Rainey Street Historic District

then think of the word i got you and uh let's see so that's one one piece of the puzzle um we're seeing the owner of bill's oyster he's expanding a couple of concepts so So Bill's Oyster, weirdly enough, they're kind of famous for their smash burgers in downtown Austin.

They're expanding and he's doing another seafood concept on Rainy Street.

And then I also found a filing that shows that he will be taking over the space of Upstairs Circus.

And I don't really have more detail on what that's going to be, but the filing shows that they're going to knock down a wall between Van Horn's and Upstairs Circus.

I mean, the Texas of six months ago no longer exists.

I would go to the mothership, or I would go somewhere on Rainey Street, and they would sell joints and stuff out of these little taco trucks, but all with joints and different kinds of weed and vape pens.

And they got rid of all of it, and they made it 10 years in prison if you have one.

That's so fucked up.

Um, but I got to him first b- when I immediately saw a story, and he got thrown off a bridge, and the police were looking for, uh, him on the wrong night f- on the cameras.

And, uh, he was a, he was a Rainy Street victim.

He went, he was taken down to Rainy Street, and he'd had been at a party before, and there was another guy in that, um, I forget the creek, but where our friend, uh, our friend's brother was f- found dead as well, same creek, um, where he, both looked like they were tossed out of a car into a creek.

Right.

Right.

And, you know, I mean, when you look at those numbers, I really honestly don't know how they compare to other cities or other lakes.

I mean, you can obviously chalk some of this up to its proximity to downtown and Rainy Street.

But when you hear, you know, 40, almost 40 guys pulled out of the lake or from the shores just in the past six years, to me, at least, that sounds like a shockingly high number.

I don't think so,

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the Rainy Street.

No, the Red River guy or whatever?

He's, yeah, it's like bodies keep turning up.

It's also about showcasing the vibrant creative talent within our community and how it enriches the cultural landscape of places like Santa Cruz.

In Austin, KXAN is sharing a piece about Hispanic heritage in an Advocate remembering Austin's Rainy Street how it was.

This is a lovely look back at the history of a specific place and how the Latino community has shaped it over time.

It's these personal recollections and historical accounts that help us understand the layers of our community's presence and influence in different cities across the United States.

Let's talk about Austin, specifically Lady Bird Lake.

Starting around 2022, multiple bodies began turning up in the lake near Rainy Street, an area full of bars, tourists, bachelor parties, and over-practiced cocktails and mason jars.

Victims were, again, young men, out drinking, found in the water, no signs of trauma, death ruled accidental, over and over and over again.

Austin locals dubbed the suspected killer the Rainy Street Ripper.

It sounds like a horror story because it kind of is.

Authorities say there's nothing to see here.

I'm like, "I'm good with that," so.

But ever since they got rid of Rainey Street, all those bars that were like, they looked like residential homes that were bars, but I, I heard that recently shut down.

And, uh, that- that's gotta knock it down a peg because when Alabama played Texas the year of the Bryce Young game when they made that comeback, that might've been the hottest day I've ever been alive for.

I'm 31 years old, and I still think about that day as the hottest I've ever been.

And after the game we were able to go out to some of those bars and see some friends on, uh, Rainey Street.

And, uh, just a great vibe-

Yeah