The Colorado River used to flood Austin a lot - even way before there was an "Austin." Geologists have...
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I was the owner of Prima Dora on South Congress when I learned that the annual Keep...
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(1) Eugene Bremond House 404 W. 7th St., Austin, TX 78701 This Italianate house was built in 1873....
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This is the oldest surviving wood frame house in Austin, and it is owned and operated as a public museum...
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This is one of the homes in the Bremond Block, a family enclave created by two brothers, Eugene and John...
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A seven-foot tall and 2,200-pound bronze sculpture of a woman shooting a cannon stands on Congress Avenue...
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George Washington Littlefield (1842-1920) was a Texas cattleman, banker and member of the Board of Regents...
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The Driskill Hotel was built by cattle baron Jesse Driskill in 1886. Ever since, the Driskill has set...
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In 1991, local artist Heloise Gold and a handful of visionary folks imagined a new program that would...
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Harry Akin, originally an actor who went west to California and came back to Austin, opened the Old Nighthawk...
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The Palmer Auditorium, built in 1959, was emblematic of the 1950's. It was futuristic. The decor was...
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In 1873, Henry Hirshfeld and his wife Jennie built the one story cottage here on West 9th Street. It...
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In the 1840's this block which is just a short walk from Congress Ave. was still a wild place -- complete...
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