South Austin

South Austin can refer to any part of Austin, Texas south of Lady Bird Lake and the downtown area, although many people use it to specifically refer to the south-central area directly south of downtown in the 78704 zip code.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Green Pastures and Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

Green Pastures

Restaurant

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Green Pastures is a historic Victorian home housing a restaurant of the same name in south Austin, Texas neighborhood of Bouldin Creek. Completed in 1895 by local minister E.W.

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

Movie theater

Photo: Todd Dwyer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar is a movie theater.

Main Building

University building

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Main Building is the central administration building of St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, and formerly also of St. Edward's High School. First completed in 1888 and rebuilt after a fire in 1903, Main Building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973, along with adjacent Holy Cross Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Congress and Zilker.

South Congress

Neighborhood

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South Congress is a neighborhood located on South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas known as a shopping and cultural district with many eclectic small retailers, restaurants, music and art venues and, more recently, food trucks.

Zilker

Neighborhood

Zilker is a neighborhood in south central Austin, Texas. It extends south of Lady Bird Lake, approximately bounded by the Union Pacific Railway to the southeast/south, Barton Skyway to the south, Rabb Road and Azie Morton Road to the west and Lady Bird Lake to the north.

Travis Heights

Neighborhood

Travis Heights is a historic neighborhood in south Austin, Texas, United States, bounded by Lady Bird Lake on the north, Interstate 35 on the east, Congress Avenue on the west and Oltorf Street on the south.

South Austin

Type: neighborhood
Also known as: “Austin/South”
Location: Austin, Travis, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

30.242° or 30° 14′ 31″ north

Longitude

-97.763° or 97° 45′ 47″ west

Open location code

862466RP+RQ

Wikidata ID

Q14204290

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“South Austin” goes by many names.

Italian: “Austin sud”

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