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1956

A drive down Austin memory lane

By Matthew Rutledge on 09/13/2009

Austin has grown fast, but it has grown from a tiny urban core — mean­ing that we have less pre-World War II build­ings than prob­ably any other city our size in the South. Many neigh­bor­hoods quite close to down­town were developed in the 1960’s or later — the city basic­ally ended 3 miles in each direc­tion until 1960. This means you can live in verd­ant, “The Wonder Years”-esque subur­bia and still be down­town in 15 minutes.

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Posted in Austin, nostalgia, texas | Tagged 1940, 1953, 1956, analysis, Austin, city, development, growth, historic, historical, maps, texas, urbanization | 6 Responses

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