Austin | Historic Images & Postcards - Page 76

hookem · #**1501** Posted **Sep 21, 2023, 6:33 PM**

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Oh, and GuadaLOOP.

Don’t forget Bexar county and Burnet road. Would be fun to come up with a sentence that includes a bunch of them and have a new resident read it.

drummer · #**1502** Posted **Sep 21, 2023, 7:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by hookem

Don’t forget Bexar county and Burnet road. Would be fun to come up with a sentence that includes a bunch of them and have a new resident read it.

Oh, I'd just have my wife read it. She's been around Austin for a long time now, but there are still some surprises, haha...

Mopacs · #**1503** Posted **Sep 21, 2023, 9:12 PM**

And lest we forget Buda

KevinFromTexas · #**1504** Posted **Sep 21, 2023, 11:12 PM**

Pflugerville and Pedernales are two others.

Not that long ago Google maps pronounced Menchaca as "man-cocka".

The Mueller-Miller-Molar thing and how people don't know how to pronounce it should be solved in one way.

• Video Link

drummer · #**1505** Posted **Sep 22, 2023, 1:36 PM**

^^ That movie should be the source of truth for most things, obviously.

Sigaven · #**1506** Posted **Sep 22, 2023, 3:10 PM**

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Oh, and GuadaLOOP.

This one has an interesting story behind the mispronunciation.

drummer · #**1507** Posted **Sep 25, 2023, 3:06 PM**

^^ Fascinating story. Thanks for sharing!

Urbannizer · #**1508** Posted **Sep 27, 2023, 6:46 PM**

Congress Ave, Austin TX c1988 by Lawrence G. Miller, on Flickr

Downtown Skyline, Austin TX 1990 02 by Lawrence G. Miller, on Flickr

Urbannizer · #**1509** Posted **Sep 27, 2023, 6:49 PM**

Trek Motel and Café, Austin, TX 8535 by Max, on Flickr

ski-man · #**1510** Posted **Sep 27, 2023, 8:58 PM**

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Congress Ave, Austin TX c1988 by Lawrence G. Miller, on Flickr

Downtown Skyline, Austin TX 1990 02 by Lawrence G. Miller, on Flickr

Those 3 buildings along old 1st Street looked so big when it was only them at that time.

The ATX · #**1511** Posted **Sep 27, 2023, 9:08 PM**

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Trek Motel and Café, Austin, TX 8535 by Max, on Flickr

Nice mid-century motel. The building is still there today - although heavily remodeled.

H2O · #**1512** Posted **Sep 28, 2023, 11:43 AM**

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Nice mid-century motel. The building is still there today - although heavily remodeled.

Yeah, what is the location? It looks familiar, but I can't quite place it.

The ATX · #**1513** Posted **Sep 28, 2023, 2:24 PM**

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Yeah, what is the location? It looks familiar, but I can't quite place it.

It's 3100 South Congress Avenue.

H2O · #**1514** Posted **Sep 29, 2023, 11:31 AM**

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It's 3100 South Congress Avenue.

Thumbs up. Like.

Mopacs · #**1515** Posted **Oct 10, 2023, 7:16 PM**

I-35 at Holly Street, taken almost 20 years ago.

gillynova · #**1516** Posted **Oct 10, 2023, 8:48 PM**

Beautiful

drummer · #**1517** Posted **Oct 10, 2023, 9:10 PM**

I've always been sort of interested in buildings and development...but Frost is what really sealed it for me around that time.

Airwave Dynamics · #**1518** Posted **Dec 5, 2023, 4:26 PM**

6th St. in the 1970s! Never seen this before...but always heard stories ;-)
https://austin.towers.net/this-photo...-in-the-1970s/

Mopacs · #**1519** Posted **Dec 14, 2023, 9:55 PM**

Future Whole Foods HQ/flagship site over 20 years ago

Rainey Street 'skyline' in 2003

the Genral · #**1520** Posted **Jan 17, 2024, 10:26 PM**

https://share.newsbreak.com/5xcdh9in
My apologies if this has already been posted.