Best of Intentions

ID: 594 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: Austin Avenue Pedestrian Mall
Best of Intentions

Architects placed fountains, planters, modern lighting, and cement blocks for seating and decoration along the mall in order to add to its aesthetic appeal. Some of these plans backfired when vagrants began to use the fountains to bathe and youth vandalized the area.

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…