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By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on May 17, 2011 • ( 5 Comments )

What Does It Take To Vanish?

It takes a certain knack to make the Vanishing Austin list and actually do the unthinkable—Vanish. That’s what Little City did on May 13, 2011, after 18 years on Congress […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on September 1, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

Since 1931, But Not Past 2010

Since 1931, Jaime’s Spanish Village served up plain Mexican and a healthy dose of local community spirit. Until it closed its doors in 2010.

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on February 10, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

What kind of city will Austin be?

The question that emerged from the Vanishing Austin interview on KOOP 91.7 FM today was, what kind of city will Austin be? Will we become another Dallas (as some fear); will […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on February 8, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

Talking about our neighborhood

KOOP Radio Host David Kobierowski has generously scheduled an hour this Wednesday, February 10 from noon-1 pm on 91.7 FM KOOP Radio’s “A Neighborly Conversation” for an interview with me […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on February 5, 2010 • ( 2 Comments )

On the heels of the closing of the Cactus Cafe

We’re still reeling from the news that the Cactus Cafe is closing, and now this: Preservation Texas announces that Austin’s entire downtown is endangered. Fans of Vanishing Austin have long […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on January 7, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

Austin’s recent newcomers come not to change it, but to join it

The Austin-American Statesman’s Michael Barnes is out and about Austin alot (as implied by his column’s name) and has been for a long while–a point he makes eloquently in a […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on December 30, 2009 • ( 3 Comments )

Haunts That Didn’t Survive the Decade Will Haunt Us Yet

On avclub.com, Scott Von Doviak writes about 12 beloved Austin haunts that didn’t survive the decade. Some of them appear in my Vanishing Austin photography series and a few (sadly) […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on December 14, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

Endangered Species of Austin unveiled on KXAN

KXAN’s Josh Hinkle focused on Capitol Saddlery’s oversize boot to showcase my new poster debut, Endangered Species of Austin, drawn from my Vanishing Austin series, in his on-air piece, and an online story that aired […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on August 12, 2009 • ( 2 Comments )

A Rare Treat: An All-Art Issue from Rare Magazine

Featured in the Art issue of Rare this month, my work (including my Vanishing Austin photo series) is in good company with many notable Austin visual and performing artists: Rare Magazine :: […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on July 1, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

The Stars Come Out at Night

I have long been fascinated by juxtapositions, and this one always grabs me as I approach downtown in the early evening on West 6th Street. Despite all of the other […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on September 4, 2008 • ( 4 Comments )

Finally, Overtaken

More than a year before a corporate giant’s expansion plans doomed Las Manitas, I enjoyed my first breakfast there amid the late Saturday morning hub-bub and was greeted as warmly […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on August 21, 2008 • ( 4 Comments )

Movin’ On—Carefully

How do you move a neon sign? Especially one that’s achieved icon status in Austin? As it turns out, very carefully. When the Night Hawk Frisco Shop moved from its […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on May 12, 2008 • ( 2 Comments )

What Would Johnny Say?

Progress overtook a humble little bar on Austin’s West 5th Street, but the bar is still intact.

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on May 8, 2008 • ( 11 Comments )

What’s Vanishing Next?

At a much-loved Austin coffee shop on West 6th Street in Clarksville, a young man behind the counter handed me my biscotti, looking on in astonishment at my Vanishing Austin […]

By Jann @ AustinDetails.me on April 30, 2008 • ( 4 Comments )

Is Your Austin Vanishing?

Soon a bland corporate hotel chain revered the world over for its predictability will stand in place of this textural, colorfully cheeky block of individuality, replacing the contrasts of angles […]

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Aim, frame, click. Read, write, repeat. Always looking at the details. Pondering where art meets tech. Find Photography, Writing, Art, Design and Words here about pairing art with what goes with it (everything).

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