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Postwar houses on a regular grid.","extra":"Brentwood Park and the neighborhood pool are the center of it, and it shares a school and an identity with Crestview next door.","storyUrl":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood,_Austin,_Texas","shape":[[[-97.71962,30.33668],[-97.72234,30.33808],[-97.72376,30.33928],[-97.73234,30.34342],[-97.73753,30.3454],[-97.73837,30.34381],[-97.74007,30.33248],[-97.73913,30.31965],[-97.74158,30.31541],[-97.73758,30.31347],[-97.73593,30.31549],[-97.7322,30.31678],[-97.72384,30.32992],[-97.72491,30.33043],[-97.72541,30.32964],[-97.72568,30.32977],[-97.72529,30.3304],[-97.72691,30.33119],[-97.72665,30.33162],[-97.72635,30.33209],[-97.72355,30.33038],[-97.71962,30.33668]],[[-97.72355,30.33038],[-97.72635,30.33209],[-97.72691,30.33119],[-97.72529,30.3304],[-97.72568,30.32977],[-97.72541,30.32964],[-97.72491,30.33043],[-97.72384,30.32992],[-97.72355,30.33038]]]},{"id":"chestnut","name":"Chestnut","lat":30.278212,"lon":-97.715226,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":2,"story":"East Austin between Manor Road and MLK, around Chestnut Avenue. A historically Black neighborhood built out in the early 20th century.","extra":"Like much of East Austin, it was shaped by the 1928 city plan that pushed Black residents east of East Avenue, now I-35.","storyUrl":null,"shape":[[[-97.71992,30.27379],[-97.71101,30.27518],[-97.7085,30.28183],[-97.72124,30.27981],[-97.71992,30.27379]]]},{"id":"clarksville","name":"Clarksville","lat":30.27768,"lon":-97.75981,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":2,"story":"A neighborhood west of downtown, founded in 1871 by freedman Charles Clark.","extra":"It is one of the oldest surviving freedmen's towns west of the Mississippi. 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A postwar subdivision built for returning GIs in the late 1940s and 50s.","extra":"The Crestview Minimax sign on Woodrow is a neighborhood landmark, kept when the grocery underneath it closed.","storyUrl":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crestview,_Austin,_Texas","shape":[[[-97.71762,30.33984],[-97.71271,30.34759],[-97.73087,30.35622],[-97.73753,30.3454],[-97.73234,30.34342],[-97.72376,30.33928],[-97.72234,30.33808],[-97.71962,30.33668],[-97.71762,30.33984]]]},{"id":"dawson","name":"Dawson","lat":30.232859,"lon":-97.761344,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":2,"story":"South Austin bounded by Oltorf, Ben White, South First and Congress. Small postwar houses.","extra":"Named for the Dawson Massacre of 1842, by way of the elementary school.","storyUrl":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson,_Austin,_Texas","shape":[[[-97.75353,30.23876],[-97.75963,30.24212],[-97.76951,30.22638],[-97.76401,30.22278],[-97.75713,30.23452],[-97.75353,30.23876]]]},{"id":"galindo","name":"Galindo","lat":30.237704,"lon":-97.767665,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":2,"story":"South Austin in 78704, west of South First around Mary Street and Oltorf.","extra":"Named for the Galindo family, whose farm the subdivision was cut from in the 1930s.","storyUrl":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galindo,_Austin,_Texas","shape":[[[-97.75963,30.24212],[-97.76782,30.24512],[-97.769,30.24602],[-97.77108,30.24303],[-97.77648,30.22763],[-97.77209,30.22749],[-97.76951,30.22638],[-97.75963,30.24212]]]},{"id":"garrison-park","name":"Garrison Park","lat":30.213877,"lon":-97.812882,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":3,"story":"Southwest Austin in 78745 around Garrison Park and William Cannon.","extra":"The neighbourhood and the district park share a name but not a boundary; the park is formally James A. 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Named from the Swedish 'go valla', meaning good pasture.","extra":"Swedish immigrant Svante Palm named his farm here in the 1850s. Govalle Park and the elementary school keep the name.","storyUrl":null,"shape":[[[-97.71343,30.25106],[-97.70366,30.25056],[-97.69983,30.2489],[-97.69978,30.24762],[-97.69883,30.24676],[-97.69728,30.24694],[-97.69815,30.24781],[-97.6982,30.24908],[-97.69771,30.24907],[-97.69659,30.24841],[-97.69653,30.24756],[-97.69499,30.24739],[-97.6952,30.24569],[-97.69095,30.24631],[-97.69096,30.24735],[-97.69215,30.25092],[-97.69316,30.25762],[-97.69791,30.27356],[-97.70487,30.27245],[-97.70905,30.26539],[-97.71335,30.26341],[-97.7152,30.26117],[-97.7095,30.26013],[-97.71343,30.25106]]]},{"id":"hancock","name":"Hancock","lat":30.295809,"lon":-97.724639,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":1,"story":"North central, ZIP 78751 and 78705, just northeast of the UT campus around 41st and Duval.","extra":"Home to Hancock Golf Course, the oldest course in Texas, opened in 1899 and still only nine holes.","storyUrl":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock,_Austin,_Texas","shape":[[[-97.73454,30.29113],[-97.7347,30.28932],[-97.73028,30.28921],[-97.72491,30.28643],[-97.71538,30.30165],[-97.71598,30.3036],[-97.71778,30.30395],[-97.72449,30.3071],[-97.73454,30.29113]]]},{"id":"heritage-hills","name":"Heritage Hills","lat":30.346329,"lon":-97.685145,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":3,"story":"Northeast Austin near Cameron Road and US 290, next to Windsor Hills.","extra":"Built out in the 1960s alongside Windsor Hills next door, the two are often confused even by people who live in them.","storyUrl":null,"shape":[[[-97.67601,30.35086],[-97.68802,30.35823],[-97.70014,30.33918],[-97.68631,30.33258],[-97.68071,30.34132],[-97.67774,30.34457],[-97.67601,30.35086]]]},{"id":"highland","name":"Highland","lat":30.32741,"lon":-97.712894,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":2,"story":"Northeast of central Austin around Airport Boulevard and I-35, near the old Highland Mall.","extra":"Highland Mall was Austin's first enclosed mall, opened in 1971. It closed in 2015 and is now Austin Community College's Highland campus.","storyUrl":null,"shape":[[[-97.70801,30.33419],[-97.71405,30.33712],[-97.71668,30.33776],[-97.7165,30.33805],[-97.71807,30.33913],[-97.71917,30.33739],[-97.71611,30.3307],[-97.71798,30.32784],[-97.72351,30.33044],[-97.72626,30.32586],[-97.72489,30.32416],[-97.72384,30.32351],[-97.71957,30.32243],[-97.71538,30.32043],[-97.71151,30.32089],[-97.70621,30.33001],[-97.70795,30.33103],[-97.70939,30.33108],[-97.70948,30.33166],[-97.70801,30.33419]],[[-97.7038,30.34255],[-97.70613,30.34429],[-97.71271,30.34759],[-97.71605,30.34233],[-97.7155,30.34208],[-97.7156,30.34141],[-97.70717,30.33735],[-97.7038,30.34255]],[[-97.72351,30.33044],[-97.71798,30.32784],[-97.71611,30.3307],[-97.71917,30.33739],[-97.72351,30.33044]],[[-97.70782,30.33503],[-97.70786,30.33621],[-97.70717,30.33735],[-97.7156,30.34141],[-97.7155,30.34208],[-97.71605,30.34233],[-97.71762,30.33984],[-97.70782,30.33503]],[[-97.70801,30.33419],[-97.70782,30.33503],[-97.71159,30.33699],[-97.71762,30.33984],[-97.71807,30.33913],[-97.7165,30.33805],[-97.71668,30.33776],[-97.71405,30.33712],[-97.70801,30.33419]]]},{"id":"holly","name":"Holly","lat":30.251963,"lon":-97.719921,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":2,"story":"East of I-35 along the south bank of the river, around Holly Street. A largely Mexican American neighborhood since the mid 20th century.","extra":"The Holly Street Power Plant sat here from 1960 until 2007. Neighbors fought for decades to close it; the land is now parkland.","storyUrl":null,"shape":[[[-97.72233,30.26212],[-97.7271,30.25168],[-97.7277,30.2507],[-97.72911,30.24987],[-97.72891,30.24868],[-97.72501,30.2469],[-97.72273,30.24723],[-97.72118,30.24812],[-97.72071,30.24898],[-97.71947,30.24895],[-97.71833,30.25088],[-97.71775,30.25121],[-97.71343,30.25106],[-97.7095,30.26013],[-97.72212,30.26258],[-97.72233,30.26212]]]},{"id":"hyde-park","name":"Hyde Park","lat":30.309774,"lon":-97.72595,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":1,"story":"Austin's first planned suburb, laid out in 1891 by Monroe Shipe between 38th and 45th, Duval and Guadalupe. Shipe ran his own streetcar line down Speedway to sell the lots.","extra":"The Elisabet Ney Museum sits inside it, and Shipe's original marketing promised the neighborhood would be 'exclusively for white residents' - a deed restriction Austin spent the next century unwinding.","storyUrl":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park,_Austin,_Texas","shape":[[[-97.71963,30.30486],[-97.71602,30.31045],[-97.71535,30.31207],[-97.72339,30.31594],[-97.72638,30.3114],[-97.73112,30.31368],[-97.73815,30.30275],[-97.72979,30.29871],[-97.72449,30.3071],[-97.71963,30.30486]]]},{"id":"johnston-terrace","name":"Johnston Terrace","lat":30.255471,"lon":-97.686789,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":3,"story":"East Austin near the old Johnston High School, between Govalle and the river.","extra":"The school opened in 1960 and was closed by the state in 2008 for low performance, reopening as Eastside Memorial.","storyUrl":null,"shape":[[[-97.67255,30.26369],[-97.68006,30.26552],[-97.68324,30.26559],[-97.69459,30.26254],[-97.69316,30.25762],[-97.69215,30.25092],[-97.69105,30.24762],[-97.68966,30.24973],[-97.68487,30.25062],[-97.68037,30.25246],[-97.67767,30.25575],[-97.67255,30.26369]]]},{"id":"montopolis","name":"Montopolis","lat":30.228665,"lon":-97.698213,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":2,"story":"Southeast Austin south of the river in 78741, bounded by Lady Bird Lake, Grove Street and US 183. One of the oldest settled areas in Travis County.","extra":"There were two Montopolises: the first, north of the river during the Republic of Texas, and today's neighborhood south of it.","storyUrl":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montopolis,_Austin,_Texas","shape":[[[-97.71239,30.21204],[-97.7083,30.21242],[-97.68955,30.21869],[-97.68646,30.22048],[-97.6866,30.22081],[-97.68344,30.22452],[-97.68316,30.22553],[-97.68355,30.23],[-97.68433,30.23313],[-97.69026,30.24259],[-97.69051,30.24403],[-97.69164,30.24426],[-97.69428,30.24328],[-97.69497,30.24264],[-97.69582,30.24258],[-97.69534,30.242],[-97.69602,30.24158],[-97.69956,30.24094],[-97.7003,30.24019],[-97.70091,30.23809],[-97.70287,30.2372],[-97.70404,30.23579],[-97.70623,30.23203],[-97.70619,30.22967],[-97.70869,30.22501],[-97.70692,30.21981],[-97.70966,30.21532],[-97.71043,30.21508],[-97.71239,30.21204]]]},{"id":"mueller","name":"Mueller","lat":30.296322,"lon":-97.697844,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":1,"story":"A 700-acre planned neighborhood on the site of Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, which was Austin's airport until it closed in 1999. Redevelopment began in 2007.","extra":"The old air traffic control tower still stands and is a protected landmark. 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Austin's designated second downtown.","extra":"The Domain and Q2 Stadium both sit inside it, and the city's plan calls for it to hold far more housing than it does today.","storyUrl":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Burnet,_Austin,_Texas","shape":[[[-97.71038,30.38874],[-97.70216,30.40181],[-97.69849,30.40428],[-97.69768,30.40554],[-97.69869,30.40525],[-97.69998,30.40578],[-97.70118,30.40518],[-97.70127,30.40549],[-97.70218,30.4053],[-97.70208,30.406],[-97.70392,30.40633],[-97.70449,30.40711],[-97.70662,30.40533],[-97.70776,30.40511],[-97.70893,30.40603],[-97.70877,30.40913],[-97.70919,30.40999],[-97.71,30.40994],[-97.71011,30.40932],[-97.71138,30.40954],[-97.71653,30.40811],[-97.71997,30.40762],[-97.72679,30.40399],[-97.73064,30.39924],[-97.73268,30.39542],[-97.73771,30.3794],[-97.7328,30.37642],[-97.72167,30.37097],[-97.72118,30.3719],[-97.72178,30.37387],[-97.72139,30.37475],[-97.71887,30.37529],[-97.7173,30.37667],[-97.71646,30.37976],[-97.71467,30.38181],[-97.71038,30.38874]]]},{"id":"north-lamar","name":"North Lamar","lat":30.369894,"lon":-97.688754,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":3,"story":"North Austin along North Lamar Boulevard above US 183.","extra":"The stretch through it has one of the densest concentrations of Vietnamese and Korean businesses in the city.","storyUrl":null,"shape":[[[-97.67567,30.37701],[-97.67943,30.37822],[-97.68642,30.38184],[-97.69695,30.36316],[-97.69339,30.3609],[-97.68802,30.35823],[-97.67567,30.37701]]]},{"id":"north-loop","name":"North Loop","lat":30.316093,"lon":-97.717416,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":2,"story":"North central along North Loop Boulevard between Lamar and Duval. A small strip of vintage shops, record stores and bungalows.","extra":"The street was literally the northern loop of the city limits when it was named.","storyUrl":null,"shape":[[[-97.71963,30.30486],[-97.71677,30.30358],[-97.71598,30.3036],[-97.71538,30.30165],[-97.70851,30.31272],[-97.70657,30.32225],[-97.71395,30.32038],[-97.71538,30.32043],[-97.71957,30.32243],[-97.72384,30.32351],[-97.72489,30.32416],[-97.72626,30.32586],[-97.73091,30.3188],[-97.72539,30.31632],[-97.72337,30.31593],[-97.71535,30.31207],[-97.71602,30.31045],[-97.71963,30.30486]]]},{"id":"north-university","name":"North University","lat":30.295944,"lon":-97.735863,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":1,"story":"Directly north of the UT campus, between Guadalupe and Duval, roughly 26th to 38th. 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Austin's wealthiest early streetcar suburb, developed in the 1910s and 20s.","extra":"It takes its name from the Enfield plantation that once covered the land, and Pease Park runs along its eastern edge.","storyUrl":null,"shape":[[[-97.75195,30.28369],[-97.7529,30.28466],[-97.75318,30.28558],[-97.75284,30.28855],[-97.7557,30.28909],[-97.75726,30.29083],[-97.75985,30.29209],[-97.76374,30.28589],[-97.76033,30.28352],[-97.75654,30.28243],[-97.75375,30.28034],[-97.75078,30.27996],[-97.75079,30.28158],[-97.75227,30.28365],[-97.75195,30.28369]]]},{"id":"old-west-austin","name":"Old West Austin","lat":30.275499,"lon":-97.759724,"category":"neighborhood","difficulty":1,"story":"West of Lamar and north of the river, taking in Clarksville and part of Enfield. 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