{"id":697,"date":"2011-11-21T10:18:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T17:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/?p=697"},"modified":"2014-02-24T20:48:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T03:48:12","slug":"dwntwn-artmrkt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"DWNTWN ARTMRKT"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Saturday we headed to the Union Plaza area in downtown El Paso to check out the\u00a0DWNTWN ARTMRKT<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"DWNTWN<\/a>

DWNTWN ARTMRKT<\/p><\/div>\n

The market is a chance for local artists to showcase their wares and runs every Saturday on Anthony Street. \u00a0The first time I went a couple of weeks ago the winds were terrible and made it quite\u00a0unpleasant. \u00a0This weekend the wind was gone, the temps were higher so we had a chance to really walk around checking things out. \u00a0There was a booth setup for free ornament making for the kids so our boys had blast making a little art of their own. \u00a0Thanks to Katie and her friend for helping our\u00a0hooligans\u00a0out with their\u00a0ornaments!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Art\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The city blocks off the street so the vendors can set up booths and have plenty of room for people to walk and browse. \u00a0There was a nice selection of arts and crafts, from\u00a0jewelry to paintings as well as a few food vendors.<\/p>\n

\"Vendor<\/a>

Vendor row<\/p><\/div>\n

Union Plaza has gone through a\u00a0revitalization of sorts with improved sidewalks and parking. There are a lot more restaurants in the area though they didn’t look open at the time we were there. The real highlight of the area is the old industrial buildings that now house may of the clubs and\u00a0restaurants. \u00a0 They have retained their character and clues to there past can still be found on the faded brick\u00a0facades.<\/p>\n

\"Western<\/a>

Western Coffee Company<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Moore\"<\/a>

Moore<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Post<\/a>

Post no Bills<\/p><\/div>\n

After walking around a bit and checking out the train station the kids were getting a bit\u00a0unruly so we headed out to get some lunch. \u00a0I can see this growing and being real popular in the springtime,\u00a0hopefully\u00a0more of the\u00a0restaurants\u00a0will make an effort to be open for lunch as more people come. \u00a0More shots of the buildings in the area can be found here:<\/p>\n

El Paso Downtown Artmarket<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past Saturday we headed to the Union Plaza area in downtown El Paso to check out the\u00a0DWNTWN ARTMRKT: The market is a chance for local artists to showcase their wares and runs every Saturday on Anthony Street. \u00a0The first time I went a couple of weeks ago the winds were terrible and made it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[115,60,114,10],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-photography","tag-artmarket","tag-downtown","tag-dwntwn-artmrkt","tag-el-paso"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1MdZY-bf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":699,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}