Learn more about the history of Austin’s Rosedale neighborhood.

South Congress Avenue has changed and undergone many iterations and name changes over its 135+ year history. Learn more about the history of South Congress and the rehabilitation of C-Boy’s Heart & Soul.

Butler bricks were Austin’s building blocks. Most of the brick structures constructed in Austin from 1873 until 1912 used Butler’s “Austin common” buff bricks, manufactured from the alluvial clay deposited by the Colorado River.

Stacey Ingram Kaleh and Melissa Ingram discuss their shared passion for live music, growing up immersed in Austin’s live music scene, and the ways in which music venues shape the city’s identity.

In 1854, Edward Zimmermann purchased 164 acres of land several miles north of Austin and on it built an 18’ by 24’ home for himself and his young family. His nascent community grew into Fiskville, home to approximately 150 citizens by the early 1870s.

Since its inception, Rosewood Park has served an indispensable role in the lives of East Austin’s Black community and continues to provide the neighborhood with a grand public space for recreation.

For almost 50 years, downtown’s Republic Square was known to Austinites simply as “Mexico,” and served as the nucleus for the lives of many Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans living in the city

You can spot them all over social media in the background of selfies and engagement photos, on coasters, mugs, and prints found at local gift shops, featured in tourism ads, and as the subject of news stories. Austin murals have become a  popular representation of our city.