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The Black Senators, Austin’s black baseball team in the first part of the 20th century, played at Downs Field in East Austin. The field is now home to the Huston-Tillotson University Rams. Houston artist Reginald Adams and members of the East Austin senior center are commemorating the players by crafting murals. The post 12th & Chicon: Honoring Austin Blacks in Baseball appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

A parcel of land in the Chestnut neighborhood of East Austin was once home to the city’s annual Juneteenth celebration. Now, it’s the proposed site of a new development that neighbors say would undermine its historical significance. The post 12th & Chicon: Saving Emancipation Park appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Meet Vivian Linden and Kathy Duffy, co-owners and practitioners at Rosewood Acupuncture & Ayurveda on Chicon. The office is the manifestation of a business plan they created in school to provide affordable health care to everyone. The post 12th & Chicon: Juggling the Demands of a Business appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Executive Chef and Owner of Big Easy Bar & Grill Darold Gordon, has brought a taste of his hometown of New Orleans to the neighborhood. He opened his restaurant in 2013, about eight years after Hurricane Katrina forced him to move to Central Texas. His restaurant is where the old Club 40 used to be […] The post 12th & Chicon: What a New Business Owner Sees appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Barry J.W. Franklin of King Tears Mortuary has been in the funeral business since he was in high school. King Tears Mortuary, located at 12th and San Bernard streets in East Austin. The post 12th & Chicon: ‘Shepherd’ of East Austin Funerals appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Charlie’s Playhouse was a blues club entertaining the predominantly black neighborhood in east Austin when it opened in the late 1950s. Within a decade the audience integration was pushing the regulars out, and in 1971 Charlie’s closed. The community is working so history doesn’t repeat itself, on the same block. The post 12th & Chicon: Charlie’s Playhouse appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

A drug market intervention by the Austin Police Department in 2012 changed the activities previously common to 12th & Chicon. Despite the positives from this effort, there have been downsides too. Several of the long-standing businesses in the area are learning to adapt to the new 12th & Chicon. The post 12th & Chicon: Businesses Adapting appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

The KUT newsroom wants to share stories from the people that live near 12th and Chicon and know it best. In doing this, we do feel we have to acknowledge that our news staff does not reflect the diversity of the community we’ll be covering. We have several objectives in this project, and one of […] The post 12th & Chicon: KUT’s Coverage Approach appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Changes in the population of Austin, and the people now living here, are creating opportunities, but they’re also causing tension between the newcomers and the old-timers. The impact in East Austin can be seen through new construction as well as felt by residents. The post 12th & Chicon: Rising Land Values appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In the summer of 1971, after years of trying to get families to integrate within different schools across Austin, the school district was forced to close Anderson High School. Students were rezoned to other high schools across the city, but it’s a move that still resonates within the community decades later. The post 12th & Chicon: The Absence of Anderson High appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

A handful of new bars and nightclubs have cropped up recently near 12th and Chicon streets. To some it’s a resurgence from decades ago, except the clientele has become much more mixed. The post 12th & Chicon: By the Light of the Moon appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

The community surrounding the Mission Possible Church may be changing, but its role to serve people, all of them, remains steadfast and strong. Much like many of the area’s businesses and support centers. The post 12th & Chicon: Keep the Faith appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Neighbors and business owners on 12th & Chicon’s Southeast Corner in East Austin know it’s just a matter of time before change will come and impact them. A few of these residents shared their insight and history with us. The post 12th & Chicon: Braces for Change appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Many of longtime neighbors have opted to sell their property and move away from East Austin, but Brian Mays, one of the owners of Sam’s BBQ, is staying put. Mays talks about how the community around him has changed over the past few years. The post 12th & Chicon: Staying Put appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.