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Inside the Holly Power Plant

May 28, 2010

The ill-fated Holly Street Power Plant is closed to the public before its demolition but KUT brings you inside this aging industrial facility. [MP3] The Holly Street Power Plant provided electricity for Austin over four decades. But it was built in the middle of an East Austin residential neighborhood. And after a long, drawn out [...]

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Holly Power Plant Demolition Moves Forward

April 30, 2010

Update: KUT’s Nathan Bernier and 78702′s Michael Olson talk about the deconstruction of the Holly Plant [MP3] An Austin company has won the contract to demolish the Holly Power Plant. “Austin-based Weston Solutions Inc. came in with the lowest bid, according to the city, and was approved for $4.3 million this fiscal year, with a [...]

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The Holly Power Plant

April 16, 2010

“When the Holly power plant was built in the 1960s, no one in the city government cared that it was being located in a residential neighborhood in the heart of Mexican-American East Austin. In 2001, an accident at the plant reminded the city that the danger is still real, and raised the buried questions of [...]

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Defining Legacies: For Love of Austin

"I get the most satisfaction when I help people. I'm glad I can do this." —Roy Velasquez

"I have a feeling that everybody is important, every individual is special." —Ada Simond

"[Jacob] Fontaine must be considered one of the founding fathers of Travis County's Black community." —J.J. Pickle
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- paperrtiger: I went to the Cabaret Voltaire tonight, you know... December 17, 2010
  paperrtiger: I went to the Cabaret Voltaire tonight, you know for the novelty of it. I got a little lost but then wandered around the cobbled streets of Zurich. It was much more touristy around the Rathaus (I think the seat of the gov’t). There were steeples and the river and twinkling lights. Very picturesque. The Cabaret had no Dada antics and, instead, ju […]
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- Protesters Attempt to 'Occupy' Chase Bank
  Members of Occupy Austin staged a protest at a local Chase Bank branch this afternoon, resulting in protesters’ ejection from the building. Occupy Austin had pushed for the City of Austin to move their funds from Bank of America. In February, the Austin City Council passed a resolution looking at that possibility. But instead of shifting those funds to small […]
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