Construction (1970)

ID: 592 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: Austin Avenue Pedestrian Mall
Construction (1970)

A worker attends to the support frame of one of the pedestrian mall's many planters or fountains. After the Waco City Council approved the Brazos Urban Renewal Area plan to convert Austin Avenue into a pedestrian mall and build a convention center in the old city square, a federal grant was approved for the project in 1968. The mall cost approximately $850,000 to build.

This file appears in: Austin Avenue Pedestrian Mall

By Kurt Terry
Completed in 1970, the Austin Avenue Pedestrian Mall opened to high expectations. The City of Waco created the pedestrian mall in an effort to bring consumers back to the downtown district, closing down the street to automobiles and only allowing…