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Walk Start at Patio of the Nifty-Fifty Diner. |
| Spotted this mural as we walked along Guadalupe Street. |  |
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Blue Bonnet Tourist Court (now apartments) built in 1928, is on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Gazebo near the Hospital Grounds entrance. |  |
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Building #519 formerly the Colored Women’s Dorm, now used for storage. |
| Bldg #540 with decorative brick design is not is use at this time. |  |
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Carol and the All Faiths Chapel which is now a Performing Arts Center. |
| The 1857 Austin State Hospital Administration Building is the third oldest still standing state building in Texas. |  |
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Basement entrance behind the stairs. |
| Pretty benches on the front porch. |  |
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A peek inside shows it still has steam heat radiators. |
| Beautiful columned front of building. |  |
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1909 Fountain |
| Central Park info board. |  |
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View of the ponds. |
| Another view of the ponds. |  |
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Our trail went under some trees and it was already cloudy so it was kinda spooky under there. |
| Back out in the sunlight and another view of the ponds. |  |
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Ed and the blooming cactus in front of the hospital. |
| Whoops, it is slippery up in the big chair. |  |
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Ed cautiously perched on the edge. |
| A 10K walker and our checkpoint volunteer. |  |
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“Summer at its Best” mural on the back of the mattress store. |
| Relief Art decorates the wall along the trail. |  |
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More of the wall art. |
| Parking garage beautified by ivy. |  |
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“2008 Tree of the Year” is a Live Oak. |
| Turtle sunning on a rock in the pond. |  |
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Pat, Rose and Darlene headed out, while we are on the way in. |
