All of these photos were taken in late 1964. Photo credit goes to Dave -
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The Texas State Capitol was still the tallest building in Austin, and would be for another decade.
Other than the Capitol and UT Tower, there were no other buildings over 200 feet. Austin wouldn't see another building over 200 feet until 3 years later with the construction of the Westgate Tower which became Austin's tallest residential building. Austin also only had 17 high rises when this photo was taken. Since then more than 200 more have been built or are under construction.
There were only two high rises on the UT Campus, and the Memorial Stadium (it had yet to be named for Darrel K. Royal who was the head coach that year, hadn't been expanded either.
In the lower right of the photo, there's a rectangular shaped building under construction with a red tower crane. That's the J.J. Pickle Federal Building. President Lyndon Johnson had an office in the building even after he became president. It was his office whenever he was visiting home in Texas.
I-35 through downtown was only 2 years old here, and the upper deck north of downtown where I-35 splits hadn't been started yet, and wouldn't be completed for another decade.
The old red bricked 1915 Brackenridge Hospital building is visible here to the right near I-35. Brackenridge expanded in the 60s through the 70s with a new tower, but the 1915 building was also expanded until it was demolished in 1984. Brackenridge Hospital was the oldest publically owned hospital in Texas. It was founded in 1884 and closed completely in 2017 after the University of Texas built a medical school across the street that replaced it.
Photo by Dave -
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Aerial view looking east/northeast. The area between the UT Campus and the Capitol was still all lowrise and still had its original single family homes. Through the 70s and 80s that area was paved over with acres of parking and bulky state office midrises.
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Looking east/northeast over downtown and the river, sans the Hyatt Regency and Austin American-Statesman along the shore. This was at least a couple of years before Austin had any high rises near the river.
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183/Montopolis Bridge in Southeast Austin.
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The Triangle!
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Allandale, looking WSW.
That's Lamar Jr High bottom left. Allandale/Koenig/2222/w/e/ cuts through the middle. (Early 1964)
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Allandale again (we lived there). Burnet Drive In on the left (The marqee is still there today.) Great Northern Blvd, the railroad track, and Balcones Dr. along the right side. Way before Mopac. (Early 1964)
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Photo from 1962.
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