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The Saxon Pub was founded by Joe Ables and Craig Hillis in 1990. Prior to opening, the location on Lamar Boulevard in had been the location of several clubs. [1] It was originally launched as a folk music club, featuring musicians such as Steve Fromholz and Stephen Doster, [2] but later began hosting blues, country, and rock musicians. [3]
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]
Scholz Garten (also known as Scholz Beer Garden) is a beer garden and restaurant in downtown Austin, Texas and one of the oldest operating businesses in Texas. Among the Texas businesses that predate Scholz Garten are the Daily News in Galveston (1842), the Excelsior Hotel in Jefferson (1858), the Menger Hotel in San Antonio (1859), and Imperial Sugar in Sugar Land (1842).
Liberty Lunch was a live-music venue at 405 W. 2nd Street in Austin, Texas that operated until 1999 It was rumored to have been called Liberty Lunch in the 1940s as an eatery, perhaps reflecting the World War II Liberty Bonds and patriotic sentiment.
Sixth Street is a historic street and entertainment district in Austin, Texas, located within the city's urban core in downtown Austin. [2] Sixth Street was formerly named Pecan Street under Austin's older naming convention, which had east–west streets named after trees and north–south streets named after Texas rivers (the latter convention remains in place).
The Ritz was built in 1929 by J.J. Hegman, who owned several movie theaters in Austin, Texas. It was the first theater in Austin to be built specifically for the talkies. The architect was Hugo Kuehne, the founding dean of the University of Texas School of Architecture, who also designed the Austin History Center (originally the Austin Public ...
Mount Bonnell / b ə ˈ n ɛ l /, also known as Covert Park, is a prominent point alongside the Lake Austin portion of the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. It has been a popular tourist destination since the 1850s. [1] [2] The mount provides a vista for viewing the city of Austin, Lake Austin, and the surrounding hills. [3]
Bouldin Creek is a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, originally created at the turn of the 20th century and saw the bulk of its growth in the 1920s and 1930s. [1] One of Bouldin Creek's homes. Bouldin Creek is bordered by South Congress to the east, the Union Pacific railroad track to the west, Barton Springs to the north, and West Oltorf to the ...