Remember These?
Austin Landmarks from the 60’s and 70’s that Are Mostly Gone Now
· Events:
o Austin Aqua Fest
o Austin Aqua Fest boat races on
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o Concerts at Hill on the Moon
o Concerts in the old Austin Auditorium
o Dances at
o Eeyore's Birthday Party
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o YMCA Dances
· Hotels/Motels:
o Bull Creek Lodges
o Crest Hotel
o Gondolier on
o Petrified Forest Motel (was that the name of it, on Guadalupe)
o Terrace (became the Austin Opry House)
o Villa
· Local Favorite Musicians and Bands
o Dan and Dave
o Denim/Traveler
o Freda and the Firedogs (aka Marcia Ball)
o Gary P. Nunn
o Jerry Jeff Walker
o Michael Murphy
o Mother of
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o Rusty Weir
o Stevie Ray Vaughn
· Miscellaneous:
o Bicycle Annie – 80-plus year old woman who pushed her bicycle all over town. She used to sell subscriptions to magazines or newspapers that didn’t actually exist and people bought them anyway to lend her a hand.
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o Commodore Perry Boat
o Crenshaw's Athletic Club (original location)
o Giant Terminix bug
o Glastron Boats
o KNOW AM radio station
o Professor Moon’s house at the base
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o Seahorse Car
o Sheppard's Bush
o Uncle Jay Show (Wesley Hodgson’s dad) and Packer Jack
o White Jeep Ice Cream trucks that all the Hippies drove
o W. O. Harper (old plumbing trucks you would see all over town)
· Movie Theaters:
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o Burnet Drive-in
o Capital Plaza Cinema
o Chief Drive-in
o Dobie
o Fox
o Longhorn Drive-in
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o State
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o Varsity
· Night Clubs/Bars: (not that we ever went in the 60’s or 70’s)
o Alexander's Way (
o Armadillo World Headquarters
o Austin Outhouse
o Big Gil's (South Congress)
o Blue Parrot
o Brass Key
o Broken Spoke -
o Bucket
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o Canary Hut (on I-35)
o Castle Creek
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o Country Dinner Playhouse (
o Dessau Hall
o Donna's Lounge
o Double Eagle
o Draught House
o Eli’s
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o Hansel and Gretel's
o Jade Room
o Jake's
o Keg
o Little Wheel (Hwy 290)
o Nero's Nook (Ben White )
o Mother Earth (several locations)
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o Poodle Dog Lounge (
o Rome Inn
o Shorthorn (North Lamar)
o Silver Dollar
o Sitting Bull (Guadalupe)
o Skyline Club
o Soap Creek Saloon
o South Door
o Steamboat Springs
o Tap
o Three Points Tavern
o Top Hat (South Congress)
o White Rabbit (near McCallum)
· Physical Sites:
o Big iron door in the quarry wall on
o Camp Tom Wooten (boy scout camp
where 360 hits Lake
o Cave at the bottom of the quarry at Highland Park Elementary
o Fields, woods and railroad track
north of 183 and west of
o Mrs. Baird’s Bakery (field trips, little loaves of bread and that wonderful smell for miles)
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o Stone quarry (Braker and 183 for swimming)
· Recreation:
o Austin Parks and Recreation (PARD) Summer Programs at the elementary school playgrounds (remember, four-square, box-hockey and softball?)
o Balcones Bait and Tackle
o Bob Wilson Dance Studio
o Bowl O Rama 24 hour bowling
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o Butler Gold Course (pitch & putt
down by
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o Fox Boat Dock (down from Bull creek)
o Green Acres (miniature golf course
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o Hobby Horse Stables
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o Putt-Putt Golf (
o Playland (by the Split Rail, had ponies, rides, etc)
o Running Rope Ranch (where the street Running Rope in NW Hills got it's name from)
o Super Slide (on Twin Oaks)
o Windy Point (on
· Restaurants:
o Airport Haven
o Barn
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§ Burger Chef
§ Dunkin Donuts
§ El
§ Frisco
§ Frost-top
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§ Jack in the Box
§ Kershner's Fried Chicken
§ Top Notch
§ What-a-Burger (the original)
o Catfish Parlour
o Chicken Shack
o Christie’s
o Chuck Wagon
o El
o Gondola House
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o Kissing Cousins
o La Hacienda (
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§ Ferrari's Italian
§ Lenzo's Italian (also Lil Abner's)
§ Stallion
§ Sid’s
o Mad Dogs & Beans
o Milto’s Pizza (183)
o Mrs. Johnson’s Bakery
o Oasis
o Old Hickory Bar-B-Que (
o Party Barn (off of
o Rebel Drive-in
o Shakey's Pizza Parlour (Guadalupe)
o Smitty's Fine Foods (across the street from McCallum; became Knight-A-Burger)
o Taco Flats
o Tumbleweed Restaurant (2222)
o 2J’s
o Victor’s Italian Village (Guadalupe)
o Whopper Burger
· Shops/Shopping Centers:
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§ Western Auto (where HEB is now)
§ Jack Morton's Mens Wear
§ Allandale Cafeteria (later Poncho’s)
§ HEB
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§ White Stores
§ Minimax
o Austin Army Navy (and that huge pair
of
o Beall’s Department Store
o Cadeau (on the Drag)
o Circle Stereo
o Gibson’s
o Hand Andy Grocery
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§ Kelly's Cleaners and the Laundromat out back
§ Bishop's Barber Shop
§ Checker Front Grocery Store (later Minimax)
§ Sansing's
§ The beauty shop
§ Dr. Watkins office
§ Winn's dime store
§ Kikos (Danny Runberg's stepfather's diner)
o House of Jeans
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o JR Reed's on Congress (test-driving all the 45s and buying one)
o Kash-Karry Grocery
o Lariat Ranch Wear (South Congress)
o Maya (one of the first upscale hippie ready to wear)
o Magic Mushroom (in Dobie Mal)
o Oat Willies (Onward Through The Fog!)
o Original Rooster Andrews (Guadalupe)
o Rylander’s Grocery
o Sage
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o Shopper's World
o Snyder Chenard’s
o Strait Music (still around)
o Stripling Blake Lumber
o Summer's Rexall
o Utotem(s)