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For some, Old Austin boiled down to a feeling. For others, it was a person, a band, a beer, a stage …
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The store became a locus of Chicano organizing in the 1970s, welcoming Latino politicians like former state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos to conduct campaign events.
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The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.
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Local newspaper archives show people have missed "Old Austin" as far back as 1884.
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It seems like a simple question, with a simple answer. But there's more to it.
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A group called Amigos de Parque Zaragoza is hosting a 90th anniversary celebration on Saturday for the park, which has served as a hub for the city's Mexican American community.
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The oak tree near Fifth and Lamar is more than 500 years old. And it's the stuff of legends.
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It was only in recent years that the Neill-Cochran House Museum discovered the two-story outbuilding on its site was originally used to house enslaved people. Now, the museum is trying to reincorporate that history into the property's narrative — and the story of Austin as a whole.
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Joan Means Khabele swam in Barton Springs Pool as an act of civil disobedience, sparking weekly swim-ins during the summer of 1960 that ultimately led to the pool's integration.
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In 1987, 1,000 Austinites grabbed polypropylene rope and made history for a good cause.