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In 2011, It Became Official: Austin’s Vanishing

Nov 30, 20152 min read

In 2011, It Became Official: Austin’s Vanishing

Austin Business Journal made it “official” four years ago, in its year-end issue: Austin’s Been Vanishing Over the Last 30 Years. As...

Whitley’s Went. Then Came A Tower.

Apr 30, 20151 min read

Whitley’s Went. Then Came A Tower.

Whitley’s Went. And then came the tower. ©2011 by Jann Alexander ‘In the heart of downtown Austin , at the intersection of 3rd & Brazos,...

Growth Behind the Scenes

Jan 22, 20151 min read

Growth Behind the Scenes

Cascade by Jann Alexander ©2015 “Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she achieves her work.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson One...

Count the Condos and the Cranes

Sep 4, 20141 min read

Count the Condos and the Cranes

Counting Cranes by Kayak by Jann Alexander ©2014 “Mayor Wynn has set a goal of having 25,000 downtown residents — that’s 20,000 more...

Have You Ever Been Possessed?

Apr 15, 20141 min read

Have You Ever Been Possessed?

Are you possessed by color? For artist Paul Klee, the attraction to color and light was a turning point in his career. On his 1914 visit...

How I Became An Unintentional Publisher

Feb 14, 20145 min read

How I Became An Unintentional Publisher

Publishing is the easy part. Managing it all is quite another. My career in publishing was unintentional, and its potential for success ...

Unexpected Rewards and Opportunities at Year’s End

Dec 29, 20134 min read

Unexpected Rewards and Opportunities at Year’s End

So Long, 2013 by Jann Alexander © 2013 As the year ends, an unexpected prize is awarded to What’s Vanishing Next? and an opportunity...

What kind of city will Austin be?

Feb 10, 20101 min read

What kind of city will Austin be?

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

Talking about our neighborhood

Feb 8, 20101 min read

Talking about our neighborhood

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

On the heels of the closing of the Cactus Cafe

Feb 5, 20101 min read

On the heels of the closing of the Cactus Cafe

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

Austin’s recent newcomers come not to change it, but to join it

Jan 7, 20101 min read

Austin’s recent newcomers come not to change it, but to join it

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

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