Monday Walk: Architecture Walk, Austin Pt 4

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The theme of the city is”Austin Pride”.

The pink-granite the capital building is the centerpiece of downtown:

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New high-rise condo towers are emerging.

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No traffic on a Sunday early morning 🙂

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Many old buildings are well-preserved:

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The historic Paramount Theatre hosts movie premieres, plays, live music, ballets and stand-up comedy:

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The only complaint you hear is the traffic, it’s really, really bad…, and you have to fight to get a parking space. Though everyone knows light rail is the solution, there is only one newly built city light rail line.

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Live music, and music in many other forms, is everywhere in Austin. There are more than 250 live music venues that feature everything from rock and blues to country and jazz every night of the week.

This group was performing outside of the Whole Food store, they were surprisingly good!

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And, these two buildings, I posted earily, are also situated at DT:

Submitting to Jo’s Monday Walk. Jo is taking us to Odemira for a beautiful walk. Take a walk with Jo and visit 13 other walk entries.

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Have a great week!