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PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS $26.95 austin, texas Austin, Texas Austin,PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS Texas PUBLISHERS A Photographic Portrait Since its founding in 1839, Austin Peter Tsai A Photographic Portrait has seen quite a bit of transformation Peter Tsai is an internationally published over the years. What was once a tiny photographer who proudly calls Austin, frontier town is today a sophisticated Texas his home. Since moving to Austin urban area that has managed to main- in 2002, he has embraced the city’s natu- PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTStain its distinctive,PUBLISHERS offbeat character, ral beauty, its relaxed and open-minded and indeed, proudly celebrates it. attitude, vibrant nightlife, and creative The city of Austin was named for communities. In his Austin photos, he Stephen F. Austin, who helped to settle strives to capture the spirit of the city the state of Texas. Known as the “Live he loves by showcasing its unique and A P h o Music Capital of the World,” Austin har- eclectic attractions. bors a diverse, well-educated, creative, Although a camera is never too far PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS and industrious populace. Combined t away, when he is not behind the lens, ogr with a world-class public university, you can find Peter enjoying Austin with

aph ic Por a thriving high-tech industry, and a his friends, exploring the globe, kicking laid-back, welcoming attitude, it’s no a soccer ball, or expanding his culinary wonder Austin’s growth continues un- palate. abated.

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www.petertsaiphotography.com and fol- PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSa i t peter tsai • tiffany hamburger PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS the white limestone cliffs and sparkling low him on Twitter @supertsai. lakes; from the colorful, quirky bungalows to the glittering high-rises; from the thump of live music to the heat Rolling hills, bracing artesian springs, live music every of the summer and the heat on the night and an urban sophistication perfectly mingled with tongue, Austin is a sensory feast. But a laid-back, offbeat vibe, this little city has grown into an PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS what is intangible is no less important: enchanting place brimming with surprises. With natural the warmth and openness that have beauty, a well-educated workforce and creative joie de vivre, given the city a reputation for being Austin’s star continues to rise deep in the heart of Texas. friendly and relaxed. Tiffany Hamburger Here, photographer Peter Tsai documents the visual story of Austin: its Tiffany Hamburger is a freelance writer breathtaking beauty, its old and new and editor, a native Texan and an Austin PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS resident since 2000. Her favorite things architectural expressions, and the col- to do in Austin include walking around lage of details that form a portrait of Lady Bird Lake with her dog, enjoying this spirited city and its people. authentic Tex-Mex with her husband and exploring nature with her son. Besides her freelance career, she keeps busy with a variety of creative writing PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS projects. To learn more about her work, T visit www.tiffanyhamburger.com. W IN L IGHTS PUB L ISHERS

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Rhapsody in East Austin (opposite) A fifty-foot-long tile mosaic mural by artist and professor John Yancey, this piece of public art celebrates the music and vibrant African- PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS American community of East Eleventh Street, which was declared part of the “Negro section of FPO town” in the 1920s by the city, and subsequently became a jazz hotspot, hosting greats like Duke stevie ray vaughn new_peter_tsai_MG_1877-264_.jpg Ellington and Count Basie.

(jacket front) SteviePROPERTY Ray Vaughan OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS A statue of the late, great Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter has kept watch over the shores of Lady Bird Lake—the site of a number of his performances—since 1994. Fans, tourists and passers-by offer flowers, coins and other devotions at the feet of this Austin music legend.

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hen Mirabeau Lamar, the third president of the PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS Republic of Texas, selected the land on the bank of the Colorado River to be the future capital of the nation of Texas in 1839, his choice was met with strong opposition. After all, why should the capital be located in a remote Wlocation that was home only to a few settlers in a village called PROPERTYWaterloo—an area with virtually OF no TWINLIGHTS population, and vulnerable to PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS Indian and Mexican raids? Putting aside the practical reasons that prevailed—the roads to Santa Fe and San Antonio intersected nearby and the rolling, fer- tile landscape was plentiful with deer and buffalo—perhaps Lamar succumbed, as many before him and since have done, to the area’sPROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS singular ability to enchant. The city of Austin was named for Stephen F. Austin, who helped to settle the state of Texas. Known as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” Austin harbors a diverse, well-educated, creative, and industrious populace. Combined with a world-class public university, a PROPERTYthriving high-tech industry, OF and a laid-back,TWINLIGHTS welcoming attitude, it’s PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS no wonder Austin’s growth continues unabated. From the bracing artesian springs to the white limestone cliffs and sparkling lakes; from the colorful, quirky bungalows to the glittering high-rises; from the thump of live music to the heat of the summer and the heat on the tongue, Austin is a sensory feast. But what isPROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS intangible is no less important: the warmth and openness that have given the city a reputation for being friendly and relaxed. While some might come for practical reasons, and others are drawn by the romance of what has become a sophisticated, energetic and creative city, all have discovered that there’s something mystical PROPERTYabout the place, an almost OF inescapable TWINLIGHTS magnetism. PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS Here, photographer Peter Tsai documents the visual story of Austin: its breathtaking beauty, its old and new architectural expressions, and the collage of details that form a portrait of this spirited city and its people. PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS

Among the Wildflowers The bluebonnet and Indian paintbrush are two of the most recognizable of the many wildflower varieties that color the PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSfields and roadsides of Central Texas each spring. Championed by the late Lady Bird Johnson, planted by individuals and the highway department, the flowers are a reminder of everything wild and beautiful.

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Capitol Visitor’s Center (top and bottom) Capitol Rotunda (opposite) Photo Title (above) Photo Title (below) Photo Title (opposite) Located at the southeast corner of the Cap- Encircled with the portraits of every presi- PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, itol grounds, and occupying the restored dent of the republic or governor of the suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- 1856 General Land Office building—built state, it is a 311-foot-tall masterful expres- cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh PROPERTYin a mock-medieval revival style—this OF is TWINLIGHTSsion of architect Elijah E. Myers’ 1888 PUBLISHERS Italian et vullan PROPERTY henim do odipsuscipis augue tet OFet vullanTWINLIGHTS henim do odipsuscipis augue tet PUBLISHERSet vullan henim do odipsuscipis augue tet the oldest state office building in Texas. Renaissance Revival vision. Known for its vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- Home to multiple exhibits that share the resonant acoustics, it is the site of musical lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- story of Texas, famed short-story writer performances, as well as a whispering peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad O. Henry also worked here as a draftsman. gallery that entertains young and old. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci.

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State Capitol (above and opposite) Begun in 1885 and opened to the public in PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF1888 at aTWINLIGHTS cost of $3.7 million, the exterior PUBLISHERS is constructed of “sunset red” granite from nearby Marble Falls. The 1896 monument to fallen firefighters is one of many such monuments dotting the grounds. The open-air rotunda is a feature of the $75 million underground renovation project PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERScompleted in 1993.

Photo Title (above) Photo Title (below) Photo Title (opposite) Old Bakery and Capitol Ruins (right) PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, Built by Swedish immigrant Charles suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- Lundberg in 1876, what is now known as cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh the Old Bakery serves senior citizens as et vullanPROPERTY henim do odipsuscipis augue tet OF et vullanTWINLIGHTS henim do odipsuscipis augue tet PUBLISHERSet vullan henim do odipsuscipis augue tet PROPERTY OFa place toTWINLIGHTS sell handicrafts, giving them PUBLISHERS vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- a creative outlet and source of income. lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- Next door, the foundations of a temporary peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad Capitol circa the 1880s were uncovered dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. and converted into a memorial park.

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Photo Title (above) Photo Title (below) Photo Title (opposite) Littlefield Building (opposite) Texas’ Front Porch (top) Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse (bottom) PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, Designed in 1910 in the Beaux Arts style, The oldest governor’s mansion west of suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- George Littlefield built it to house his the Mississippi, it was built in 1856 in the Built in 1931 by Page Brothers architects cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh American National Bank. Once one of the Greek Revival style by architect Abner in the Moderne art deco style, it was re- et vullanPROPERTY henim do odipsuscipis augue tet OF et vullanTWINLIGHTS henim do odipsuscipis augue tet PUBLISHERSet vullan henim do odipsuscipis augue tet most sophisticatedPROPERTY buildings in the coun - OFCook TWINLIGHTS for the $14,500 appropriated by PUBLISHERSnamed for H.M. Sweatt, who, as an African- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- try, it was originally eight stories tall with an the Legislature. Portraits, the Governor’s American, was denied admission to the lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- opulent rooftop garden, but a rivalry with Memento Collection, as well as a desk University of Texas Law School in 1946. peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad another builder convinced Littlefield to belonging to Stephen F. Austin are on He filed suit here, thus aiding in the dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. enclose the garden and add a ninth floor. display for public viewing. process of school desegregation.

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Capitol Saddlery Frost Bank Tower From a fire station, to a boot and saddle A unique building that has come to define shop, and now, a private residence, this the new skyline, this tower rose out of the 1890’s building is part of Austin’s dramatic once-crumbling (and now thriving) Con- transformation.PROPERTY It was a fire station until OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSgress Avenue commercial district. Standing 1932, when T.C. Steiner opened Capitol 515 feet tall, it is the first skyscraper to be Saddlery, serving customers like Al Capone built after the September 11 attacks. In the and Alan Jackson. Though the business foreground is the warehouse-turned-home relocated in 1997, the sign still remains. for MTV’s Real World Austin show.

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Walter Tips Building Sixth Street Historic District (top) Sixth Street (bottom) In 1876, German immigrant and Confeder- In 1839, surveying for Austin’s streets be- Austin’s most famous street has it all: clubs, ate veteran Walter Tips built this to house gan. The grid was over a single square mile bars, restaurants, live music, shopping, his hardware business, as well as a space with 14 blocks in both directions. Congress tattoo parlors, a movie theater—and excel- for MasonicPROPERTY Lodge meetings. Now Iron- OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFAvenue TWINLIGHTS divided the grid, with north-south PUBLISHERSlent people watching. The heart of Austin’s stone Bank, it was designed in a Victorian streets named for Texas rivers, and east- nightlife, it is closed to traffic on Thursday Italianate style with Gothic accents by Jas- west streets named for Texas trees. In 1884, through Saturday nights to accommodate per Preston, and features cast iron columns Pecan Street became Sixth Street, when the thousands of revelers that pulse down recast from exploded Confederate shells. numbers replaced the tree names. the street in great, wild waves.

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Deep in the Heart of Texas (above) Pecan Street Festival (opposite) Photo Title (above) Photo Title (below) Photo Title (opposite) As seen from Butler Park, the office For more than 30 years, this biannual PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, buildings and condo towers of Austin Austin fair—held in spring and fall— suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- seem to stretch ever upward, an apt features artists, artisans, and food vendors cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh imagePROPERTY for this ambitious, evolving city. OFwho TWINLIGHTS set up shop on Sixth Street for a PUBLISHERS et vullan PROPERTY henim do odipsuscipis augue tet OFet vullanTWINLIGHTS henim do odipsuscipis augue tet PUBLISHERSet vullan henim do odipsuscipis augue tet But though the city has grand plans, the weekend of competition and commerce. vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- Texas flag that flies above it will maintain As the primary fundraiser for the Old lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- the charm and the earthiness for which Pecan Street Association, it also serves to peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad Austin is known. preserve and beautify Sixth Street. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci.

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Texas-Style Splendor The Driskill Hotel Austin’s oldest hotel was the idea of cattle Now one of the most beloved landmarks baron Colonel Jesse Driskill, who made a for- in Austin, the hotel, which nearly met tune selling beef to the Confederate Army. with a wrecking ball in 1969, is a premier Six millionPROPERTY bricks and $400,000 later, the RoOF- TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSdestination for locals and tourists alike, manesque design by Jasper Preston opened with presidents and celebrities among its in 1886. At $2.50 to $5 a night, a hefty sum guests. It is also reputed to be haunted for the time, the hotel soon closed, with by numerous spirits, from jilted brides to Driskill losing the note in a poker game. Colonel Driskill himself.

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The Texas Archive War (above) O. Henry Museum (above) Austin might very well have not remained PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSthe PUBLISHERSstate capital were it not for the actions PROPERTYThis 1886 Queen Anne style cottage OF was TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS of innkeeper Angelina Eberly in Decem- where William Sidney Porter and his family ber 1842. President Sam Houston favored lived while in Austin, before a controversial Houston as the Republic’s capital, and embezzlement conviction sent him to ordered the national archives moved. This federal prison, where he would begin a statue stands at Sixth and Congress, where legendary writing career under the name Eberly fired a cannon to warn Austinites of O. Henry. Today, it houses and preserves a PROPERTYwhat was afoot. OF TWINLIGHTScollection PUBLISHERS of his artifacts and archives.

Austin History Center (left) Elisabet Ney Museum (right) This 1933 Italian Renaissance building In 1892, after decades of success as a designed by Hugo Kuehne, founding dean sculptor, German-born Elisabet Ney built of the University of Texas School of Archi- this neoclassical studio, which she called PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTStecture, PUBLISHERS served as the city’s main library be- PROPERTYFormosa, in Hyde Park. A sculptor ofOF kings TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS tween 1933 and 1979. It houses the city’s and philosophers in Europe, it was in this historical archive, including thousands of studio she sculpted the “great men” of the documents, photographs, and artifacts, Texas frontier, including the life-sized Sam and features special exhibits and speakers. Houston displayed in the state Capitol.

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St. David’s Church (top) Cruising Along (bottom) St. Mary’s Cathedral (opposite) Photo Title (above) Photo Title (below) Photo Title (opposite) One of the oldest surviving structures in With Lady Bird Lake offering some of the Before this Gothic cathedral was begun PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, Austin, the cornerstone for the church was most distinctive and breathtaking views in 1872, the home for Austin’s Catholics suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- laid in April 1853 across the street from the of the city and its natural beauty—not to was St. Patrick’s, a small stone church built cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh residencePROPERTY of Republic of Texas President OFmention TWINLIGHTS the seasonal spectacle of the bats PUBLISHERSin the 1850s at 9th and Brazos. Renamed et vullan PROPERTY henim do odipsuscipis augue tet OFet vullanTWINLIGHTS henim do odipsuscipis augue tet PUBLISHERSet vullan henim do odipsuscipis augue tet Lamar, with first services held in October taking flight—it makes sense to tour the St. Mary’s in 1866, the parish chose a vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- 1854. The twenty stained-glass windows city from the water. Several charter boats new location one block north and began lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- date from 1876 to 1969, and the Italian offer dinner cruises, parties, and sightsee- construction. Soon after, architect Nicholas peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad marble altar dates from 1900. ing and bat watching tours. Clayton took over the design. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci.

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Photo Title (above) Photo Title (below) Photo Title (opposite) Bremond Block Historic District Daniel H. Caswell House (top) Eugene Bremond House (bottom) PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, (opposite) Built in 1900 on West Avenue, which Another successful Bremond—John suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- This block consists of 11 beautifully pre- was then the far northwest corner of the Bremond’s brother, Eugene—was a cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh served nineteenth-century homes, six of city, for cotton magnate Daniel Caswell financier and banker. His house, built on et vullanPROPERTY henim do odipsuscipis augue tet OF et vullanTWINLIGHTS henim do odipsuscipis augue tet PUBLISHERSet vullan henim do odipsuscipis augue tet which PROPERTYwere built for or occupied by mem -OFand TWINLIGHTShis family, the house shows several PUBLISHERSSeventh Street in 1873, is yet another vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- bers of the prominent Bremond merchant architectural styles, including late Victo- exemplary example of a Texas Victorian, lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- family. The John Bremond House, built in rian, Colonial Revival, and Chateauesque with its scroll-saw brackets, slender peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad 1886 by architect George Fiegel, is a stun- style. Today, it is the headquarters for the columns, and bracketed eaves. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. ning example of the Second Empire style. nonprofit Austin Junior Forum.

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Philosophers Rock Colorado River (top) Austim Steam Train (bottom) At the entrance to Barton Springs Pool In many ways, Austin owes its status to Train enthusiasts, families, and those look- is this bronze tribute, by sculptor Glenna the longest of Texas rivers, which runs ing for unique entertainment can enjoy Goodacre, to three of Austin’s men of 862 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. From the several rides, from a Hill Country tour, to a letters:PROPERTY folklorist J. Frank Dobie, naturalist OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFNative TWINLIGHTS Americans to the earliest Texian set- PUBLISHERSHalloween murder mystery, to a Christmas Roy Bedichek, and historian Walter Prescott tlers to today’s residents, the Colorado has train for little ones. The trains ride historic Webb. For 40 years, July through October, provided protection, commerce, beauty, rails that run from Llano to Giddings, in- the men would meet here, forming what agriculture, drinking water, and, since the cluding the 1871 Giddings to Austin track, some called the “Salon of the West.” 1940s, electrical power. which was the first railroad into Austin.

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Pennybacker Bridge (top) Rowing Down the River (bottom) James D. Pfluger Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge Completed in 1982, this beloved Austin Besides the kayaks and canoes dotting landmark is as functional as it is beautiful. Lady Bird Lake, onlookers will often see Spanning Lady Bird Lake, this bridge, built No part of the structure touches the water rowing teams speed by. The University in 2001, fills a vital need along a heavily below,PROPERTY which leaves the lake unobstructed OF of TexasTWINLIGHTS teams practice year-round, but PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERStraveled trail. Prior to construction, pedes- for the numerous boaters and water skiers. thanks to Austin’s mild weather and the trians and cyclists finished their trail loop Named for a bridge designer with the nearly 6 straight miles of calm water, teams via the nearby, traffic-laden Lamar Boule- Texas Highway Department, it contains from more northerly climes train during vard Bridge. The center features a peaceful 600 million pounds of steel. winter and spring breaks as well. stop with a spectacular view of downtown.

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Lady Bird Lake (above) Auditorium Shores (opposite) Photo Title (above) Photo Title (below) Photo Title (opposite) Formed in 1960 by damming the Colorado This popular area along the Lady Bird Lake PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, PRud dipis et in henit wisl iriure dolo re et, River, this reservoir provides Austinites with hike and bike trail is an open, flat park, suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- suscil ea commy non ulla faccum irilit ipis- recreational activities, beauty, and drink- perfect for concerts, group exercise, and cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh cid uissim num am, vulla aliqui te magnibh ing water.PROPERTY Formerly known as Town Lake, OF letting TWINLIGHTS dogs run unfettered by leashes. PUBLISHERS et vullan PROPERTY henim do odipsuscipis augue tet OFet vullanTWINLIGHTS henim do odipsuscipis augue tet PUBLISHERSet vullan henim do odipsuscipis augue tet it was renamed after Lady Bird Johnson’s Legendary Austin resident and blues musi- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- vel ulla faccum zzrit landrerci euis nonul- death in 2007, as a tribute to her efforts to cian Stevie Ray Vaughan often performed lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- lam at ut lam at ut ut prat ulputat nullaor- transform a once neglected eyesore into here, and it’s the site of the Austin Sym- peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad peros ad ut prat ulputat nullaorperos ad what is undeniably Austin’s crown jewel. phony’s annual 4th of July celebration. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci. dolore vullaor augait luptat laorper irit inci.

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Paramount Theatre (left) Palmer Events Center Built by architect John Eberson in 1915, Nestled in Butler Park, between Barton it first opened as the Majestic Theatre. Springs Road and Lady Bird Lake, this facil- Renamed in 1930, the early years saw ity always has something exciting happen- PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSvaudeville, magicians—including PUBLISHERS Houdini PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSing. Opened in 2002 to replace both the —and silent films. Slated for demolition in City Coliseum and Palmer Auditorium, it the 1970s, it was restored in 1980, and is hosts consumer and trade shows, confer- today a cultural hotspot, with films, music, ences, dances, concerts, banquets, and and live performances. most any other kind of community event.

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Magnolia Café South (top) Millett Opera House (bottom) Long Center for the Performing Arts The cheeky “Sorry, We’re Open” neon sign Around the corner from the Capitol, the After many years of planning, this cultural has drawn hordes to this Austin version Austin Club is an enclave of class and quiet complex situated on the shores of Lady of the all-night diner for over 30 years. sophistication for its members. The build- Bird Lake opened in March 2008 and FamousPROPERTY for their 24-hour breakfast, but OFing TWINLIGHTS is the former Millett Opera House, built PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSincludes a large concert hall and studio with an enormous menu that satisfies any in 1878 by lumber seller Charles Millett and theatre. A venue for varied performers, craving, this outpost on South Congress designed by Frederick Ruffini. In addition it is also home to Ballet Austin, Austin is the perfect place to go after the clubs to opera and theater, it hosted legislative Lyric Opera, and the Austin Symphony downtown have turned out the lights. sessions before the Capitol was finished. Orchestra.

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Barsana Dham (above) Postcard Perfect (above) About 20 minutes southwest of Austin PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSDrive along the quirky South First Street on a ruralPROPERTY road, the rolling hill country OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS and pull over for a photo when you see suddenly gives way to a remarkable what appears to be a giant vintage Hindu temple and ashram—one of the “Greetings from Austin” postcard. On the largest in North America. Designed to side of custom neon art shop Roadhouse be a place of pilgrimage, it is also a Relics, this mural by artists Rory Skagen nonprofit, religious, educational and and Billy Brakhage highlights Austin’s charitable organization. PROPERTYtop attractions. OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS

Neal Kocurek Memorial Austin All Aboard (left) Convention Center (right) Approved in 2004, service on the new Back in 1983, when Palmer Auditorium passenger rail system began in March was the city’s only convention site, officials 2010, marking the start of a new mode began to plan a new facility to attract PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSof transportation for the Austin area. The more conventions.PROPERTY In July 1992, that vision OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS 32-mile MetroRail line serves rush hour became a reality, with a building that cov- commuters and links the city of Leander ers over six city blocks and hosts first-rate to downtown Austin, with nine stations trade shows and conventions, such as the in between. interactive portion of SXSW.

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Austin Visitor Center (above) Guitar Town (opposite) Once Vernon Grove’s drug store, this 1871 As the “Live Music Capital of the World” building is once again a part of Sixth Street strives to “Keep Austin Weird,” it’s only activity, guiding tourists to Austin’s attrac- fitting for a public art project to marry the PROPERTYtions. Considered by OF preservationists TWINLIGHTS to be music to the quirkiness. Artists,PUBLISHERS musicians PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS an excellent example of Victorian archi- and other notables were asked to create tecture, the original tin ceiling remains, as an art guitar sculpture for a year-long ex- does the 1.5-ton neon sign that advertised hibit and auction. This art guitar by Sharon the store and its soda fountain. Roy Finch is displayed at City Hall.

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Austin Children’s Museum (above and left) Texas Music Museum (left and right) In 1983, this institution began as a “mu- Since 1984, Texas music has had a cham- seum without walls,” with parents and pion all its own. The focus of this mu- educators hosting programs anywhere in seum is to spotlight Texas musicians and PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSthe PUBLISHERScity they could. Housed since 1997 in PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSpreserve the contributions they have made the downtown Dell Discovery Center, the to the musical heritage of America and museum is able to focus on its original to the world. In addition to exhibits and mission to promote play and creativity programs, volunteers actively interview through interactive exhibits and programs. and photograph Texas musicians.

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Austin City Limits Festival (above and opposite) Born of the popular and revered public television show, the festival is an annual three-day gathering in Zilker Park of around PROPERTY130 of the biggest and mostOF exciting TWINLIGHTS bands PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS from around the world. Sixty-five thousand people attend each day to enjoy the music, the park, local food, arts and crafts, and— sometimes—the weather.

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Live Music Capital of the World (top) Austin Music Memorial (bottom) South Austin Music Mural Austin’s music scene has been justifiably With beloved but departed musicians Thirty Austin musicians on a 40-foot wall. famous for decades. However, in 1991, a like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Janis Joplin, and That was the vision of Bill Welker, owner of musician suggested that scene be officially Townes Van Zandt having once called the South Austin Music store, who wanted recognized.PROPERTY After doing a bit of research, OFAustin TWINLIGHTS home, it seemed only fitting that PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSto celebrate the 20th anniversary of his the city discovered that Austin had more the city recognize their contributions to business by doing something for the com- live music venues per capita than any- the Austin music community. Engraved munity that had supported him over the where else, so it became Austin’s official plaques are displayed along the terrace at years. The mural was completed in 2007 by slogan. the Long Center for the Performing Arts. artist Aaron “Ren” Sacco.

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Bat City Austin Bike Zoo Just a few batwing flaps away from the Nothing captures “Austin Weird” as an Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge ethos more than the creative and spectac- where around 1.5 million bats make their ular “human-powered puppetry” projects homePROPERTY is Nightwing, Dale Whistler’s 1998 OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSof the Austin Bike Zoo. This collaborative sculpture. Besides its impressive size is the effort of artists, bicycle builders, and teach- equally impressive way it silently swivels ers includes 80-foot rattlesnakes and 17- even in the lightest of breezes—kind of foot butterflies, all on a mission to inspire like a bat, come to think of it. alternate forms of transportation.

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Austin Museum of Art (top) D. Berman Gallery (bottom) Driscoll Villa This prominent and accessible gallery, Housed in the historic 1930 Chapline Build- Known today as the Austin Museum of Art located on Congress Avenue features 20th ing near the University of Texas campus, at Laguna Gloria, this 1916 Italianate-style century and contemporary art. Since 1996, this 1,000-square-foot urban exhibition villa, designed by Harvey Page, was the the museumPROPERTY has been the primary exhibi OF- space TWINLIGHTS features exciting, contemporary PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSformer home of Clara Driscoll, who aided in tion site, presenting four to six shows American painters, sculptors, and photog- protecting the Alamo from development. annually. With a second location at Laguna raphers. With a background in film, gallery In 1943, she donated the lakeside villa for Gloria, the museum emphasizes the influ- director David Berman is a New Yorker an art museum, which opened in 1961 ence of modern art in contemporary life. who now lives in the Hill County. and offers popular community art classes.

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Blanton Museum of Art (above and opposite) Though the University of Texas has had an art museum since 1963, it took the opening PROPERTYof the Blanton Museum OFcomplex inTWINLIGHTS 2006 to PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS properly house the 17,000-piece collection. The museum features Western European art from the 14th through 20th centuries and contemporary art of the Americas.

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Bob Bullock Museum (top, bottom, and opposite) Named after a larger-than-life lieutenant shirt, Stephen F. Austin’s diary, and Neil governor, this museum aims to tell “The Armstrong’s space suit. Located just steps PROPERTYStory of Texas” as framed by OF the themes TWINLIGHTS of from the State Capitol, the museum PUBLISHERS also PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS “LAND,” “IDENTITY,” and “OPPORTUNITY.” houses the city’s only IMAX theater. Although there is no permanent collection, exhibits have featured treasures such as a 16th-century conquistador’s chain mail

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PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS George Washington Carver Museum (above and left) Dedicated to the East Side Located in East Austin, what was once The Carver museum is a key repository of the “colored branch” of the library system information on Juneteenth, a holiday that became a museum dedicated to African- celebrates the day Texas slaves learned of PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSAmerican history and achievement PUBLISHERS in 1980. PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERStheir emancipation. In addition to the inte- Today, the museum and library is a 36,000 rior galleries, conference room, classroom, square foot facility , which features a child- darkroom, dance studio, and theatre, the friendly, hands-on look at African-American museum boasts a distinctive exterior mural scientists and inventors. painted by artist John Fisher in 1986.

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Mexican American Cultural Center Mexic-Arte Museum (bottom) (opposite and top) From its earliest days, Austin and Mexican Along Lady Bird Lake is one of Austin’s culture have been intertwined. Founded cultural gems. Opened in 2007, this in 1984 by three Austin-based artists, the PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYmulti-purpose OF TWINLIGHTScenter devoted to Mexican- mission ofPUBLISHERS the museum is to share the American cultural arts was 30 years in the contemporary art and culture of Mexico, making. The popular Día de los Muertos Latin America, and Latinos through pro- event features painting of traditional sugar grams and exhibits. The museum is located skulls and an ofrenda (altar) exhibit. downtown on Congress Avenue.

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PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS Continental Club (above) An absolute Austin music scene legend. In 1957, it was a private supper club featuring touring musical acts like Glenn Miller. In the 1960s, it became Austin’s first bur- lesquePROPERTY club, but by the ‘70s it headlined OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS acts like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Ely, and Kinky Friedman. Today, patrons enjoy retro roots, rockabilly, country, and swing.

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Trumping the Taco Trailer (above) Gourdough’s Donuts (above) Austin has always had a strong street food PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTStradition—heavy PUBLISHERS on the tacos—but the AnotherPROPERTY recent entry into the trailer OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS trend has exploded, with everything avail- eatery category, Gourdough’s on South able from a trailer from crepes to chili dogs Lamar serves anything but run-of-the-mill to cupcakes. Hey Cupcake! on South Con- doughnuts. For example: the Flying Pig, a gress offers luscious, towering cupcakes maple iced doughnut topped with bacon, out of this retro trailer. Judging by the long or a Slow Burn, which sports a habañero lines of customers, trailer cupcakes are a jelly and cream cheese topping. They offer welcomePROPERTY addition. OF TWINLIGHTStypical doughnuts,PUBLISHERS too, but why?

Chuy’s Fine Tex Mex (left) Salt Lick (right) The original 1982 Barton Springs location is For those who don’t know, animals are well known for its Elvis shrine, ceiling hub- drawn to a salt lick as a source of essential caps, and schools of painted, wooden fish minerals. In Driftwood, since 1967, the Salt PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSin the bar, but PUBLISHERSwhat really inspires Austin’s LickPROPERTY barbeque restaurant is a legendary OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS devotion to this temple of Tex-Mex is the family-owned establishment that locals consistently excellent food, with home- and tourists are drawn to for the smoky made salsa, tortillas, and margaritas made taste of the essential Texas barbecue with fresh-squeezed lime juice. trifecta: brisket, sausage, and ribs.

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Lance Armstrong Bikeway Renaissance Market Mural (above) Bats Off To You (pages 64–65) Named for Austin’s most famous resident Serving as an expansive, colorful backdrop At sunset, from March through October, athlete, this six-mile dedicated bike path for the popular arts and crafts market is bystanders witness what appears to be a serves to connect the east and west sides this mural first painted in 1974 by the self- giant plume of smoke billowing out from of townPROPERTY with a route through downtown. OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFdubbed TWINLIGHTS “Austintatious Artists” trio of Kerry PUBLISHERSthe Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge. The yellow public art, trail signs, and Awn, Tommy Bauman, and Rick Turner. Actually, it is the nearly 1.5 million Mexican benches along the bikeway evoke the Over the years, the trio has added to the free-tailed bats that call the bridge home. cancer survivor’s enormously successful mural, including Texas icons—natural and The largest urban bat colony in North Livestrong fundraising bracelets. cultural—with a healthy dose of wit. America emerges nightly in search of food.

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Liz Carpenter Fountain (above) Zilker Holiday Tree (opposite) Author and humorist Liz Carpenter was A Christmas tradition since 1967, this “tree” delighted to learn that the fountain named is a replica moonlight tower festooned for her is immensely popular with young with lights. Austinites gather under the children.PROPERTY The late Mrs. Carpenter once OFtree, TWINLIGHTS look up, spin around, and enjoy the PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS served as press secretary for Vice President dizzying swirl of colors. The tower is part of Lyndon B. Johnson. The fountain opened a city illumination system installed in 1894. in Butler Park near the shores of Lady Bird Austin is the only city in the world still Lake, and is especially popular in summer. operating moonlight towers.

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SoCo Sophistication (left) Güero’s Taco Bar (right) Shady Grove (top) Butler Park (bottom) A relative newcomer to the South A local institution, this South Congress If it’s a beautiful day, it will be crowded On the south shore of Lady Bird Lake, Congress dining scene, Perla’s offers favorite serves Austin’s favorite fare— at Shady Grove, arguably Austin’s best adjacent to the Palmer Events Center and upscale down-home seafood, with an Tex-Mex, of course—out of what used to outdoor dining patio. Shaded by majestic the Long Center, is this 21-acre park. It emphasisPROPERTY on whatever’s freshest from the OF be theTWINLIGHTS Central Feed and Seed Store, built PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFpecan TWINLIGHTS trees and situated on Barton Springs PUBLISHERSwas named for Irish immigrant and Austin Gulf Coast, especially raw oysters. Named in the 1880s. That business closed in 1993, Road, it opened in 1992 and has been a brick maker Michael Butler, whose busi- one of Esquire’s best new restaurants in and became Güero’s in 1995. Beloved place to take folks from out of town for ness occupied the land in the late 1880s. America for 2009, it typifies the trend of by residents and celebrities alike, it’s also some Austin-style comfort food, cold beer, Completed in 2007, it features a fountain, Austin’s ever-increasing sophistication. hosted two sitting presidents. and live music. a 35-foot observation hill, and a meadow.

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Doug Sahm Observation Hill (top) Santa Rita No.1 (bottom) A Place to Scoot Your Boots Named for the late, prolific Austin musician A rickety oil rig that’s not much to look at Located on South Lamar, the Broken Spoke and member of Tejano supergroup the occupies the University of Texas campus clearly stands out as something special. Texas Tornados, this 35-foot observation for a very good reason: money. Named Built in 1964 and still operated by James PROPERTYhill is capped with a concrete mapOF detail- TWINLIGHTSafter the saint of the impossible by inves-PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSand Annetta White, it is a true Texas dance- ing regions of the state and their distance tors who thought the West Texas well was hall. During the early days, it headlined from Austin. worthless, in 1927 it proved them wrong greats such as Bob Wills, George Strait, and and produced for 67 years, bringing in Willie Nelson. Here, you can two-step all millions to fund the university. night to live, legendary country acts.

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Camp Mabry (top) PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSThis active military PUBLISHERS post, named after PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS Brigadier General Woodford Mabry, Adju- tant General of Texas from 1891 to 1898, is the headquarters of the Texas Military Forces, the Texas Army and Air National Guards, the Texas State Guard and the 36th Infantry Division, whose Medal of Honor recipientsPROPERTY are shown here. OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS

Texas Military Forces Museum (left) F-4C Phantom II The Texas Military Forces museum tells Used extensively during the Vietnam War, the story of the Texas Military Forces, this particular fighter was flown by the beginning in 1823—with Stephen F. 147th Tactical Fighter Group to support PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSAustin’s militia PUBLISHERS musters—through today. PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERStheir Cold War readiness. Two aircraft were Especially significant is the 36th Infantry kept fueled and armed to perform inter- Division Gallery, which covers the divi- ceptor missions. Displayed at Camp Mabry sion’s significant role in World War I and II and visible from the Mopac Expressway, through a variety of exhibits. this plane is an Austin landmark.

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Austin Farmers’ Market Rennaisance Market (top) Capitol 10,000 (bottom) With three locations offering the bounty The market opened in May 2003 to Wander down the sidewalk of Guadalupe For over 30 years, the Austin American- that comes from Central Texas farms twice excellent attendance, and it has been Street in front of the university and you’ll Statesman Capitol 10,000 has been a a week, Austinites can eat very well indeed. an unequivocal success. A project of the come upon a small open-air market oper- springtime tradition. The largest 10K in MorePROPERTY than just fruits and vegetables, the OFnonprofit TWINLIGHTS Sustainable Food Center, the PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFating TWINLIGHTS daily. Begun in 1969 as a spontane- PUBLISHERSTexas and the fifth-largest in the country, market offers foods prepared from locally market’s mission is to boost farmers and ous gathering of Austin artisans selling this race is a little different. Many partici- grown produce, fresh baked goods, yard vendors economically, to create awareness handcrafted arts and crafts, today it is more pants wear costumes, or other elaborate eggs, grass-fed meats, and a variety of about the local food system, and to create structured, but the hippie vibe Austin has garb, sometimes with a theme or cause, non-food items. an exciting gathering place. always embraced lives on. and sometimes just to be, well, weird.

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Barton Springs Pool (above) PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSIt’s been repeated often,PUBLISHERS but that doesn’t PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS make it any less true: Barton Springs is the soul of Austin. It’s been revered since prehistoric days by indigenous peoples, and is fiercely protected today. The water—31 million gallons a day, on average—is 68 degrees year-round, making summer in Austin survivable.PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS

Pease Park (left) Deep Eddy Pool Running between 15th and 24th streets, Just off Lake Austin Boulevard is the oldest this 42-acre park contains part of Shoal pool in Texas, built by A. J. Eilers in 1915 Creek and is the most scenic section of the out of a swimming hole formed from a PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSLamar Boulevard drive.PUBLISHERS A popular place PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSspring-fed eddy in the Colorado River. for families because of the playground It was once a resort featuring camping, equipment and a water play feature, it cabins, and attractions such as a diving also hosts the Jazz Festival and Eeyore’s horse. Today, it is simply a popular place Birthday Party. to cool off.

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Dino Pit (opposite) Austin Nature and Science Center (top) The Naturalist Workshop (bottom) This hands-on paleontology exhibit at Located within Zilker Park, the Austin Austin is full of interesting flora, fauna, and the Austin Nature and Science Center is Nature and Science Center offers up the fossils. This workshop is the place to take designed to thrill. Constructed in 2002, area’s wildlife to curious nature enthusi- the young naturalist for a chance to gan- PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS kids can PROPERTY walk through a bronze mammoth OF asts. TWINLIGHTS Reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds, and PUBLISHERSder at specimens under microscopes and ribcage, get dirty digging for buried fossil mammals—if it lives in Austin, chances are magnifying glasses, to weigh and identify casts that await excavation, and marvel good it can be found here. the treasure, and to even exchange their at dinosaur tracks, as well as actual fossils findings for a more precious item at the found in Austin. Trade Counter.

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Big Bengal (top) Exotic Faces (bottom) Austin Zoo From big cats, like this Bengal tiger, to prai- Austin’s only zoo was originally a goat Just west of Austin in the Hill Country, the rie dogs, every animal is a rescue animal, ranch, and in 1990 began its sanctuary Austin Zoo welcomes more than 175,000 making this not only a zoo, but a sanctuary. mission. In its early years, it housed mostly visitors annually, and is a favorite of HousingPROPERTY more than 300 animals and over OF domestic TWINLIGHTS animals such as goats, pigs, deer, PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSfamilies, with a petting zoo, special events, 100 species, it is home to creatures who and horses. Today, it still has domestic and a train. A nonprofit, the zoo relies on have been abandoned by their owners, animals—including longhorns—but is donations, admissions, and sponsorships other zoos and sanctuaries, and those who home mostly to exotic animals, like this to provide the revenue for the care and have been seized in the judicial system. Galapagos tortoise. rescue of the animals.

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French Legation Museum (top) Emma Long Metropolitan Park (bottom) Mayfield Park Cottage A relic of the days when Texas was a Established in 1939 by the Civilian Con- Once a private home, purchased in 1909 republic, this cabin, built in 1840, was servation Corps, the park is 1,142 acres by prominent political figure Allison May- home to French diplomat Alphonse situated on Lake Austin, with access to field, the cottage and grounds are now a PROPERTYDubois de Saligny, whose duty wasOF to TWINLIGHTSboating, swimming, and sandy beaches. PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSlush city park near Lake Austin. It is known handle affairs between the two nations. It is also the only city park with camping for the volunteer-maintained gardens Since 1956 it has served as a museum and a motocross track. Emma Long was and especially the peafowl, which are under the custodianship of The Daughters the first woman to serve on Austin’s City descended from the birds given to the of The Republic of Texas. Council. family in 1935.

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Barton Creek Greenbelt (left) Hanging Outside (right) Bull Creek District Park Carved out of limestone with swimming Once you’ve descended into its dense On the western side of the city is this holes, cliffs, and fossil-filled creek beds— vegetation of juniper and oak, its limestone popular—but still serene—4.5 mile, the 7.25 mile Barton Creek Greenbelt is the cliffs and shaded trails with diverse terrain, 150-acre park that has all the features an city’s PROPERTYpremier recreational area. When the OF it’s TWINLIGHTSeasy to forget you’re still inside the city PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSexceptional hike and bike trail ought to: creek is running, which depends on the limits. Named for William Barton, who exciting trails, natural beauty, waterfalls, season—swimming, kayaking, tubing, and settled on the creek’s banks in 1837, the and a creek winding through it. even cliff diving are common pursuits. greenbelt is a favorite of rock climbers and cavers, hikers, and mountain bikers.

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Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center (above) Flower Tower (opposite) Texas is now known for its wildflowers, The center, founded in 1982, is located in largely due to the efforts of Lady Bird John- Southwest Austin and welcomes around son, the former first lady who passionately 100,000 visitors annually. This lookout advocatedPROPERTY for the preservation of native OFtower TWINLIGHTS offers views of the center’s 279 acres PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS plants and landscapes. The rock cistern, of gardens, meadows, hiking trails, and re- which holds 12,000 gallons, is one example search areas. Cultivating over 650 species, of how the center utilizes conservation the center aims to illustrate the beauty and measures. practicality of wildflower preservation.

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Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farm Animals of the Farm (top) Along the Chisholm Trail (bottom) In northeastern Austin, there are 90 acres Beyond the period buildings, the farm There’s a reason the Longhorn is inextri- where life still moves to the rhythms of the employs costumed interpreters and of- cably linked with Texas: the cattle were an days when a place called Texas beckoned fers classes like blacksmithing, carpentry, integral part of pioneer life and survival. to settlers.PROPERTY A living history park, the farm OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYcheese OF making, TWINLIGHTS and quilting. A favorite of An entire PUBLISHERS pasture, restored with Blackland has five historic areas: an 1840s Tonkawa teachers, scout leaders, and families, the Prairie grasses, allows visitors to view the encampment, an 1860s German immigrant pioneer farm allows visitors to interact with cattle as they would have been managed farm, an 1870s Texian farm, and an 1890s farm animals such as horses, goats, and when the Chisholm Trail passed through rural village. cows in the Scarborough Barn area. here, before the invention of barbed wire.

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A Home on the Range Boggy Creek Farm (top) Farmhouse at Boggy Creek (bottom) This is the original 1860s log cabin of the Farming has indeed progressed since The date of the Greek revival farmhouse Fritz Kruger family, who homesteaded the 1860s, as is apparent on urban farms at Boggy Creek is not precisely known, but here. This historically rich site is operated like this one. In East Austin, surrounded it is thought to be one of Austin’s oldest by thePROPERTY Heritage Society of Austin, which OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFby homes,TWINLIGHTS businesses, and schools, is a PUBLISHERSexisting homes. According to historic preserves the architectural and cultural five-acre, certified organic farm, complete documents, the original owners settled heritage of the Austin area. With farmyards, with a farm stand, henhouse, and eager here in 1838 when buffalo and panthers meadows, woodlots, pastures, gardens and customers. Tomatoes, salad greens, and were common sights and Indian raids ponds, it is as beautiful as it is historic. squashes are favorites. were a threat.

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Bridge Jumping (top) Bluebonnet Bounty (bottom) Austin Hike and Bike Trail (opposite) A footbridge over Lady Bird Lake may not There is nothing more adorable than the The Austin Hike and Bike Trail is one have been built for jumping, but it has babies-in-bluebonnets photos made pos- reason why this city is consistently become the perfect venue for a flying leap sible during the spring, when the Texas ranked one the top fittest cities in the just thePROPERTY same. On a hot day, those looking OF state TWINLIGHTS flower is at its blooming zenith. In PUBLISHERSnation. Over 1.5 million users each year PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS for relief from the heat as well as a thrill, meadows, along roadways, and especially walk, jog, run, or bike along the scenic can find both as they boldly free-fall and in the countryside, blankets of bluebon- 7.25 mile gravel trail that runs along the take a breathtaking plunge into the cool nets are part of Hill Country life. shores of Lady Bird Lake. water below.

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Treaty Oak (left) Waller Creek (right) Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge Lamar Boulevard Bridge (pages 96–97) Estimated to be 500 years old, this tree An urban watershed, a hike and bike trail, In Austin, you’re either “north of the river” The second permanent crossing of the is the last of the Council Oaks, a grove of and the city’s original eastern boundary, or “south of the river,” and the crossing on Colorado River, this bridge, now part of 14 trees used by local tribes as a sacred this flood-prone, limestone-edged creek is Congress Avenue is the oldest way to get the National Register of Historic Places, meetingPROPERTY place. Stephen F. Austin purport- OFnamed TWINLIGHTS for Austin’s first mayor. With a fas- PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFto theTWINLIGHTS other side. The first bridge was built PUBLISHERSwas constructed in 1942. Featuring six edly signed a boundary treaty with the cinating public trail that weaves between by 1871, and today’s bridge was opened open spandrel concrete arches, it is often local Indians at this tree, hence the name. and descends below the dense cover of in 1910 and refurbished in 1980, when the very congested, but if you glance in either It was poisoned in 1989, but survived after streets and buildings, it is part of the heart crevices that became home to the bats direction, you’ll get a beautiful view of the intensive rescue efforts. of downtown. were introduced. river while stuck in traffic.

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Red Bud Isle A Leash-Off Life With its established trees and vegetation, Possibly the most scenic dog park in any it seems like this scenic little 13-acre park, city, Red Bud Isle became a city park in just south of Tom Miller Dam, has been 1987 and an off-leash dog park in 2001. aroundPROPERTY forever. It was formed in 1900, OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSThanks to its peninsular shape, dogs trot when flooding burst the original dam, freely without need of fences to keep them sending granite blocks downstream where, away from traffic, and they always have over the years, they became filled in with access to the lake for a quick swim. sediment and plant life.

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Lake Travis The Oasis (top) Pace Bend Park (bottom) Part of the seven reservoirs that form the Rising 450 feet off a western-facing cliffside Thirty miles west of Austin is this park Highland Lakes chain, Lake Travis was on Lake Travis, the multi-level decks of this within a park. The shoreline offers boating, created when Mansfield Dam was built on restaurant just may be the best place near camping, and swimming, while the interior the ColoradoPROPERTY River, from 1937 to 1941. The OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFAustin TWINLIGHTS to watch the sunset. A favorite since PUBLISHERSboasts a wildlife preserve that can only be lake can contain up to 260 billion gallons 1982, it was nearly destroyed in 2005 by reached by foot, bicycle, or horseback. The of floodwaters, and serves as a reservoir for a fire begun from a lightning strike. Today, western side features limestone cliffs and water supply, electrical power generation, “The Sunset Capital of Texas” is now even rocky coves, while the eastern and north and recreation. bigger, with seating for 2,000. boundaries provide easy access to beaches.

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Devil’s Cove Mount Bonnell (top) Windy Point Park (bottom) If you’re boating on Lake Travis and are The long stairway climb is well worth it, as Situated on Lake Travis, this park offers the partial to socializing, this is the perfect it leads to some of the best views of Austin. typical camping amenities, water sports, place. This cove is a well known meeting From the top, which is 775 feet above sea picnic areas, and great scenery. However, point,PROPERTY where the party never ends, and theOF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFlevel, TWINLIGHTS you can see Lake Austin, downtown, PUBLISHERSit is also known as a favorite scuba diving boats—which are tied together to create the Pennybacker Bridge, and the surround- venue, with air fill stations, instructors, and floating islands—can number in the ing hills, making this a popular scenic vista fascinating underwater discoveries, such thousands on busy weekends. since at least the 1850s. as an ’85 Pinto, shark sculpture, and deep canyon wall drop-off.

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Oakwood Cemetery (left) Texas State Cemetery (right) Grave of Albert Sidney Johnston (opposite) Dating from the mid-1850s, what was One mile east of the Capitol is an 18-acre Many of the cemetery’s graves are note- once called City Cemetery is the oldest cemetery with guidelines for interment set worthy, but Confederate general Albert public burial ground in Austin. Just east of by the state Legislature. It is the final rest- Sidney Johnston’s is especially so. After InterstatePROPERTY 35, this historic, 40-acre burial OFing TWINLIGHTS place of governors, legislators, judges, PUBLISHERShis death at the Battle of Shiloh, Johnston PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS site has many notable residents, including Confederate veterans, and other important was buried in New Orleans. In 1867, he was several Texas governors, a U.S. senator, Texans. Stephen F. Austin’s remains were reinterred here, and 40 years later, Elisabet a survivor of the Alamo, and prominent moved here in 1910, and this monument Ney was commissioned to design this Austin families. was erected in his honor. gothic chapel monument and death mask.

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Zilker Kite Festival Austin Ice Cream Festival Since 1929, kites have flown high above Since 2006, a relatively new entrant in Aus- Austin at the nation’s longest running kite tin’s already brimming festival scene has festival. Still sponsored by The Exchange been stoking nostalgia for the era when ice Club,PROPERTY a volunteer group that advocates theOF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERScream trucks roamed the streets. The festi- prevention of child abuse, the free festival val has featured several contests, including takes place on the first Sunday in March, popsicle stick sculpture, ice cream making, and features kite-flying demonstrations, ice cream eating, and, of course, a scream- kite-making workshops, and contests. ing contest.

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PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSTesoros Trading CompanyPUBLISHERS (left) PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS A quirky shop in the vibrant South Con- gress retail area, Tesoros Trading Company features folk art from around the world, with an emphasis on Mexican and Latin American arts and crafts, furniture, jewelry, and clothing. An Austin favorite for gift giving andPROPERTY home décor. OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS

The Drag (top and opposite) For University of Texas students, “The Drag” is the nickname given to the storefronts on the part of Guadalupe Street that paral- PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSlels the western edgePUBLISHERS of campus. Muralist PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS Federico Archuleta’s colorful stencil-graffiti work enlivens the street, as does the Re- naissance Market mural created by Kerry Awn, Rick Turner, and Tommy Bauman.

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Umlauf Sculpture Garden (opposite) Mythic Beauty (left) Artistic Ambition (right) A cultural treasure situated between two This volunteer-staffed, nonprofit museum Umlauf, who lived from 1911 till 1994, was natural treasures—Zilker Park and Barton has extensive education outreach pro- a prolific sculptor, and a master craftsman. Springs—this museum, built by the city in gramming, from sculpture workshops to This 1959 piece, Spirit of Flight, was cast in PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS 1991, featuresPROPERTY more than 130 works of the OF an artsTWINLIGHTS summer camp. It’s also a popular PUBLISHERSPietrasanta, Italy, where the “lost wax” cast- late sculptor Charles Umlauf, who taught venue for private events, which take place ing process has been in use for centuries. in the university’s art department for 40 amongst the sculptures. This 1965 bronze, After 1960, Umlauf went to Italy annually years. This 1985 piece, St. Michael and Icarus, is Umlauf’s interpretation of the to make the full-sized pieces of the models Lucifer, was intended for a private school. cautionary myth. he developed in Austin.

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Zilker Botanical Garden (above, left, and opposite) Nestled within the 31-acre Zilker Botanical Garden—a lush, serene retreat in the heart of the city—is the 1880s-era Butler window, PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSone of the garden’s PUBLISHERS many architectural odd- PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS ments. A Japanese garden and a prehistoric garden, stocked with plants that existed during the Cretaceous, are just two of the many mini-gardens within.

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Isamu Taniguchi Japanese Garden Hartman Prehistoric Garden This lovely garden opened in 1969 after 18 This sculpture of the dinosaur Ornithomi- months of volunteer work by 70-year-old mus can be found in a place where similar Isamu Taniguchi. He transformed a rocky dinosaurs once actually roamed. In 1992, hillsidePROPERTY into a three-acre garden full of OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSmore than 100 dinosaur tracks were found traditional Japanese features as a gesture in the garden. Especially beloved by chil- of gratitude to the city where his two dren, this two-acre garden recreates a lost sons were educated. One man’s generous time, using “living fossil” plants and fish and legacy to Austin, it is sublime in its beauty. a little imagination.

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Zilker Metropolitan Park Home Sweet Home In 1918, Andrew Jackson Zilker donated No Austinite could imagine the city without 35 acres around Barton Springs to the Zilker. It is Austin’s living room, backyard, city, and in 1932, the city purchased an and meeting place, full of events large and additionalPROPERTY 330 acres for $200,000 in a land OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSsmall, from the Austin City Limits Music deal with Zilker. It was developed into a Festival, to soccer matches and theater park during the Depression with assistance productions. It’s where families picnic and from the National Park Service and several couples stroll. It is a 350-acre expanse that public works programs. always feels like home.

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Hamilton Pool Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve (above) Enchanted Rock (pages 120–121) Hamilton Pool was formed thousands of Developed as a public park in the 1960s, In the Hill Country near Fredericksburg years ago when the limestone dome over the entire preserve is 232 acres filled with emerges this pink granite batholith, which an underground river collapsed due to rare plant and animal life. From the grotto’s has mesmerized visitors for at least 11,000 erosion,PROPERTY creating an enchanting grotto OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFmoss, TWINLIGHTSmaidenhair ferns and cliff swallows, PUBLISHERSyears. Local tribes tell legends of its mystical and 50-foot waterfall. Now, part of a nature to the endangered golden-cheeked warbler powers, including ghost fires and mysteri- preserve, access is limited to protect the that inhabits the preserve’s juniper uplands, ous groaning sounds. Today it is a state park sensitive environment, guaranteeing an the park offers abundant hiking and nature carefully managed to preserve this natural uncrowded, idyllic swimming experience. study opportunities. wonder and its surroundings.

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Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Concert Hall Texas Memorial Museum (above and right) The flagship theater for the performing arts This facility was established in the 1930s, at the University of Texas and a community when collections were being moved out of magnet, it was constructed in 1981 and Texas because it lacked a state museum. underwentPROPERTY a nearly $15 million renovation OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYNow the exhibit hall of the university’sOF TWINLIGHTS Texas PUBLISHERS in 2007. With 2,900 seats, dressing rooms Natural Science Center, it features mostly for 100 performers, and a vast stage and Texas-collected specimens, such as the orchestra pit, it can accommodate full-scale 30-foot Onion Creek Mosasaur and 40-foot productions of music, theater and dance. Texas Pterosaur.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum (above and left) Harry Ranscom Center An impressive, modern building on the The “Bibliothèque Nationale” of Texas was University of Texas campus, it houses an university vice president and provost Harry even more impressive 45 million pages of Ransom’s vision in 1956. Today it houses PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS historicalPUBLISHERS documents from the public career PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS36 million manuscripts, one million rare of Lyndon Baines Johnson, as well as perma- books—including a Gutenberg Bible— nent and special exhibits that focus on his life five million photographs, and more than and times. This is the only free presidential 100,000 artworks. Exterior glass panels are library and the most visited. etched with images of the center’s holdings.

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Darrell K. Royal Stadium (above) University of Texas Tower and Littlefield Fountain (opposite) This isn’t just a church for the Longhorns football faithful; it’s the national cathedral. The definitive symbol of the University of Home to the Longhorns since 1924, the Texas, the Main Building’s 307-foot Beaux- stadium’sPROPERTY capacity of 100,119 means that OF Arts TWINLIGHTS tower was designed in 1937 by Paul PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS during home games, the rest of Austin Cret. Located in the center of campus, it grows quiet. In 1996, it was renamed to features a carillon of 56 bells. The Littlefield honor the coach who led Texas to three Fountain south of the tower is a monument national championships. to students and alumni killed in World War I.

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Peter Tsai is an internationally published PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS photographer who proudly PROPERTY calls Austin, OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS Texas his home. Since moving to Austin in 2002, he has embraced the city’s natural beauty, its relaxed and open-minded attitude, vibrant nightlife, and creative communities. In his Austin photos, he PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSstrives to capture the spirit of the PUBLISHERS city he loves by showcasing its unique and eclectic attractions. Although a camera is never too far away, when he is not behind the lens, you can find Peter enjoying Austin with his friends, exploring the globe, kicking a soccer ball, or expanding his culinary palate. To see more of his photography work, visit www.petertsaiphotography.com and PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERSfollow him on Twitter @supertsai. PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS

Tiffany Hamburger is a freelance writer and editor, a native Texan and an Austin resident since 2000. Her favorite things PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTSto do in Austin include walking aroundPUBLISHERS Lady Bird Lake with her dog, enjoying authentic Tex-Mex with her husband and exploring nature with her son. Besides her freelance career, she keeps busy with a variety of creative writing projects. To learn more about Tiffany’s work, visit PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS www.tiffanyhamburger.com. PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS

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128 PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS $26.95 austin, texas Austin, Texas PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS Austin, Texas A Photographic Portrait Since its founding in 1839, Austin Peter Tsai A Photographic Portrait has seen quite a bit of transformation Peter Tsai is an internationally published over the years. What was once a tiny photographer who proudly calls Austin, frontier town is today a sophisticated Texas his home. Since moving to Austin urban area that has managed to main- PROPERTYin 2002, he has embraced theOF city’s natu TWINLIGHTS- PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS tain its distinctive, offbeat character, ral beauty, its relaxed and open-minded and indeed, proudly celebrates it. attitude, vibrant nightlife, and creative The city of Austin was named for communities. In his Austin photos, he Stephen F. Austin, who helped to settle

strives to capture the spirit of the city the state of Texas. Known as the “Live he loves by showcasing its unique and

A P h o Music Capital of the World,” Austin har- eclectic attractions. bors a diverse, well-educated, creative, Although a camera is never too far PROPERTY OF TWINLIGHTS PUBLISHERS and industrious populace. Combined t away, when he is not behind the lens, ogr with a world-class public university, you can find Peter enjoying Austin with

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