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Originally Posted by AusTex
Oh you mean South River...We have no "North Shore" nor " South Shore". Lady Bird Lake is an artificial lake on a river. No Ocean. No Natural Lake. Just South of the Texas Colorado River.
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AusTex, "Shore" is defined as the land along the edge of a sea, ocean, lake or other large body of water. I know that LBL could be argued as not being a "large" body of water. However, there are projects already planned which include the word "Shore" in them.
Additionally, there was a nice restaurant called "The Shore Line" along the river years ago. Also, the park in front of The Long Center is (was) called Auditorium Shores. Oh...there's a cool hangout called Ski Shores on Lake Austin. They briefly had a location on Barton Springs Road where Lou's (I believe) is now. The Austin Parks Foundation lists Butler Shores and Holly Shores at Town Lake Metro Parks. There are many, many references to "shore" in relation to the lower Colorado River through the area.
If one doesn't like the word "shore," may I suggest using the word "Bank." Nobody calls anything around here "North River" or "South River." They don't even cal it "River North" or "River South" (even though I kind of like these two terms). Chicago has a River North neighborhood.