Continuum of Community

We couldn’t think of a better person to introduce our blog than Bill Williamson of Crestview. (See “Meet Bill Williamson.”) He’s one of the first people we interviewed for our project, and he was eager to share his story with us. We’ve seen that being a good neighbor matters, to people such as Bill, who moved here more than a half-century ago, and to younger people living here today. The continuum of community—past, present, and … Read more

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Meet the Starmaker: Bill Williamson of Crestview

Next time you visit the State Capitol in Austin, be sure to look up at the eight-foot-wide sheet metal star at the top of the rotunda. (See the star here.) Longtime Crestview resident Bill Williamson, right, was instrumental in creating and hanging the star about 1958. One day after work at the New Deal Tin Shop, Bill told us, he stopped off at the Cottage Cafe, at 6720 Burnet Road (ABC Vacuum Warehouse, as of … Read more

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