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Sunday, 9/11 on Historic E.6th: Cleaning Up in the AM & Movie Watching in the PM. Join us!

Fred Schmidt — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:26:30 +0000

Come on down to Historic East 6th Street, Sunday evening the 11th, and hang with area residents, visitors and business owners as the Alamo Rolling Roadshow pulls into the 500 block of San Jacinto for a fun screening under the stars of the classic, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Last year, over 800 people showed up! [...]

Sunday, 9/11 on Historic E.6th: Cleaning Up in the AM & Movie Watching in the PM. Join us!

“Welcome” to the Police State of 6ixth

Fred Schmidt — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:57:57 +0000

It’s a warm and breezy Saturday night in Austin on Texas Relays Weekend. We did up a special store window at Wild About Music in Bob Marley + hip hop theme to welcome our 40,000-ish athletes, families and guests to town like every year. Daytime business was great, both Friday and today. But by 6pm [...]

“Welcome” to the Police State of 6ixth

Tipping Points & Lawsuits

Jude Galligan — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:10:43 +0000

Entertainment "districts" are a piece of the Downtown Austin CBD pie. Not the whole pie. Stakeholders on all sides are challenging the rules in parts of downtown not established as an entertainment district.

Tipping Points & Lawsuits

Major New Live Music Venue Coming to 6ixth Street

Fred Schmidt — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:58:13 +0000

In case you missed the news this past week, there is a significant new music venue slated to open New Year’s Eve on East 6th Street. Here’s a link to the Austin360 story by Michael Corcoran. It’s called “The Stage” and is operated by a family out of Nashville with solid experience in producing quality [...]

Major New Live Music Venue Coming to 6ixth Street

Downtown Gets Magical This Weekend

Fred Schmidt — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:43:04 +0000

For something very fresh and different this weekend to drown our mundane laborous lives, check out these cool events on tap ’round the hood: The 1St Annual Austin Street Magic Festival TONIGHT, 6th & Red River next to Esther’s Follies (home of our own fantabulous, Ray Anderson), 6pm-2am and FREE! And that’s just the warm [...]

Downtown Gets Magical This Weekend

Food Fight on Sixth: Bratwurst VS. Oysters

Fred Schmidt — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:31:39 +0000

Over the past few weeks, an interesting “struggle” has been growing between Austinites on the issue of whether the Best Wurst sausage cart should have its sidewalk permit renewed to vend in front of Parkside Restauarant. The scene is the southeast corner of East 6th Street at San Jacinto, the heart of the East 6th [...]

Food Fight on Sixth: Bratwurst VS. Oysters

Wild About Music – The Real Estate Tale of an Iconic Downtown Business

Fred Schmidt — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:45:16 +0000

When Jude recently asked me start writing some stories for DAB, he thought it might be beneficial for folks to get a sense of my “downtown history” from the perspective of a local retail business owners’ leasing odyssey over 16 years. OK, here goes! I’ll stick with the angle of space and location because you [...]

Wild About Music – The Real Estate Tale of an Iconic Downtown Business

Copa on Congress – Downtown Austin Restaurant and Dance Club

amber gugino — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:33:57 +0000

Part-time Salsa dance club, part-time tex-mex dining establishment, Copa (@ 217 Congress Avenue) moves to the beat of many a drummer. Since my dancing skills are reminiscent of Elaine Benes at a company party (“like a fully body dry heave set to music”), I chose to visit Copa at lunch, lest I be tempted by [...]

Copa on Congress – Downtown Austin Restaurant and Dance Club

Sundance and SXSW Considering "Echotone": A "Cultural Portrait" of Austin Music and Downtown Development

Benjamin Gustafsson — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:25:41 +0000

If Nathan Christ’s documentary “Echotone,” a low-budget film about the combustion of Austin’s booming inner-city development and its rocking music scene breaks through the final selection at the Sundance Film Festival, prepare for the nation’s eyes to fix again on the “Music Capital of the World.”

Sundance and SXSW Considering "Echotone": A "Cultural Portrait" of Austin Music and Downtown Development

Qua Dance Club Now Admits Toddlers

amber gugino — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:07:54 +0000

Well, at least on the first Saturday of every month from 1pm – 4pm….. I read this article in the Statesman over the holiday weekend, and I must admit, I was a little intrigued. Apparently, a group of parents (The Little Lounge Lizards) have organized a monthly family-friendly dance party at downtown Austin dance club [...]

Qua Dance Club Now Admits Toddlers

Fantastical Fun Fun Fun Fest

amber gugino — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:10:09 +0000

In honor of Fun Fun Fun Fest (this weekend at Waterloo Park), I thought I’d write a fun, fun, fun and fantastical story that incorporates some of the band names (with links to their Myspace pages or Website) that will be playing. Because word games are fun, and not at all nerdy. RATATAT!!! Was the [...]

Fantastical Fun Fun Fun Fest

Downtown Austin Neighborhood Watch Training Session 10/29

Jude Galligan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:59:32 +0000

TRAINING SESSION: 6TH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH We have scheduled a training session with officer Carlisle and officer Ehrler who help coordinate the Austin neighborhood watch programs. The meeting will be held at the Alamo Drafthouse at the Rizt (320 E 6th Street) at 3:00 PM on Thursday, October 29. Complimentary drinks and light snacks will [...]

Downtown Austin Neighborhood Watch Training Session 10/29

Paradise Adding A Patio For Pecan Street Patrons

Jude Galligan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:17:15 +0000

Photo snapped today. The Paradise bar at 6th and Trinity is getting a 2nd story patio. Too early to tell if the sidewalk will go underneath or around it. Paradise Adding A Patio For Pecan Street Patrons

Paradise Adding A Patio For Pecan Street Patrons

For Real This Time: The I-35 Makeover Is Happening

Jude Galligan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:57:13 +0000

In 2006, neighborhood associations on both sides of the interstate were empowered to develop a concept to enhance East-West pedestrian movement beneath I-35.

For Real This Time: The I-35 Makeover Is Happening

Bars On Rainey Street

Jude Galligan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:42:18 +0000

Single nighttime only uses would be short sighted, and will fail to tap into the consumer demands of the 858+ residences in the Rainey Street district.

Bars On Rainey Street