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  2. Lady Bird Lake - Wikipedia

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    Longhorn Dam impounds Lady Bird Lake. The City of Austin constructed Longhorn Dam in 1960 to form Town Lake. The city needed the reservoir to serve as a cooling pond for the Holly Street Power Plant, which operated from 1960 until 2007. [2] Before 1971, the shoreline of Town Lake was mostly a mixture of weeds, unkempt bushes, and trash. [3]

  3. Auditorium Shores - Wikipedia

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    Auditorium shores is located on the south shore of Lady Bird Lake, immediately west of South 1st Street. To its south are the Long Center and Palmer Events Center.The Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail passes through the park from west to east near the shore; one of the trail's major trailheads adjoins Auditorium Shores. [1]

  4. City of Austin warns of online parking scam. Here's what to ...

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    The City of Austin made a statement warning citizens of an online paid parking scam after it received three separate complaints in a 24-hour span.

  5. Town Lake Gazebo - Wikipedia

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    In 1965 the Austin chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction approached the City with a proposal to contribute a civic structure to beautify the Town Lake shoreline. [2] On November 9, 1965, City Council approved NAWIC's plan to build a public gazebo that would provide a scenic view of downtown Austin and of the lake from ...

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    He worked at the Austin History Center and was a longtime resident of Canterbury Street. Josefina Zamarippa: Mother of 14, Zamarippa raised her children while advocating vigorously for East Austin.

  8. Longhorn Dam - Wikipedia

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    Longhorn Dam is a dam crossing the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, United States, where it creates Lady Bird Lake.Completed in 1960, the dam was built by the City of Austin as the last in a chain of Colorado River dams in central Texas begun during the Great Depression.

  9. Congress Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Congress Avenue south of Lady Bird Lake is known as South Congress, often abbreviated to SoCo, [2] and is an increasingly popular shopping and rental district. It passes the historic Travis Heights neighborhood, the Texas School for the Deaf, and St. Edward's University as it passes south out of town.