Pro-Immigration and Anti-Trump Rallies

Anti-Trump rally leads to arrests

"...at the Capitol at 7:30pm and migrated south down Congress Avenue, eventually stopping at the South First bridge, shutting..."

Nov. 14, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Playback: Five Nights on Dirty Sixth

Is Dirty Sixth Street the wasteland the music scene makes it out to be? Five straight nights answer loud and clear.

"...Wednesday at 5pm. Specifically "Dirty Sixth," the blocks between Congress Avenue and I-35 that remain Austin's notorious entertainment district...."

July 17, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Pro Tips

What to see, where to be, and how to relax

"...Paramount Theatre (713 Congress) The Paramount is a century-old theatre right smack in..."

March 4, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

My Dove Springs ... and Ours

What life in 'the 44' says about the two worlds of Austin

"...of the best driving moments in Austin is on Congress Avenue heading north from Oltorf, especially in the twilight..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Civics 101

"...VETERANS DAY PARADE March up Congress Avenue from south of the river to the Capitol..."

Nov. 9, 2012 News Column

Cap 10K Not So Accessible

TCRP files suit against Cox Texas and city of Austin

"...the city realigned nearly 200 parking spots along South Congress Avenue as part of the back-in angle parking plan,..."

July 27, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

No Way To Pick a Senator

It's Sadler vs. Yarbrough and Dewhurst vs. Cruz in this month's primary run-offs

"...nomination. On May 29, he was at Speakeasy on Congress Avenue for the Travis County Democratic Party primary watch..."

July 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

Bracken Bat Cave outside of New Braunfels is home to the world's largest bat colony

"...folks who do educational programs about bats at Austin's Congress Avenue Bridge, the largest urban colony of bats in..."

June 15, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Res Publica

Civic calendar of events, Aug. 25-Sept. 1

"...BATFEST Bat lovers fill the Congress Avenue bridge with vendors, arts & crafts, kids' activities,..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Column

The Daily Hustle: 10/8/10

I spy more street closures

"...· E. 9th Street between Congress Avenue and Brazos Street · E. 9th Street between..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Cap Metro 2020: Sounds Like a Plan

Board gives early nod to restructuring of routes and schedules

"...also criticized proposals to move most bus traffic off Congress Avenue and onto the Guadalupe/Lavaca corridor. "I think you're..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Day Trips

Approximately 300,000 bats live year-round underneath the Waugh Drive bridge in Houston

"...same species of voracious insect-eaters that emerge from Austin's Congress Avenue bridge...."

July 10, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Reclaiming Texas History, One Home Movie at a Time

The missionary zeal of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

"...By which I mean you can watch footage of Congress Avenue circa 1947 while driving around on Congress Avenue..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...the main Downtown pickup point at West Sixth and Congress, but the buses instead stopped four blocks away at..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature

Be Our Guest

Local attractions wish to welcome Hurricane Ike evacuees with deep discounts.

"...free-tailed bats that emerge from beneath the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge at dusk on a bat watching cruise...."

Sept. 18, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Austin Legislators Unite Against Capitol Bus Stop Removal

State has ordered busy stop removed for "security upgrades" to Capitol

"...been a heavily used bus stop just west of Congress Avenue on 11th Street. Approximately 1,400 citizens use this..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Local Critters Struggle Through Wet Weather

Austin, Hill Country's animals getting hammered by rains, other harsh conditions

"...roost and raise their young under the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge. Unlike easily dislodged doves, they have a..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rains on Richards Parade, Does Stop Ceremony

Congress Avenue parade canceled, but renaming ceremony still scheduled

"...The mist and rain has canceled the procession down Congress Avenue, but the 11am ceremony unveiling a plaque renaming..."

May 25, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...Texas House Speaker HEADLINES• City Council will name the Congress Avenue Bridge today in honor of dearly departed Gov...."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Tough Tacos

As tempers rise, the Las Manitas debate symbolizes the future of Austin

"...dismissed is none other than Las Manitas (aka "the Avenue Cafe"), a Congress Avenue and Austin cultural landmark since..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Your guide to Black Thursday activities

"...Counter-Inaugural Demonstration 5-7pm. Congress Avenue Bridge, Congress Avenue & Town Lake. www.austinagainstwar.org...."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...ominous "Dark Days" placard, more than 300 people took Congress Avenue (Austin American-Statesman, Nov. 4) in direct defiance of..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column

Follow Our Lead

"...ominous "Dark Days" placard, more than 300 people took Congress Avenue (Austin American-Statesman, Nov. 4) in direct defiance of..."

Nov. 17, 2004 Postmarks

Why I Live in South Austin

"...some level, I interact with the part of South Congress Avenue ironically labeled "the strip." Part of me feels..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Postmarks

Hero

If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.

"...like a colony of bats emerging from under the Congress Avenue Bridge, rows of candles flicker and become an..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Homeland Security Comes Home

For the next round of protests, the DPS has new toys

"...the coalition of the unwilling in the middle of Congress Avenue, there could be trouble...."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Mickey

Mega-author John Grisham wrote and financed the making of this Little League baseball film starring Harry Connick Jr.

"...downtown window after mistaking my living room for the Congress Avenue bridge. Connick Jr. is Tripp Spence, a recent..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...up in, at 1705 Newton, just west of South Congress. He didn't live to see baseball's Valhalla in Cooperstown,..."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

APD Faulted in Hit-and-Run

"...of waiting for the parade to pass over the Congress Avenue bridge and drove around the parade's police escort,..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Short Cuts

Where to find the news the mainstream media doesn't see fit to print

"...at the 24th Street and Guadalupe intersection, or the Congress Avenue bridge this past Friday. Thanks to the growing..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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