The way we were: An old video captures Austin during the …
WEBApr 27, 2022 · And while the video paints a sunny picture of the city, the mid-1980s was a time of economic hardship in Austin. Falling oil prices in the 80s damaged the Texas economy.
What UT Looked Like in the 1980s - Curbed Austin
WEBFeb 10, 2016 · What UT Looked Like in the 1980s. Austinites like to talk about how much the city has changed, but a video highlighted in the Austin-American Statesman Tuesday tells a different story. The...
1980s: Texas Identity
WEBWith their family’s fortune tied up in both cattle ranching and Ewing Oil, Dallas’ titular family straddled the line between Texas’ past and its future, between the rural and the industrial. In this way, the show helped to shape how Texans would be perceived by the world beyond the state’s borders.
100 years of Texas City History
WEBWe have designed the exhibit to be a comprehensive overview of Texas City history as well as a photographic scrapbook of life in this community over the last one hundred and …
How a Bunch of “Hippies, Pickers, Slackers, and ... - Texas Highways
WEBJan 8, 2019 · In Austin, the funky slacker paradise turned buzzy big city, nothing is quite as certain as cedar fever, the line at Franklin Barbecue, a daily arrival of newbies—and relative old-timers who stand ready to reminisce about the city’s good old days.
Austin’s Rule-Breaking ’80s Punk Scene On Full ... - Texas Standard
WEBOct 22, 2020 · In the 1980s, photojournalism student Pat Blashill captured a burgeoning punk music scene in Austin – one intentionally at odds with mainstream Texas culture.
Looking Back at the Ads of Downtown Austin’s 1980s Tower …
WEBDespite the current breakneck pace of development in Austin, the city’s original tower boom took place in the 1980s, with at least 12 different buildings over 15 stories tall completed in downtown over the course of the decade.
From Pecan to Dirty Sixth: History of Austin's "Street of Dreams"
WEBNov 17, 2021 · The ‘80s and ‘90s were the heyday for live music on Sixth, with the Black Cat and Steamboat rockin’ a block apart, and the Cannibal Club across the street.
Why 1980 Was the Year Texas Went Worldwide
WEBFilm & TV. Why 1980 Was the Year Texas Went Worldwide. The current Yellowstone -fueled “Westerncore” aesthetic is little more than a cultural blip compared to what Dallas and Urban Cowboy...
Remembering the '80s Austin Rock Scene - NPR
WEBSep 29, 2004 · Rock historian Ed Ward comments on the burgeoning rock scene in Austin, Texas during the 1980s.
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