Essay About King William Historic District And Sandra Cisneros

No Purple for Cisneros
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NO PURPLE FOR CISNEROS
We believe that Sandra Cisneros should not be able to paint her house
purple. Cisneros cannot do this in the King William Historic District or KWHD. There
are rules and obligations that she has to follow. Th First Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution does not apply in this situation.
The background of this case is simple. Sandra Cisneros is a Hispanic who
bought a historic house in the KWHD in San Antonio. She lives on Guenther Street.
KWHD is a district that tries to preserve the houses here and is a nationally registered
historic district. You have to follow the rules for maintaining and renovating the house as
set forth by the San Antonio Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC).
Cisneros house is the cause of controversy because some neighbors filed a complaint
against her to the HDRC because she painted the house Periwinkle Purple. This color is
not a color that matches the other colors of the neighboring houses. The people involved
in this dispute are Sandra Cisneros, Curtis Tunnell of the King William Historic District
Association, Karla Gutierrez who is an opposing neighbor who lives on 212 Guenther
Street and Frank Schmidt who is a supporting neighbor who lives on 305 Guenther
Street. The organizations involved in this dispute are the HDRC, the San Antonio
Conservation Society (S.A.C.S.), the King William Historic District Association, and the
City of San Antonio. The S.A.C.S. should take off the purple on Cisneros house and that
will be it.
There is overwhelming evidence against her. During the debate, Curtis
Tunnell said that when Cisneros bought the house she knew that there was a City of San
Antonio law prohibiting the altering of a historic house. Why then did she buy the house
when she had full knowledge of the law? Cisneros