Austin | Historic Images & Postcards - Page 79

paul78701 · #**1561** Posted **Jun 14, 2025, 3:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

1998

https://x.com/jamesrambin/status/193...KAMHVCgfx518rg

I moved to Austin in 1998. That was the best time to be in Austin...because that's when I arrived. Those are the "good ol' days" that I miss and so many people complain about! (Sarcasm, of course)

AusTex · #**1562** Posted **Jun 14, 2025, 3:58 PM**

Was Liberty Lunch just to the left on Second Street at that time? I remember some good times there!

Riverranchdrone · #**1563** Posted **Jun 14, 2025, 5:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by paul78701

I moved to Austin in 1998. That was the best time to be in Austin...because that's when I arrived. Those are the "good ol' days" that I miss and so many people complain about! (Sarcasm, of course)

I moved the Austin area around that time as well. I was still a teen then so I did not get to downtown that much back then. I do remember school trips to parmer auditorium though.

Lobotomizer · #**1564** Posted **Jun 14, 2025, 10:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Riverranchdrone

I moved the Austin area around that time as well. I was still a teen then so I did not get to downtown that much back then. I do remember school trips to parmer auditorium though.

My fave memories are at Parmer Auditorium, Barton Springs Mall, and watching the bats come out from the Congress Street Bridge!

Armybrat · #**1565** Posted **Jun 14, 2025, 11:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Lobotomizer

My fave memories are at Parmer Auditorium, Barton Springs Mall, and watching the bats come out from the Congress Street Bridge!

Palmer Auditorium.

drummer · #**1566** Posted **Jun 16, 2025, 6:18 PM**

The number of folks who say Palmer Blvd and Parmer Auditorium....I'm absolutely confident I've done that myself also.

resansom · #**1567** Posted **Jun 16, 2025, 7:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by drummer

The number of folks who say Palmer Blvd and Parmer Auditorium....I'm absolutely confident I've done that myself also.

Growing up, we always called it "Municipal Auditorum" - I hated the name. Back in those days, it seemed like every other city building or property had the word "municipal" somewhere in its title. In those guys, I wanted my little home town to be more "big city" so I hated seing "municipal" almost everywhere I went.

I no longer live in ATX, and the "big city" persona has long since come to stay - for better or worse - and I now kind of miss that "municipal" moniker. Funny how that happens...

ski-man · #**1568** Posted **Jun 17, 2025, 3:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by resansom

Growing up, we always called it "Municipal Auditorum" - I hated the name. Back in those days, it seemed like every other city building or property had the word "municipal" somewhere in its title. In those guys, I wanted my little home town to be more "big city" so I hated seing "municipal" almost everywhere I went.

I no longer live in ATX, and the "big city" persona has long since come to stay - for better or worse - and I now kind of miss that "municipal" moniker. Funny how that happens...

Mueller Airport had Municipal in it as well..........felt that made Austin seem so small compared to other cities.

Armybrat · #**1569** Posted **Jun 17, 2025, 6:00 PM**

Compared to what it is now, Austin was small when I got here in January of 1959.
IIRC, the city limits signs said the population was 182,000….and there was no “metro” area then.
The only suburbs were Rollingwood and West Lake Hills.
Round Rock was a tiny town way north out in the sticks.
Cedar Park & Leander were just wide spots in the 183 road with a few house trailers.

AviationGuy · #**1570** Posted **Jun 23, 2025, 3:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Gardensoul who started this awesome thread hasn't posted on SSP since 2019, and I was wondering what happened to him. I just learned from Aviation Guy that Gardensoul who was Tom Spencer and hosted Central Texas Gardener on PBS suffered a severe stroke in 2019 and was living in a nursing home since the stroke. I later learned that Tom Spencer passed away on April 2nd. RIP Gardensoul.

I didn't know he had passed away. I'm very sad to hear this.

AviationGuy · #**1571** Posted **Jun 23, 2025, 3:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by Armybrat

Same here.
I recall that Calcascieu (sp.?) had a lumber yard downtown around E. 2nd or E. 3rd Street and Brazos that burned down in a spectacular fire.
Also Capitol Chevrolet was located at the current Whole Foods site at Lamar & 6th.

I bought my first car (a 1977 Monte Carlo) at Capital Chevrolet at that location. I remember it being a very rainy day. Drove up Mopac to my apartment on Woodhollow Dr.

Armybrat · #**1572** Posted **Jun 23, 2025, 2:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by AviationGuy

I bought my first car (a 1977 Monte Carlo) at Capital Chevrolet at that location. I remember it being a very rainy day. Drove up Mopac to my apartment on Woodhollow Dr.

We bought a new 1973 Chevelle station wagon from them to haul our three sons around.
My brother bought a new 1959 VW Bug at the original Austin Volkswagen dealership that was on the SE corner of W.5th & N.Lamar.
Remember Charlie Partlow, the “Rambler Man” whose dealership was on Congress? He died in a fire at his West Austin home, IIRC.

urbancore · #**1573** Posted **Jun 24, 2025, 2:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by AviationGuy

I bought my first car (a 1977 Monte Carlo) at Capital Chevrolet at that location. I remember it being a very rainy day. Drove up Mopac to my apartment on Woodhollow Dr.

In 1985, I failed my DL test in a old '77 MC. I could barely tell where the hood ended or where the trunk started! I borrowed the car from my Mom's friend, and what a wild car to drive. With the steering wheel, you could move your hands from 10 and 2.......to 6 and 12 (in BOTH directions) and still be driving straight.

Hard to believe those were legal to drive.

Tyrone Shoes · #**1574** Posted **Jun 24, 2025, 8:21 PM**

Came across this photo in some sort of photo gallery on MSN.

Urbannizer · #**1575** Posted **Jun 26, 2025, 12:41 AM**

1214 W 6th

1954

1960s

Armybrat · #**1576** Posted **Jun 26, 2025, 1:44 AM**

Our first house in Austin - Windsor Hills neighborhood.
Wife & I bought it new from Nash Phillips Copus in 1971.
Our 1967 Malibu in the driveway, along with my grandmother’s 1958 Oldsmobile 88.

http://attachment.tapatalk-cdn.com/1...b5fcab06c.jpeg

resansom · #**1577** Posted **Jun 26, 2025, 1:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Armybrat

Our first house in Austin - Windsor Hills neighborhood.
Wife & I bought it new from Nash Phillips Copus in 1971.
Our 1967 Malibu in the driveway, along with my grandmother’s 1958 Oldsmobile 88...

That's a great picture and I'm sure it's a great memory for you. That, my friends, is a quintessential picture of the fulfillment of the promise what was once the American dream: a house of your very own with a two car garage and two cars in the driveway.

Nash Phillips Copus is a name I hadn't heard in many years. Whatever happened to them?

The ATX · #**1578** Posted **Jun 26, 2025, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by resansom

Nash Phillips Copus is a name I hadn't heard in many years. Whatever happened to them?

They went out of business during the Savings & Loan crash in the mid-80s.

Urbannizer · #**1579** Posted **Jul 17, 2025, 8:59 AM**

1979

https://x.com/jimnicar/status/194529...KAMHVCgfx518rg

Armybrat · #**1580** Posted **Jul 17, 2025, 12:16 PM**

That last pic is not old to me at all.