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The Scarbrough Building, Austin’s First Tower, Is Getting a Sidewalk Cafe

September 28, 2017 By James Rambin

The Scarbrough Building at Sixth Street and Congress Avenue is downtown’s first skyscraper, completed back in 1910 when its eight floors were more than enough to earn that title. Despite being built in a era of astonishingly low car ownership per capita compared to current rates, the tower doesn’t do much for the pedestrian at street level…

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