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The original dirt street was bricked in 1910. Trolley cars operated on the Avenue until 1940. Before Interstate 35 was completed in the 1960s, Congress Avenue was the primary road to reach Austin from the south. Certain landmarks such as the Austin Motel identify the road as a major thoroughfare for travellers through the mid-20th century.
Blunn Creek Nature Preserve is almost 40 acres in Travis Heights, central South Austin, with trails and historical plaques. Details of the history, including the natural history, of the creek and preserve can be found at this Austin Parks & Recreation web site. Travis Heights is located in city council District 9.
South Austin's first skyscrapers appeared at South Congress and Riverside Drive when two new hotels opened. 1988 was a watershed moment for the area, as Kent Cole and Diana Prechter fixed a beat-up wood-frame building that had operated as Flossie's bar and the Austex Lounge, and reopened it as Magnolia Cafe South.
The Bremond Block Historic District is a collection of eleven historic homes in downtown Austin, Texas, United States, constructed from the 1850s to 1910.. The block was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and is considered one of the few remaining upper-class Victorian neighborhoods of the middle to late nineteenth century in Texas. [2]
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Stigliani: The work of my team focuses on local, which at The Bee means the city and county of Sacramento along with contiguous communities and state entities that operate within the region. The ...
Texas's 37th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives was created as a result of the 2020 census. [3] The district is contained predominantly in Travis County with a small portion of southern Williamson County, and consists of the majority of the city of Austin as well as small areas of its suburbs.
Winners of The Sacramento Bee’s climate grant gather at the Tipping Point event on Wednesday at The Bee’s office. Pictured left to right: Jessica Martin, Joseph Williams, Joe Flores, Miranda ...