Althouse: "Look for the spear."

January 7, 2010

"Look for the spear."

Old signage, on Congress Avenue in Austin.

10 comments:

Rialby said...: Did you and Meade try the Elephant Room or the Continental Club for some live music while you were in town? Sullivan's usually has a decent jazz combo playing in the bar. If you go there, get a knockout martini.; 1/7/10, 11:42 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: You won't find it:

I got it.; 1/7/10, 12:59 PM
traditionalguy said...: Frankly that is rascist!; 1/7/10, 1:27 PM
Penny said...: Not if you parry, tg.; 1/7/10, 1:47 PM
chickelit said...: find despair; 1/7/10, 1:57 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: I said I got it.; 1/7/10, 2:52 PM
a psychiatrist who learned from veterans said...: Revealed commercial art from adjacent tear downs is a little treasure. I'm first stuck by the cowboy with the classic hat but then wonder if that is a top hat behind him as an alternative. The hint of gum in his cheek and the 'relieves fatigue' reminds me of a black alabaster head sculpture in a museum in La Paz that in the cheek had a pouched out little mass representing cocoa leaves known to 'relieve fatigue' in the cold or high altitude climate of the Incas (Bolivia).; 1/7/10, 4:05 PM
vbspurs said...: When I look at these rundown surroundings, I can't help but pine for their uniqueness and how that increasingly doesn't exist in the strip-malled America of today.

It's weird, because I am all for gentrification. Face it, who wants to live in a dump, staring at half-broke down buildings.

But yes, they do have loads of character, something the pretty, new, and utterly boring places of today just don't.; 1/7/10, 6:08 PM
Yehudit said...: vbspurs if it's on Congress near downtown it is allowed to be "rundown" by design, i.e. this is historically preserved. Someone would love to build a condo on that land and cant.; 1/7/10, 8:29 PM
luagha said...: Spear of Destiny, obviously.; 1/8/10, 6:33 PM