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Austin Tourist InformationAustin
Convention and Visitors Bureau
201 East 2nd Street, 1-800-9262282
http://www.austintexas.org/index.php
Visitor Information - 866-GO-AUSTIN
The
Greater Austin Chamber -
Lakeshore Tower building
210 Barton Springs Road, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78704.
Telephone: (512) 478-9383 Fax: (512) 478-8819
www.austin-chamber.org/
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About
Austin If
you complement Austin to any long-time resident, you have an excellent chance
of hearing "you should've seen it in the 60s" or " 70s" - or any of a number of
variations on that theme. In fact it's become a sore point with a lot of younger
Austinites who have grown tired of hearing it. Nevertheless, it's true. The Austin
lifestyle has always been more "laid back" over other Texas cities - and to a
certain degree it's still true... more
Street
Name Trivia by Joe Foster
Downtown Austin streets running north and
south (skipping Congress Avenue) are named for Texas rivers... more
Austin
Tidbits by C. F. Eckhardt
Lovers' leap, Interstate System, and Footbridge
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