Monthly Archives: July 2012

Fun in the Neighborhood, Part 2

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Neighbors who were here beginning in the 1950s remember the freedom and friendship, going to drive-in movie theatres, and roller skating at Capitol Roll Arena. One person we interviewed, Anne Eagle Walker, worked at the rink when she was a teenager. FUN & FREE   We interviewed Sylvia (Scooter) Rushing February 2008, and Wanda and Emory Muehlbrad, February 9, 2008. DVDs of their videotaped interviews are at the Austin History Center. DRIVE-INS At one time, … Read more

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Fun in the Neighborhood, Part 1

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Here we are, in the midst of Dog Days and halfway through school summer vacation—a perfect time to kick back and look at a few of the ways kids of all ages have good times here. Whether it’s today (Part 1) or more than 50 years ago (Part 2), we found it’s not all that much different. (Photo, right, courtesy of Crestview neighbor Louise Cooke.) Ryder “Red Ryder” Schwartz learned how to juggle on the sidewalk … Read more

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Moving Beyond, Part 2

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

Honestly, I didn’t think much about our neighborhood’s history until I had lived here more than 15 years. About 2002, I visited with my longtime neighbor Billie in the shade of her then-towering magnolia tree (it unexpectedly fell in April 2017). She said when she moved to Crestview in the mid-1950s neighbors could see the Violet Crown Hills to the west, where Far West Boulevard is today. Looking up at her amazing magnolia and all … Read more

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