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Downs Field in East Austin Reflects the History of Black Baseball in Texas

July 1, 2020 | By Peter Warren

Cisco’s Keeps Up With a Rapidly Changing East Austin

June 24, 2019 | By Paula Forbes

Austin’s East Sixth Street has seen quite a bit of change in recent years. This once-scrappy strip of bars and music venues is now a corridor of expensive condos and trendy restaurants, sleek and packed with tourists. Longtime Austinites—or those who visited in earlier eras—might be excused for thinking they were in a different city altogether.

Daytripper: East Austin

March 20, 2017 | By Chet Garner

Austin is no stranger to DAY-trippin’. But while travelers in the past may have stopped their explorations west of Interstate 35, over the last few years Austin’s East Side has become a popular destination in its own right.

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