Airport Boulevard
I love Airport Boulevard in Austin. The map doesn't do it justice, but it cuts jaggedly across the near-perfect grid of streets that make up north central Austin. Forget Sixth Street, this is Austin's own Broadway. I'm a huge fan of cities that are laid out cleanly on a grid, but I also love the random streets that cut through that. Heading up Airport from campus always felt like a secret route, even though it's a relatively major, four-lane thoroughfare. Other than perhaps the shittiest mall left in Austin, Airport doesn't really take you anywhere. It doesn't even take you to the airport because they closed the airport it's named for and turned it into an overpriced housing development. It does, however, have a nice little stretch as you turn left from 45th with an art space, I Luv Video, and Burger Tex. For those who haven't tried the latter two, you must. I Luv is two stories of nearly any video you could want and the bulgogi at Burger Tex is so good that I confess to never actually having had a burger at Burger Tex. We'll be back in Austin in a couple of weeks and I'll probably look for an excuse to drive up Airport, even if just to drive it. Cutting across the conformity that I find so comforting in the rest of my life. A weak, paved rebellion and that's enough for me.
2 comments:
It's amazing how much of my life is contained in such a small patch of land. In other news, if you didn't hear it already, check out the pod cast of Charlie Savage on Fresh Air from Wednesday.
Max
I LOVED that patch of Aiport Blvd! I lived at 45th and Airport and had no idea how great it was until I left. I Luv Video rocks!
I can even agree about the rest of Airport Blvd. I don't know why but I always loved taking the long way on Airport Blvd to the airport.
Teeny
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