__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alterman
But that didn ’ t stop a young Nathan Alterman . As Greg tells it , Nathan began the company as a one-man band when he was just 24 years old , plying his trade by painstakingly pushing a shopping cart up and down Houston Street in downtown San Antonio .
If someone needed their lightbulb changed , then he was there to do it . He just pushed his cart to the job site and started working .
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During the pre-war era , remodeling became the mainstay of the business , but the key project of that time was a beautification development for the San Antonio River . By the time of completion , Nathan and his small team had placed conduit and wiring along the banks and under bridges , facilitating the lighting of the Arneson River Theater and various walkways along the route .
“ Since our founding , we have grown an awful lot ,” says Greg . “ In fact , we ’ re so big now that often people think the company has experienced one long period of steady , even progress ; however , in reality , it ’ s been one long string of challenges !
“ In the early 1950s , for instance , when Nathan handed the company over to his son , Richard , there were just three others working for the company . So , it ’ s not like Alterman has always been hugely successful – it has seen tough times , too .”
Things started to change in the late 1960s when the World ’ s Fair came to San Antonio . HemisFair ’ 68 , as it was known , attracted over six million visitors and cost an estimated $ 156 million to put on , with the aim of uniting the different cultures of
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