doors and shutters that had come loose in some of the buildings, for instance, were reset by the living historians. But the place has no foundation. The tile porch in front of Jim Bowie's room in the Low Barrack has caved in and cracked, as the plywood beneath it is rotted out. The choir loft platform over the front door of the church has also rotted out. I sure wouldn't attempt to climb up there on a bet.  Welshman Maurice Jones at the Dripping Springs Alamo set, Friday, March 4, 2005. |
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Post by neferetus on Mar 18, 2005 14:08:52 GMT -5
 Englishman Danny Tulley recreates Billy-Bob Thorton's death scene fromTHE ALAMO (2004). |
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Post by neferetus on Mar 23, 2005 12:31:28 GMT -5
 Long time friend and fellow Alamo buff, Mike Boldt asked me to post this photo of the Universal Studios Alamo set. Originally built for the early Eighties film, "Cloak And Dagger", the set is also seen in the "Alamo Jobe" episode of Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories" TV series; it also appears briefly in "Three Amigos!". |
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 23, 2005 16:44:44 GMT -5
i think this has come up before, but why didnt they build the rest of it, and whats with the door?
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.....on the church...that is.
