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West Side Story: The short, dynamic life of San Anto founder Manny Castillo

January 17, 2009

Gilbert Garcia wrote a beautiful piece in memory of Manny Castillo in The San Antonio Current this week: West Side Story:The short, dynamic life of San Anto founder Manny Castillo

(Image credit: Juan Miguel Ramos)

Through it all he seemed indestructible; a goateed super-vato in a gray fedora who exuded supreme confidence. In San Antonio, he was the archetypal guy at the bar that everyone seems to know or wants to know…


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