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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...

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...

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

We are continually amazed (yet entertained) by Dumb Things Artists Do To Try to Get Into Galleries . Dumb, because they’ve given no...

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

Overtaken by Jann Alexander ©2006 More than a year before a corporate giant’s expansion plans doomed Las Manitas , I enjoyed my first...

Movin’ On—Carefully by Jann Alexander ©2008 How do you move a neon sign? Especially one that’s achieved icon status in Austin? As it...

Mean Cat Meets Condo by Jann Alexander © 2010 That’s one Mean-Eyed Cat . The signs of progress are overtaking the humble little bar on...

Stylin’ High by Jann Alexander © 2013 At a much-loved Austin coffee shop on West 6th Street in Clarksville, a young man behind the...