SAN ANTONIO – Cardona Welding Store has designed a 100-12 months-outdated legacy led by 5 generations of loved ones users.

Cardona Welding on the corner of South Brazos and Merida streets is nevertheless likely potent 100 years following Guadalupe Cardona initially opened its doors as a blacksmith store.

Generations of Cardona guys served make a good name for the shop that went further than Bexar County, states owner Loraine Cardona, widow of Johnny Cardona.

In 2019, Johnny and his son, John Cardona Jr., passed away, leaving daughter Elizabeth Rodriguez to choose the helm of the store.

“The group, they will explain to you, remember to never close the shop. And I stated, ‘Why now?’ Since they claimed, ‘It’s like the Alamo of the West Side. It is historical. It is a landmark,’” Rodriguez stated.

Cardona Welding has helped establish and form San Antonio. Rodriguez said that there are quite a few landmarks that the Cardonas aided build or repair.

She suggests the company will stay open as lengthy as they can, and ideally, quickly, the following generation of Cardonas will be ready to consider the helm of the enterprise.

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