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As one of Austin’s original neighborhoods, downtown has long been the city’s beating heart. Other areas—like East Austin and South Congress Avenue—may get more play in the press, but, as I wrote about in my October 2014 column, there are a number of diversions to explore along and around the broad thoroughfare that is (north) Congress Avenue, a.k.a Texas’s Main Street. The stage, with its original curtain, at the Paramount Theatre, which celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 2015. Photograph courtesy of the Paramount Theatre/Paul BardagjySEE + DOBarton Springs // The cold, crystalline waters that burble forth just south of downtown from the Edwards Aquifer have drawn crowds for eons. The banks of the popular swimming hole, which always hovers around 68 to 70 degrees, are ideal for…
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As one of Austin’s original neighborhoods, downtown has long been the city’s beating heart. Other areas—like East Austin and South Congress Avenue—may get more play in the press, but, as I wrote about in my October 2014 column, there are a number of diversions to explore along and around the broad thoroughfare that is (north) Congress Avenue, a.k.a Texas’s Main Street. The stage, with its original curtain, at the Paramount Theatre, which celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 2015. Photograph courtesy of the Paramount Theatre/Paul BardagjySEE + DOBarton Springs // The cold, crystalline waters that burble forth just south of downtown from the Edwards Aquifer have drawn crowds for eons. The banks of the popular swimming hole, which always hovers around 68 to 70 degrees, are ideal for…The post Trip Guide: Downtown Austin appeared first on Texas Monthly.
