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Dueling Threats by Jann Alexander © 2013 Places in Austin vanish with frequency , but when a classic artwork by a legendary Texas artist...

A lot of Austin has gone missing since I began my Vanishing Austin photo series in the spring of 2004. For one reason or another—...

Walk in Allens Boots by Jann Alexander ©2013 Allens Boots is a place I steer all of my Austin visitors to, direct from the airport, so...

Too Late to Look for the Spear by Jann Alexander © 2013 Stylin’ High © Jann Alexander A pack of Wrigley’s Spearmint gum could relieve...

Overtowering Sandy’s by Jann Alexander © 2012 Custard v Condo © 2013 Sandy’s Frozen Custard may very well be the best frozen custard in...

The Pattern of Change by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a whole lotta cranes  to hoist up a new Marriott in downtown Austin, where...

Guitars on Speed by Jann Alexander ©2013 Austin Speed Shop is bidding farewell to South Lamar, to make way for, yes, another luxury...

So Long, SoCo Trailers by Jann Alexander © 2013 Sign of the Thaimes? Neon green picnic tables and a fallen Coat & Thai sign are all...

A Hole in the Heart of Texas by Jann Alexander © 2012 Lamar Plaza is gone. It’s just a hole in the ground now. Since late 2012, dozens...

Noodlin’ Around the Warehouses © Jann Alexander The freight lines brought the low-brick industrial warehouses that once dominated...

Speakin’ Easy by Jann Alexander © 2011 There’s a ghostly story they like to tell  about Speakeasy, in Austin’s Warehouse District....

The Pattern of Change by Jann Alexander © 2103 Take it from Wikipedia : “Façadism  (or  Façadomy [1] ) is the practice of demolishing...

Big City, Little Coffee by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a certain knack to make the Vanishing Austin list and actually do the...

Vanishing Austin: Since 1931 by Jann Alexander ©2010 At a 2010 open house reception for my downtown Austin gallery, Austin Details Art...

Mean Cat Meets Condo by Jann Alexander © 2010 The question that emerged from the  Vanishing Austin interview on KOOP 91.7 FM today was,...

Frisco Gold by Jann Alexander © 2013 KOOP Radio Host David Kobierowski has generously scheduled an hour this Wednesday, February 10...

We’re still reeling from the news that the Cactus Cafe is closing , and now this: Preservation Texas announces that Austin’s entire...

Looming by Jann Alexander © 2010 The Austin-American Statesman’s Michael Barnes is out and about Austin alot (as implied by his...

On avclub.com , Scott Von Doviak writes about 12 beloved Austin haunts that didn’t survive the decade . Some of them appear in my...

Endangered Species of Austin poster, $25 KXAN’s Josh Hinkle focused on Capitol Saddlery’s oversize boot to showcase my new poster...