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So Long, SoCo Trailers by Jann Alexander © 2013 Sign of the Thaimes? Neon green picnic tables and a fallen Coat & Thai sign are all...

Mail thinks this is junk. Mail is right. Welcome to 2012. The day that experts’ columns appear  with abandon, advising us on New Year...

We are continually amazed (yet entertained) by Dumb Things Artists Do To Try to Get Into Galleries . Dumb, because they’ve given no...

Mean Cat Meets Condo by Jann Alexander © 2010 The question that emerged from the  Vanishing Austin interview on KOOP 91.7 FM today was,...

Frisco Gold by Jann Alexander © 2013 KOOP Radio Host David Kobierowski has generously scheduled an hour this Wednesday, February 10...

We’re still reeling from the news that the Cactus Cafe is closing , and now this: Preservation Texas announces that Austin’s entire...

Looming by Jann Alexander © 2010 The Austin-American Statesman’s Michael Barnes is out and about Austin alot (as implied by his...

On avclub.com , Scott Von Doviak writes about 12 beloved Austin haunts that didn’t survive the decade . Some of them appear in my...

Frisco Gold by Jann Alexander © 2013 Featured in the Art issue of Rare this month, my work (including my  Vanishing Austin photo series...

Walk to Wiggys by Jann Alexander © 2103 I have long been fascinated by juxtapositions, and this one always grabs me as I approach...

Overtaken by Jann Alexander ©2006 More than a year before a corporate giant’s expansion plans doomed Las Manitas , I enjoyed my first...

Movin’ On—Carefully by Jann Alexander ©2008 How do you move a neon sign? Especially one that’s achieved icon status in Austin? As it...

Trading Places by Jann Alexander © 2011 Soon a bland corporate hotel chain revered the world over for its predictability will stand in...