Jude Galligan

I rediscovered the Norwood House this past May, and learned of a group – the Norwood Posse – acting as stewards for its restoration and preservation.  Wolf Sittler, leader of the posse, contacted me this week to let me know about a fund raiser for the restoration.  Please take a few minutes to browse their website and familiarize yourself with the history of this amazing property.

The Chronicle has a recent write up about the challenges facing the Norwood House.  Perhaps the most frustrating fact is that the house was purchased by the City in 1985, only to be neglected into near ruin.

-Jude

If you haven’t heard, RARE magazine is producing the “Live At Seaholm” party at downtown Austin’s Seaholm power-plant.   A limited number of wristbands are available now at Waterloo and Birds’.   The wristbands are free and give priority over attendees without them.

Forwarded message below.

This is a free event, so we encourage you to show up early.  Doors are at 8.

Be advised, because the wristbands are for both nights, we distributed more than capacity.

Wristbands give you priority access over those without wristbands, however they do NOT guarantee access if we are at capacity!

You are allowed TWO (2) wristbands at the drop location. You must put ONE on upon pickup, and you are allowed ONE more to take with you.

Wristbands WILL run out quickly at these drop locations, regardless of whether or not you’ve RSVPed.

AGAIN, RSVP IS FOR WRISTBAND LOCATIONS ONLY AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOUR ADMISSION.

Drop locations are as follows:

Waterloo Records at 6th and Lamar
Bird’s Barbershop on East 6th
Bird’s Barbershop on South Lamar

Thank you for your overwhelming interest. We look forward to having you be a part of this historic event!

ACL Road Closures – per the ACL Site (link):

Roads leading into the park area will close at 12:01 AM on Friday, October 12th, 2012 and will open again by 5:00AM on Monday, October 15th, 2012.

The following roads will be closed for ACL:

1. Barton Springs Road at Robert E. Lee (Barton Springs Pool Parking accessible at Robert E. Lee Entrance)
2. MoPac Frontage at Columbus Drive (No travel allowed into Zilker Park or Barton Springs Pool from this road)
3. Stratford Drive at Nature Center Drive

What a great weekend to leave the car at home and hop on the bicycle, or take the ol’ leather express.

-Jude

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From: From the Public Information Office
Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:53 AM

City prepares for Austin City Limits Festival

The City of Austin welcomes the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival. The three-day musical event, which expects crowds upwards of 65,000 people, runs Friday, Oct. 2 through Sunday, Oct. 4, at Zilker Park.  Motorists should expect delays around the Zilker Park/Barton Springs Road area and throughout downtown. The following streets will be directly affected:

· West Fourth Street between Nueces and Guadalupe streets (full closure)
· Barton Springs Road between Columbus Street and Robert E. Lee Road (full closure)
· Stratford Drive between Nature Center Drive and Barton Springs Road (full closure)
· West Fifth Street between San Antonio and Guadalupe streets (right lane closed)
· Guadalupe Street between West Third and West Fifth streets (parking lane closed)

Road closures begin at midnight Thursday and continue through midnight Sunday. A street closure map is available for download at www.cityofaustin.org/specialevents/downloads/aclfest_map_100209.pdf

There is no parking available at the festival site. Festival goers are encouraged to bike, walk or shuttle to the park. The official ACL Web site lists several parking/transportation options at www.aclfestival.com/info/transportation, and a complete schedule and map of Capital Metro’s free ACL shuttle service is available at www.capmetro.org/news/news_detail.asp?id=7495.

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