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Jann Alexander
Dec 31, 20133 min read
2013: The Year A Giant Wrecking Ball Ate Austin
Endangered Species of Austin poster, $25 It’s time for end-of-year portfolio assessments. The giant wrecking ball that’s tormented...
Jann Alexander
Dec 11, 20131 min read
Juxtapositions Tell the Story of Our Town
What a city of contradictions is Austin. Old butts up against the new, old is lamented when exchanged for new. The town’s a shiny magnet...
Jann Alexander
Oct 28, 20132 min read
The Pattern of Change Is Change
The Pattern of Change by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a whole lotta cranes to hoist up a new Marriott in downtown Austin, where...
Jann Alexander
Aug 6, 20131 min read
How Does Austin Beat the Heat?
Frog Legs and Towers by Jann Alexander © 2013 Sunny and 102°?! How to Beat the Heat? How else—with frog legs, fried pies and air...
Jann Alexander
Aug 2, 20132 min read
You Mean Austin Keeps on Vanishing?
Yes, it does. As noted in What’s Vanished Since 2004 , some of Austin’s best treasures have gone missing since I began my Vanishing...
Jann Alexander
Jul 19, 20132 min read
What’s Vanished Since 2004?
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—...
Jann Alexander
Jun 24, 20131 min read
Too Late to Look for the Spear
Too Late to Look for the Spear by Jann Alexander © 2013 Stylin’ High © Jann Alexander A pack of Wrigley’s Spearmint gum could relieve...
Jann Alexander
Jun 20, 20131 min read
Would You Like a Condo with that Custard?
Overtowering Sandy’s by Jann Alexander © 2012 Custard v Condo © 2013 Sandy’s Frozen Custard may very well be the best frozen custard in...
Jann Alexander
Jun 14, 20131 min read
The Pattern of Change
The Pattern of Change by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a whole lotta cranes to hoist up a new Marriott in downtown Austin, where...
Jann Alexander
Jul 27, 20111 min read
Facadism Rarely Satisfies Anyone
The Pattern of Change by Jann Alexander © 2103 Take it from Wikipedia : “Façadism (or Façadomy [1] ) is the practice of demolishing...
Jann Alexander
Sep 4, 20082 min read
Finally, Overtaken
Overtaken by Jann Alexander ©2006 More than a year before a corporate giant’s expansion plans doomed Las Manitas , I enjoyed my first...
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