Feb 01

Austin’s Heritage and Transformation

Austin began with Shoal Creek sitting on the sidelines. Edwin Waller adopted Shoal Creek as the western edge of the new city, and his to-be namesake as the eastern boundary. Congress Avenue became the centerline. No longer. The city sprawls past these edges into the white-rocked and cedar-treed hinterlands. Like most cities, it has both heritage and been transformed.

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