If you happen to be voting on the (R) primary:

https://www.texasgop.org/republican-primary-ballot-propositions/

7.) Texans should protect and preserve all historical monuments, artifacts, and buildings, such as the Alamo Cenotaph and our beloved Alamo, and should oppose any reimagining of the Alamo site

from what I've read, The two major concerns are:

1) Would the Cenotaph survive (structurally) a move. I'm not an engineer, but many believe it to be at risk

2) The proposed new location does not provide the same focus/honor/respect/emphasis on the sacrifice of the Alamo defenders.

I'm inclined to support both of these concerns, but wonder if there is another valid position to consider?

Also of note, the THC discussion/decision on the proposal to relocate is on March 24th and the proponents of this proposition hope that overwhelming support will provide enough weight to convince THC to deny the request to move the Cenotaph.

I don't understand the concern with the cenotaph at all. (And I see it weekly) It's going to be VERY visible from the plaza. You're going to walk right past it on one of the two main ways to enter the plaza. It's not like it's going down on Market St any longer.

1) It's going to have to be pulled apart and repaired anyway. (Any damage can be repaired and will need to be repaired anyway)

2) No one goes to the Alamo to see the Cenotaph, it's a memorial, it doesn't have to be in the middle of the plaza.

If the goal of this entire project is to try and grab back some of the original size and structure of the entire complex this is clearly in the way and the argument over it has completely overshadowed the real issue facing this entire endeavour and that is the recent push to get the Woolworth building designated a national historic landmark while everyone was "looking the other way."

If that happens, and it will - because everyone is fighting for the cenotaph, nothing about the plaza is going to change one bit. None of the structures can then be removed and you're stuck with the current layout and size that everyone was complaining about in the first place.

Ultimately, and partially because of this focus, removing the carnival-like store fronts along the plaza will be the only long-term gain in all of this. And closing the street off. Nothing else is going to change one bit, which is completely unfortunate because I had high hopes when the state (and its money) got involved. The city could have accomplished these limited improvements without all the bickering in the first place.

interesting take.

Is it accurate to say that you feel the initiatives of the GLO to "return" the area to its (kind of) original layout are the better option?

Not disagreeing. I guess what we have now is what we've all become so accustomed to, that anything else feels more like an encroachment than an improvement.

My first thought when I saw it was "What are they going to do with the giant live oaks between the Alamo and the Menger Hotel?"