Austin Guitar Town

This was part of a project called Austin Guitar Town. I have seen a couple of these around the downtown area but was never really aware of the meaning behind them until recently. I guess I just always assumed it was because Austin bill's itself as the Live Music Capital of the World. I'm not sure how many are left on display, but I do plan on finding more.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Frost Bank Tower

I was very disappointed with this piano, as you can tell from the photo. I spoke with the lady at the Frost Bank Tower information desk who told me that they were planning to move it to another location, but she wasn't sure where exactly. She pointed me toward the parking garage, where I eventually found it. I had a tough time deciding if I should post the picture because it seemed to be such a disappointing way of ending the series, as this was my number 14, but in the end, I decided it needed to be seen and not left out.

I will check back and find out if, and where, it has been moved.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - W Austin

This piano is located outside of W Austin.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Duncan Park

This piano is located in Duncan Park. What makes this installation interesting is that it's located in a BMX area of the park.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Lou Neff Point

This piano is located on Lou Neff Point.

Also, be sure to check out this video of the band Ukemi as they play this piano.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Wooldridge Park

Wooldridge Park is a park in downtown Austin and one of four public squares that was part of the city's master plan that was drawn up in 1839. The Travis County Jail is in the background.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Wooldridge Park Gazebo

This piano is located in the gazebo in Wooldridge Park, located just across the street from the Travis County Jail.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Travis County Jail

This piano is located at the Travis County Jail in downtown Austin. I thought this was probably the strangest place to have a piano.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Mini Cooper

Some people like to knit. Dixi has even been known to try to make something from time to time. Someone went a bit to the extreme here though, and knitted a sock for their Mini Cooper.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - First Street Pedestrian Bridge

A street piano located on the First Street Pedestrian Bridge.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Fannie Davis Gazebo

This street piano is located in the Fannie Davis Gazebo.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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They'll Be Back

I've been seeing these little guys all over the place lately. I'm going to have to find out what it's all about.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Shoal Creek Peninsula

This street piano is located at the tip of the Shoal Creek Peninsula on Town Lake.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Austin City Hall

From predock.com:

The new Austin City Hall and public plaza graces the shores of Lady Bird Lake at the edge of the dynamic Warehouse district, an area that is rapidly being transformed into a tight grid of restaurants, nightspots, housing, and mid-rise office spaces. The new city hall, completed in the fall of 2004, terraces down to the lake from Second Street, mediating between this busy city grid and the natural realm.

You can read the rest and see more pictures of the building here.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Austin City Hall

Street piano at Austin City Hall.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - The Long Center

Today's street piano picture is of the piano placed at the Long Center. I also uploaded a video of the piano being played.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue

Stevie Vaughan passed away on August 27, 1990 in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin after a concert. The pilot took off from behind the stage at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre and flew into the side of a ski slope just a half a mile away. Vaughan, the pilot and three members of Eric Clapton's entourage were all killed instantly. Stevie was just 35 years old.

The statue was unveiled on November 21, 1993 and was sculpted by Ralph Helmick.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Doug Sahm Hill

This is located at the top of Doug Sahm Hill. It tells you the distance in miles from Austin to various other cities around the state.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Doug Sahm Memorial

Born on November 6, 1941 in San Antonio, Douglas Wayne Sahm made Texas music as no one has before or since. A true child prodigy on steel guitar, fiddle, and mandolin, Sahm picked up guitar and began his recording career playing country, rock & roll, blues, and Chicano. Sahm topped the rock charts in the Sir Douglas Quintet during the 60s with "She's About a Mover", "The Rains Came", and "Mendocino", songs that endure in Lone Star hearts. In the 70s, Sahm gave Texas country music a distinct edge that carried his reputation globally and helped put the Austin music scene on the map. In later years, he formed the first Tex-Mex super-group, the Grammy-winning Texas Tornados, further spreading the gospel of Texas music to the world. Doug Sahm, the real Texas Tornado and one first called "the State Musician of Texas,: died November 18, 1999, but his music inspires Austin eternally. As Sahm himself sang in "At the Crossroads," "You can't just live in Texas, if ya don't have a lot of soul."

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Austin Skyline

Austin skyline as seen from the top of Doug Sahm Hill. You can also check out a short 360 degree video I made while I was up here. Just be sure to turn down the volume. It was extremely windy up there!

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Doug Sahm Hill

This piano is located at the top of Doug Sahm Hill in Austin.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Street Pianos - Pfluger Bridge

This piano is right at the center of Pfluger Bridge.

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Street Pianos - Pfluger Bridge, In the Circle

“Play Me, I’m Yours” is an artwork by artist Luke Jerram.

From April 1-May 1, 2011 14 pianos will be located on the streets of Austin, Texas as part of Art Week Austin hosted by Art Alliance Austin. Located throughout downtown in public parks, streets and squares, the pianos are for any member of the public to play. The pianos are also for the public to decorate and personalize.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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More of Pfluger Bridge

This is part of the north end of the Pfluger Bridge. I like the woodwork.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Ghost Bikes

From the GhostBikes.org website:

Ghost Bikes are small and somber memorials for bicyclists who are killed or hit on the street. A bicycle is painted all white and locked to a street sign near the crash site, accompanied by a small plaque. They serve as reminders of the tragedy that took place on an otherwise anonymous street corner, and as quiet statements in support of cyclists' right to safe travel.
The first ghost bikes were created in St. Louis, Missouri in 2003, and they have since appeared in over 150 locations throughout the world. For those who create and install the memorials, the death of a fellow bicyclist hits home. We all travel the same unsafe streets and face the same risks; it could just as easily be any one of us. Each time we say we hope to never have to do it again -- but we remain committed to making these memorials as long as they are needed.

This particular bike is located on the Pfluger Bridge here in Austin. This one states:

GHOST BIKES

PLEASE LET THIS SERVE AS A MEMORIAL FOR

ROYCE SCOTT McCOY

6-28-1973 --- 10-12-2003

THIS BIKE HAS BEEN PLACED HERE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SHARE THE ROAD!! IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR PEOPLE WHO RIDE BIKES FOR TRANSPORTATION TO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SIDEWALKS OR BIKE LANES. THIS BIKE WAS INSPIRED BY GHOSTBIKES.ORG

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Pfluger Bridge

This image is of the actual bridge itself. It's really a pretty nice place to just sit and relax.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Pfluger Bridge - Monument

The Pfluger Bridge connects the north and south sides of Austin's Hike and Bike Trail. One of the neat things about this monument is that people leave things they have found on the trails. Look at the upper left side of the monument and you'll see a couple sets of keys. Folks in Austin can be so wonderful.

From Arguendo & Dixi's Daily Austin Photo

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Texas Capitol Building

Dixi and I didn't make it out and about today. After attending the Lonestar Roundup yesterday, and then spending some time with friends, we were pretty worn out today. And we needed to get some stuff done around the house. Laundry and such. So I'm going to count today's photo as a "throwback". Hope that's ok.

This photo was taking in August of last year. As you can see there was some renovation going on near the top of the dome.

From Our Daily Photo

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Pflugerville Week - Gilleland Creek

Gilleland Creek rises four miles northwest of Pflugerville in northern Travis County and runs southwest for twenty-seven miles to its mouth on the Colorado River, seven miles southeast of Austin . The stream runs through Pfluger Park and Gilleland Creek Park in Pflugerville. The creek was named for James Gilleland, whose headright was located near the mouth.

From Pflugerville

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Pflugerville Week - Pflugerville Fallen Warrior Memorial

The Pflugerville Fallen Warrior Monument was a community project and idea conceived by a group of concerned citizens after the death of Sgt. Byron Norwood in Falujah, Iraq in 2004. The Fallen Warrior Memorial Project quickly became a grassroots movement to locate and honor Pflugerville's military men and women who gave their lives for our freedom. It stands on a small rise on the bank of Gilleland Creek. Erected to memorialize Pflugerville's fallen sons from all the wars, the memorial was originally dedicated on November 11, 2005. Beginning in WWI through the conflict in Iraq, Pflugerville's memorial remembers twelve fallen warriors: Corporal William Wieland, Staff Sergeant Jose Riojas, Lieutenant Kermit Fuchs, Corporal Alfred Kerlin, PFC Roman Correa, Corporal Elias Lopez, Machinist's Mate Third Class Edmund Vorwerk, Lance Corporal Gaylon Douglas Smith, Sergeant Byron W. Norwood, Cpl Yari Mokri, Captain Sean Lyerly and PFC Ron Joshua, Jr.

The Fallen Warrior Memorial was designed by Britta Herzog and sculptor Cindy Burleson.

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