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Seems to be the space on the southeast corner of 8th & Congress, next door to the Stateside Theater. Pieced this together via: 1) "[...] named the Avenue Hote
by cf512 7y ago
Seems to be the space on the southeast corner of 8th & Congress, next door to the Stateside Theater.
Pieced this together via:
1) "[...] named the Avenue Hotel but locally known as the Stringer’s Hotel" (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swante_M._Swenson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swante_M._Swenson)
and
2) "The Jan. 18 announcement indicates that The Avenue’s name is an homage to the original structure built on the site in 1880, the Avenue Hotel." (https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2019/01/18/31-story-boutique-hotel-would-be-something-new-for.html https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2019/01/18/31-story-...)
- KSS42 7y agoI came to the same conclusion by looking at the maps in the article and looking for the Avenue Hotel. You can it is at the corner of Congress and Hickory St. Hickory St (now 8th St) is 3 blocks south of the Capitol. I guess at some point the tree named streets were converted to numbered streets.
- KSS42 7y agoRe: tree named streets were converted to numbered streets https://www.statesman.com/news/20171101/austin-answered-why-did-tree-named-streets-switch-to-numbered-names https://www.statesman.com/news/20171101/austin-answered-why-...