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t nd S 22 St d t i S t v l a S r UniversityU ofof Texas D a e t e d S Downtown Districts 2011 P 21st St n a t s r 2 e 1s S t St 2nd Street Northwest G c o e i t M o a i u r n tin S The 2nd Street District is a lively mix of offices, mid-rise apart - Tree-lined streets with residential-scaled buildings (most often L R N o u t the e n r Ki p n u g A Bl l ments, retail, restaurants, sidewalk cafes, and Austin City Hall, converted to busine ss uses) characterize the Northwest area of v a W d n n . 18 a d L th a S S l t t designed around a vibrant streetscape. The W Austin Hotel and downtown, which is also home to Austin Community College’s l u a S P G h e l as r s e P ar a Residences, along with a new Austin City Limits venue, will Rio Grande campus, Pease Elementary School (the oldest con - k e t P S soon complete the six-block district, which will be expanded tinuously operating school in the state of Tx), House Park Sta - e W. 1 d Uptown Judges Hill 7th n t St a t S r westward with the redevelopment of the Thomas C. Green dium, the Austin Rec Center and the Duncan Park BMX track. S District Ma G r n W tin i District s . 18 L a e th ut r W o S he Water Treatment Plant. i c t r E . 16 t r K th e i o n St R S ng L fi u Blv o W e N i d. Rainey Street . t l 1 d n t 3t S t h R o S S t S t o d The Mexican-American Cultural Center lies near the foot of the n a Capitol c t s d A c n e W o S a . v a v 17 z l l l n v th l A W a St a B The Texas State Capitol (15 ft taller than the National Capitol in Rainey Street district, which is being transformed from a cottage B i . 1 a t r t 5 th S H L S o s St B t e e House Park o e n l i t v Washington, DC) and the Bob Bullock Texas State History Mu - scaled single family neighborhood to a neighborhood high-rise of d University W c s A S a a a r Texas h s J o Nursing C l Tennis District e o s School seum are major visitor attractions in a district dominated by State condos and apartments. W n v a o e . 1 Center r 6t a l W C h A . S S W C 14t g t y d h n . r S government building s. Other popular attractions include the State e 12 v t t Frank l th l e o l S e S t B C Erwin e k h r e Center Red River p Archives and Library, the Capitol Visitors Center and Scholz S a B W u Centennial l . l m v 13 Park t a th a d St (UT) Red River Street has become the center of downtown Austin’s live S L Northwest d Garten restaurant and Biergart. r a o u l y District G music scene, with clubs like Stubbs, Red Eyed Fly, Emo’s, Club 1/2 a S B t e E. 1 W v 5th S Civic de Ville, Mohawk, Elysium, Room 710, Symphony Square and . 1 A W t 0th t . 12 St s th e St A National Register Historic District, the Bremond Block is a key Beerland, a s well as associated businesses like True Blue Tattoo. t Capitol District W S University Medical W a . 9 c Center at landmark in the Civic District, home to the Travis County Court - t th a S St W v Brackenridge o D . 11 a d Seaholm u t L house and Criminal Justice Complex, the U.S. Courthouse, the c nc h S v n P an t l a B a W rk Wa The Seaholm District is a former industrial section of southwest . o te Austin History C enter and the John Henry Faulk Central Library, 7th W. 1 t rloo S 0t n Pa Hospital t W h St i rk . 9 t c downtown Austin that is undergoing a transformation into a vi - t th a and many other civic uses. Many of the residential buildings in d St S E. S v J 12 District l e th r n S B d t o a brant urban neighborhood. At the core of the district is the de - l the area are now home to law offices. r n S y a a t a r S t m h S B G 12t commissioned Seaholm Power Plant which will be redeveloped a s E. L o e Civic i c E. 1 R e District 1th S Congress Avenue into a landmark residential and retail destination. East of the West End u t t t t e N S t S S u S o o n h District i The historic Paramount Theater & adjacent State Theater are power plant, on the banks of Shoal Creek, is the site of the e d e c n a p v n o r t u A a l o r W n l jewels on the “Main Street of Texas,” home to Austin’s high-rise planned new Austin Central Library. W . a W s Red 7t . o Northeast B . h A 8t 5t St d h s h St C S a e t n r u District River a g office buildings, cultural venues like Austin Museum of Art, Art - t G S n S o t District e West 6th St C S University i house, Mexic-Arte, and a resurgent retail scene. Congress Ave. w y W t . i o District 6th B S W n t The Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center, the Pennick-Alli - t . 7 i is anchored on the north by the Texas State Capitol and on the th t r S St T k t S s e e r S s e son Tennis Center and the University of Texas Nursing School oc - c e r south by the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, summer W a o e v C S . z i 5 c h th u r S a a o t R t r N e cupy an extension of the University of Tx at Austin campus into a v l home to 1.5 million Mexican-Freetailed Ba ts. l B d l S C a e a re L s R ek Congress W o the northeast corner of downtown. c r Avenue East 6th St a M Convention Center District District E. n 6th S a Seaholm Warehouse t S The 880,000 square foot Neal Kocurek Memorial Austin Conven - Uptown E. 5 th St E. District District t 7th The Tx Chili Parlor is a popular restaurant and local landmark in a S S tion Center anchors a district with a large number of hotels and t t S E. 3 e W rd E n . e S . 4 i Ce t e th district with an eclectic mix of state associations, restaurants, s p restaurants cat ering to Austin’s visitor industry. Here you can a S b r u t Ch u a av l n ez S St a e churches, art galleries and residential towers. The district is bor - d v t find popular national chai ns such as P.F. Chang’s and Finn & a A S u s y G 2nd St s E. h Porter, as well as local favorites including Iron Works Barbecue, dered on the north by the University of Tx at Austin, on the east e 3r s r d E S t u . 5 g t District Convention r h S n B t t Moonshine and the Cedar Door. by the State Capitol complex and on the south by the Travis o S C r District e l County complex, and the district reflects these influences. E. l 2n a d S Austin t t W Riv Convention S E E. 6th St. e s . e r 4t s o h iv id Center St r e c The “historic” entertainment district of Austin, the 7-block area Warehouse D S E r t . C a n es o ar t Ch M r a v Stretching 5 blocks west from Congress Avenue, past Republic a ez n stretches from the Driskill Hotel to I-35, and has over 30 historic St a S landmarks, and dozens of restaurants, clubs, and retail businesses . Square to the banks of Shoal Creek, the Warehouse District has emerged in the past 15 years as a trendy and upscale entertain - E Sixth Street is also home to many Austin events, like the Austin . 2n D d S riski t Mardi Gras celebration, SXSW, the Republic of Texas Bikers Rally, ment area, with dozens of restaurants, nightclubs and music ven - ll St E. C esa r Ch ues, such as Antone’s, Starlite, La Zona Rosa and the Lucky ave the Pecan Street Festival and 6th Street’s Halloween celebration.