History

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Austin Athletic Club. Note the painted sign. [Austin Athletic Club]

Clay Pit Tower
Mining on the shores of Town Lake? It happened, in a manner of speaking.

Buford Tower
An old Austin Fire Department training structure now produces sweet music for downtown Austinites.

Taylor's Lime Kilns
This lime kiln produced the building materials used to construct man of the older buildings in the Austin area.

Recent Logs

• Long Gone Austin Explorer visited City Coliseum
• Stop by on the way home Austin Explorer visited Moonlight Tower - MLK & Chicon
• At least this one's still there! Austin Explorer visited Moonlight Tower - 15th & San Antonio
• Bucolic relic of an industrial past Austin Explorer visited Taylor's Lime Kilns
• Second tower of the day Austin Explorer visited Moonlight Tower - 11th & Trinity

News Headlines

• Insider offers guided tour through Capitol renovations
• Seaholm Power Plant attracting events
• Austin could limit how owners seek historic designation
• Cathedral of Junk creator calls it quits
• Preservationists want more protection in downtown plan

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