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Austin Tourism: 4th Street Warehouse District
Austin Children's Museum
Austin Children's Museum: Austin Kiddie Limits
Austin Children's Museum: Funstruction Zone
Austin Children's Museum: Role Playing Exhibits
Austin Children's Museum: Tinkerer's Workshop
Austin Tourism: Angelina Eberly Statue
Austin Nature Center: Animal Exhibits
Austin Nature Center
Austin Tourism: Austin Zoo Part 1
Austin Tourism: Austin Zoo Part 2
Austin Tourism: Bob Bullock Museum
Austin Tourism: Camp Mabry Museum
Austin Tourism: Camp Mabry Artillery Park
Austin Tourism: SoCo District
Austin Tourism: Congress Avenue
Austin Tourism: Daugherty Arts Theater
Austin Tourism: French Legation
Austin Tourism: Littlefield Building
Austin Tourism: Madison Log Cabin
Austin Tourism: Mansfield Dam Park
Austin Mexic-Arte Museum: Aaron Collection
Austin Mexic-Arte Museum: Reinventing the Nation Exhibit
Austin Mexic-Arte Museum: Return to Classicism Exhibit
Austin Mexic-Arte Museum: Representing the Self Exhibit
Austin Mexic-Arte Museum
Austin Tourism: Mount Bonnell Part 1
Austin Tourism: Mount Bonnell Part 2
Austin Texas Music Museum: Clifford Antone & Texas Blues
Austin Tourism: Texas Music Museum
Texas Music Museum in Austin: Tary Owens & Stevie Ray Vaughan
Texas Music Museum in Austin: Apaches & Caddo Tribes
Texas Music Museum in Austin: Kickapoos & Black Seminoles
Texas Music Museum in Austin: Upcoming Tejano Exhibit
Texas State Cemetery in Austin: Confederate Section
Texas State Cemetery in Austin: History
Texas State Cemetery in Austin: Monuments Part 1
Texas State Cemetery in Austin: Monuments Part 2
Texas State Cemetery in Austin: Requirements for Burial
Austin Tourism: Eeyore's Birthday
Austin Tourism: Travis County Courthouse
Summary: Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas is Austin's main street and a tourist spot for commerce, culture, parades and Presidential visits. Take a walk down historical Congress Avenue and see it's numerous museums, galleries and gifts shops in this free video on tourism.
Austin is the capital of the state of Texas, and the county seat of Travis County. Situated in Central Texas, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United...read more
"Congress Avenue located in downtown Austin, Texas, has been Austin's main street since 1839 when the city was designed and laid out by Edwin Waller. It's been the center of commerce and culture for both city and state. Congress Avenue continues to play host to parades, protests, rallies and Presidential visits. Congress Avenue runs north to south and is known as gateway to the Capitol and gateway to the city. North of the Capitol, a small section of Congress Avenue continues to MLK Boulevard and the University of Texas campus. In 1979 in recognition of its historical and architectural significance, the section of Congress Avenue from First Street which is now Caesar Chavez, to the Capitol was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Congress Avenue has numerous landmark buildings, statues. skyscrapers and architectural treasures lining both sides of the street. Also to be found on Congress are numerous museums, galleries, and gift shops. Congress Avenue continues to be home to live music venues, numerous merchants, eclectic shops and eateries."
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meotch said
on 1/20/2009 great video!!