Remembering Brady Courts in San Antonio, Texas.

Brady Courts was one of the lesser known public housing projects operated by San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA). This news article will explain what the Brady Courts were.

Brady Courts was a public housing project built adjacent to San Juan Homes in the Brady Gardens neighborhood near Brady Boulevard on South Zarzamora Street. 1951 was the year Brady Courts was constructed. (Ref: https://books.google.com/books?id=sTkpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT77&dq=%22brady+courts%22)

Brady Courts were named after a local philanthropist named Lady Patricia Brady. Lady Patricia Brady and Thomas Brady owned the property where Brady Courts were once located. Brady Courts were located in the Brady Gardens neighborhood that was subsequently named after her. (Ref: https://m.mysanantonio.com/life/life_columnists/paula_allen/article/Lady-Patricia-Brady-a-modest-philanthropist-1065791.php)

However when San Antonio Housing Authority planned to add Brady Courts as part of the San Juan Homes public housing addition in the summer time of 1965, adjoining homeowners began fighting San Antonio Housing Authority collectively. Public housing leaders claim that slum dwellers should be put in an area where they can mix with better living conditions and more advanced people. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/29667839/)

San Antonio Housing Authority began redevelopment efforts to move from its “public housing” identity in 2014 and had the Brady Courts demolished. What San Antonio Housing Authority did was transform the public housing project into an upscale development called the Garden at San Juan Square and Brady Gardens at market-rate living. (Ref: https://books.google.com/books?id=sTkpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT77&dq=%22brady+courts%22)

Brady Courts were located at 2003 South Zarzamora Street, San Antonio, Texas, US 78207.