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Civic Lines

Architectural Landmarks

A downtown reading of facades, cornices, and commercial ambition through the buildings that defined the city skyline.

Audience

General public

Duration

60-90 min

Distance

~0.7 mile

Meeting point

119 N Stanton St

Route overview

Henry Trost and the Buildings That Defined El Paso

This route is part of BOTD's six-tour launch catalog and is presented as a guided downtown walk rooted in the source documentation, meeting points, and operating policy already defined for the site.

Henry Trost buildings
International Building
Bassett Tower
Mills Building

Map and route shape

Live downtown route map

Start

119 N Stanton St

Finish

San Jacinto Plaza

Stop by stop

What the route covers on the street

1

International Building

119 N Stanton St

A Chicago School landmark associated with the height of downtown El Paso commercial ambition.

Time at stop

~15 min

2

Singer Building

Stanton St

A useful counterpoint for reading commercial branding and facade language downtown.

Time at stop

~10 min

3

Appdu Building

Mesa St and San Antonio St

One of the corridor buildings that helps explain downtown commercial layering.

Time at stop

~10 min

4

Butler Block

Mesa St and San Antonio St

A stop for discussing scale, storefront rhythm, and business growth in the core district.

Time at stop

~10 min

5

Kress Building

San Antonio St

An Art Deco commercial icon tied to the five-and-dime retail era.

Time at stop

~12 min

6

Muir Building

San Antonio St

A useful building for reading how downtown broadened beyond one architectural moment.

Time at stop

~10 min

7

San Jacinto Plaza

San Jacinto Plaza

The civic heart of El Paso and a closing lens on the surrounding landmark facades.

Time at stop

~15 min

Ticket overview

Launch public pricing

General Public

Standard public ticket

$35

El Paso Resident

Local resident rate

$30

Student / Educator

Student or educator rate

$25

BOTD cancellations receive a full refund or reschedule. Visitor cancellations follow the 72-hour, 24-72-hour, and under-24-hour launch policy.

Public booking

Architectural Landmarks

This environment is showing the launch booking interface, but direct email is the active support path until checkout services are configured.

Service notice

Checkout unavailable in this environment

Secure checkout is unavailable until both Firebase and the PayPal client ID are configured for this environment. Visitors can still request booking help directly by email while launch services are being configured.

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Member angle

This route counts toward future BOTD badge progress.

The dashboard already exists. Richer booking history and badge automation are the next connection step after launch checkout is stabilized.

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