Austin, Texas Daily Photo

The underpass for the railroad and Third Street on North Lamar has had a public artwork for quite some time. (It can be seen in the backgr...

Jackie caught one of the first redbuds downtown and the Lamar overpass. They are one of the early bloomers and have been going for a coupl...

As I said to Jackie when she submitted this picture: "The abandoned shoe meme never gets old." She captured this one near the La...

Our friend Jackie captured this sunset on December 23. That's Lady Bird Lake, the Lamar Bridge and Cesar Chavez Street. Beautiful.

We've posted many pictures of the offering of graffiti on this wall coming up to the overpass on North Lamar. Our friend Jackie caught...

The constantly changing (and overpainted) Lamar overpass. That's my shadow. I don't really approve of graffiti but this site gets ...

Saw this on the Lamar Bridge wall the other day. This section gets painted over and retagged frequently. I often like the offerings. I...

As we get older we can really sympathize with this graffiti and with the ephemeral nature of graffiti and everything man makes around us.

This spider appeared on the south side of the North Lamar underpass the other day.

T-Bone Walke r died in 1975, but this tribute inside the Cheapo Discs on Lamar may now disappear, too. We popped in on Christmas Eve, the ...

Before there was an Austin there was a tiny community at the confluence of the Little Colorado and Shoal Creek called Waterloo. Hence some h...

The castle-like building that gave Castle Hill its name is emulated in the crenelations on the shops on North Lamar. Besides the chain bage...

On the side of Cheapo Discs are interesting murals including this one of a fellow who reminds one of Louis Armstrong blowing a color trumpe...

If you are in Austin and decide to buy a CD or DVD and want to hunt down a used bargain...this is the place. Cheapo is on North Lamar (914 ...

This picture shows a good growth of cacti with some downtown construction in the near distance. The thing is: this is growing on the roof of...

Outside 12th Street Books here in Austin is a nice array of dollar books (under the word Scholarly). I've framed the display in this col...

These folks were waiting on a bus at Lamar and Twelfth Streets on Tuesday. And they were doing it with style!

When you blog for a time you become a chronicler of change. I showed you the side of Shoal Creek Saloon before but it had a different (and p...

The little park behind Central Market on Lamar, extending to Guadalupe, has a wet land with a pond promoting these aquatic plants, ducks and...

This montage shows a mural along the side of the Threadgill's World Headquarters , some of the plaster armadillos adorning the eaves and...