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Fire Station Festival 2002
The 28th Annual Hyde Park
Fire Station Festival was held Sunday, October 13, at Station Number 9
located at 43rd and Speedway, following a children's parade from
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| November, 2002 National Register District Neighborhood Vol. 28, No. 11 |
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"Were the Cold War still frosty, one could easily mistake
the neighborhood called Hyde Park as some huge KGB training facility,
where cultural agents are taught how to be perfect Americans. Lawns
are perfectly coiffed and lightly peppered with Timmy's (aka Anatoly's)
toys. Fresh-scrubbed cars are tasteful and discreetly middle class.
The neighbors are friendly and mobile in an upwardly fashion. American?
Heck, this dynamic, well-planned historic neighborhood is about as
red, white, and blue as you can get. Da!" Now, if you're anything like us, you might be wondering what da "Da" is all about; how the KGB fits into the picture; and whether the lawns are all that "coiffed," or the cars all that "scrubbed" -- but what the hey, the title is ours, and they spelled our name right! What's more, our 'hood took honors in a number of other categories, including... Best BLT: Avenue B Grocery "Walking over to the Avenue B Grocery, nestled in among houses in historic Hyde Park, is an adventure in itself. And going inside the grocery, which has been in operation for over 92 years, is a history lesson. But wandering past the bottles of Coke and bars of ice cream to |
the deli counter and asking Ross Mason to make you up a
BLT may be the smartest thing we do all week....We take a seat at one
of the picnic tables, open the waxy paper, and dig in. There's no
skimping at the Avenue B; three slices of bread are toasted and piled
high, tomatoes are sliced thin, and there's plenty of bacon to keep
you going on the walk home." Most Beautiful Wall: The Wall Behind 4200 Avenue F "Q: What do you get when you cement together stones, marbles, sea glass, champagne bottles, a sculpture of the Virgin Mary, colorful plastic figurines, a cognac bottle, plastic toys, a snow globe, shells, and chunks of coral? The most beautiful wall in Austin. Surrounding a garden we just wish we could call our own, the wall behind 4200 Avenue F is breathtaking. It tells a hundred stories, and most of them seem to involve champagne. Cheers!" Most Friendly Postman: Luis at North Austin Post Office |
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