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Pease Park (officially Pease District Park) is an urban park in central Austin, Texas. Paralleling Shoal Creek west of downtown , the park is frequented by University of Texas at Austin and Long-View Micro School students and, formerly, by disc golf enthusiasts.
Danish artist Thomas Dambo unveiled Malin, an 18-foot-tall troll, in Austin's Pease Park on Friday.
Pease Park, originally twenty-four acres and part of Woodlawn Plantation, was given to the city in 1875 by former Governor Pease. [7] Austin's first bridge was built on Pecan Street (now 6th Street) across Shoal Creek in 1865. It was a narrow iron footbridge, built by the United States Army, and could not carry wagon traffic.
Its approximate boundaries are Windsor Road on the north, Pease Park on the east, 13th Street to the south, and the Mo-Pac Expressway on the west. Originally part of the Pease family's plantation just west of Austin, the neighborhood was subdivided in 1910 by the Enfield Realty and Home Building Company.
He was buried in Austin. [1] In 1856, surveyor Jacob de Córdova of the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railroad Company named a newly discovered river in West Texas the "Pease River" after the governor. [4] In 1875, Elisha and Lucatia Pease donated their homestead to the City of Austin that would eventually become Pease Park. [5]
Eeyore's Birthday Party is a day-long festival taking place annually in Austin, Texas since 1963. It typically occurs on the last Saturday of April in Austin's Pease District Park. [1] It includes live music, food and drink vending which benefit local non-profit organizations, attendees in colorful costumes, and very large drum circles. The ...
Tarrytown is a neighborhood located west of Downtown Austin, Texas. The neighborhood is bordered by Lake Austin Boulevard on the south, Lake Austin on the west, West 35th Street on the north and Mopac Expressway on the east. Major roads in the area include Exposition Boulevard, Enfield Road and Windsor Road.
The Austin Museum of Popular Culture at its former location. The Austin Museum of Popular Culture (AusPop) is an Austin, Texas nonprofit organisation dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting art and memorabilia that reflects Austin's eclectic contributions to popular culture worldwide. AusPop champions artists responsible for "weird ...