1993 - My Brother moved to Austin Texas from New York to start his career with Motorola fresh out of college. Here are some random video shots around Austin in 1993
It was referred to as The Silicon Hills when I moved here in Feb 95. It was the reason we moved here....the tech companies. AMD specifically. I really do miss 90s Austin, and I only got half of it.
I was just having the exact same thought. I moved to Austin on New Year's Day, 1993, at the age of 26... lived there two years and change. It was a pocket of time in Austin that was post-Slacker but pre-Dell. Probably the time/place that epitomized Gen X more than anywhere besides Seattle during the same era. This is giving me pangs of nostalgia for sure!
I was born in Austin in August of 1988 and remember being able to see the Capital building fairly easily from I-35. At one point, the Congress Building was the tallest building in downtown. It’s 2021 and there’s nothing but endless high rises going up. It’s sad but exciting at the same time. But I do miss my old little town.
I was born August 6 1988 and grew up in Georgian acres, we use to play down by Walnut Creek and go to Northwood and highland Mall. Also Walmart was behind Webb middle school and Galaxy theatre
@@cboulware7684Austin is not horrible. Be glad that it didn’t turn into an empty ghost town like St. Louis and many other cities in America. Many American cities have declined so be glad that Austin has survived even if it’s not to your taste
Thanks so much for sharing these bits and pieces of early '90s Austin. Oh how I miss it!🥹 Also, the running mom-commentary -- and seeing her fascination with son's new town and new apartment -- was endearing and funny. Laughed at her multiple recordings of the weather channel!😆
I was born and raised behind that old Walmart and Sams club. I’m 28 now. It’s really cool to see video of the neighborhood I grew up on. My parents and I would go to that HEB every Sunday on wm cannon. Awesome nostalgia
I was born the year this video was shot and have been in Austin for 18 years. I’ve lived in just about every part of town in this video from bluff springs to near Emma long park. Wish Austin and the world in general still had this sleepy laid back vibe. Such a cool video, such a cool place and time!
Holy Cow! I am watching this video and I realize that place looks very familiar and I realize its the place, circa 1993, that I am living now 2022. Its now called Logan Mills Apartments
I agree! I came to Austin in February 2004. And spent many years there. The greatest city in the planet in my opinion. I think about it daily. And do miss it.
Thanks for the memories. I really miss Austin the way it was. I have memories of the beauty and tranquility, how peaceful and safe it was. 1993 was the year we lived from Cedar Park to the pits called Houston that I hated so much. I retired a few years before the pandemic and moved back to Austin. A lot had changed but it was definitely more tranquil and still had some semblance of the town I used to love and daydream about. I feel sorry for the young folks here today whether they are newbies or longtime Austinites because sadly Austin will never be the real Austin again. Mueller was the only airport when I flew in from up north. 35 was 35, not the nightmare about to happen to revamp it to accommodate the newbie traffic. Breckenridge where my infant son was Lifeflighted to is no longer but we are a much more medically available town and that’s a good thing. Although I do miss the Htown medical availability, it’s not where Austinite newbie or not should live.
Thank you for posting this.. this brings me back to being a kid. what my MEMORIES of Austin were... i lived down the way from the "BINGO" place, for 30 years, on Prather Lane. not anymore though. Old Homes were Demo'ed, Mansions Built and the 2K a Year Property Tax went to 15K a year.
1993 was also my first year in Austin when my dad began working for Crystal Semiconductor. I vividly remember the construction shown in the video at Manchaca and Ben White for the freeway.
Besides the nostalgia of this video, all I'm thinking the whole time is what an amazing mother!! I hope this guy truly knows how lucky he was to have such a beautiful patient loving mother🧡
Thanks so much for this video! I was in the Air Force, and was stationed at Bergstrom AFB, from 1987-1993. I'll be 55 next month, so I'm most certainly a Gen Xer!
I was in May 1990 and this video brought back so much nostalgia. I hate how big it’s gotten, I miss the days of open freeways and a sense of quiet in the city. Good times
Born in Austin in 82 and wow does this bring back all the memories. I instantly recognize all the driving scenes, even though few of the places look like that these days. The Congress Ave shots were especially fun because it's so cool to see the Christmas lights strung up which they no longer do. There was even a car just like ours cruising up Congress towards the Capitol just like my family would do after grabbing ice cream at Sandy's. Those newly built condos just below Barton Creek Mall were kind of a bummer because they partially obstructed the view of the fireworks displays from Auditorium Shores you could see nicely from the NE side of the mall lot. A lot of us long-time and native Austinites have moved on to other places, but many of us are still hanging around the suburbs waiting for all that has soiled a formerly amazing place to catch up with us.
Man I wanted to go down memory lane of want my old city used to look like and this hit home. I was born in 1979 and still live in Austin. It’s sooo sad that my city doesn’t look like this. I mean don’t get me wrong I know everything has to change but I just would like it to be the way it used to be. To my real Austin Natives from the 70’s and 80’s we should meet up talk about the old Austin… like Austin aquafest…
I was born in 1977 in austin and i finally left the area in 2011 after the Californian takeover. I just could not get used to all the changes and the snobby ppl pouring in and dirtying up the town. I now live in san antonio where at least it is still welcoming and friendly ... and alot of the ppl i grew up with are here now too. But i sure do miss my hometown .... it doesnt even exist anymore as it was. 😢 Btw .... we used to watch the aquafest from the roof of my grandmother's apartment building (the rbj center) .... prime viewing spot. Her apt was 1212. I miss her so much too.
Yeah I miss the old Austin. I grateful to still be living in Austin. I come across of lot of new people that say their Austin nites and I give them a look please. I’m the real Austin nite/ Austin native.
I worked for Motorola in 97 and 98 in MOS11. The Motorola University building was where I applied/took the test, and also where the first week orientation was. Scott and your mom seem like awesome people. I hope they are still doing well.
I was born and raised in Austin, just on the other side 35 from those apartments. I was 14 at the time of this video and remember a lot of what was being built and some of the old building like Palmer event center. Thanks for the video.
My family relocated to Austin Texas in 1982 when I was 5 years old. I had the honor of growing up there in the 80s and 90s and it was absolutely glorious. Now, it is completely unrecognizable as the California hordes have completely destroyed it. Moved away a long time ago and have never looked back.
I moved to Austin in 1986 22yo with a job from the burbs of chicago.Loved it that was the best time to live there lasted 3 years the oil and house collapse killed my job didn't want to leave just not my time.Been back so different but I smile as I drive around it was a great three years spent
While I didn’t live in Austin, I spent most weekends there from 1989-1992. I hadn’t been back until last year. I didn’t recognize much of anything. This video brought me back though, thank you for sharing it.
I was a 18 year old at this time and a senior at McCallum high school. We lived on Alguno Road in the Brentwood neighborhood. So many memories there! We live south behind what used to be Walmart and Sam's at. We'll be moving soon. I remember houses in northwest Austin being $130,000 at the time the video was recorded. Now they are $550,000+! Crazy! Austin is just too expensive! City council is greedy. Taxes too high. 😔
@@xisotopex I have older twin brother and sister that were sophomores in McCallum in '88. Brother graduated in 1990 while his twin sister graduated in '92 because she got pregnant and had to leave a couple of years. You might've seen them in the halls. If you knew about any twins.
@@xisotopex I forgot my second older brother. He graduated '91. He was a freshman then. Depending I'd it's spring of '88. If it's fall '88 then he was sophomore. I was jn 6th or 7th grade in Lamar Middle School then.
@@prettypinky6943 its amazing how little I remember from those days. I went to o'henry jr high.... it seemed like McCallum was a very diverse school, lots of people from different parts of Austin...
@@prettypinky6943 when you were at mccallum was there still a little place across the street from where the busses lined up, where people would go to hide away/smoke whatever?
Thank you for that. I moved to Austin around the same time but didn't have the foresight to video it at the time. Please thank your mother, if possible.
I was born and raised and still live in Austin. Born in 84 at St. David's. My grandfather actually worked at Motorola starting in 1979 as a chip tester. I wonder if your brother knew him at all. He was pretty close to retirement by 93, if not already retired.
That building you pointed out across from municipal auditorium. The “Motorola building” at 1st and Barton Springs rd is where the Armadillo world headquarters used to be . When they tore it down ,that’s when we knew Austin was in decline.
Also, for those who don't know Austin, what she calls a "sports dome" is actually the old Parmer Events Center. They've totally redone that building and the dome is gone now, but it wasn't a sporting stadium.
@@brandymann5952 Possibly, or the Frank Erwin Center or what was at the time Ironwood Hall, but most likely the Frank Erwin Center (which is about to be torn down). the Erwin Center is where big concerts and shows were for a long time, and that's where the UT basketball teams played. I saw Garth Brooks at the Erwin Center, Larry the Cable Guy, when I was a kid, Sesame Street Live, etc. She does drive by the Erwin Center in the video at 7:19
I had a very similar experience 20 years later; my apartment in Phoenix looked the same and also received some completely unnecessary end tables from my mother.
Born at Brackenridge 1988, my best memories were going to Apple Tree before it became Randall's (and later now half price books but never been in there) renting NES AND SNES games for 2 dollars 2 days, or across the street at Hollywood video for 2.99 for 3 days. That whataburger and cook Walden Funeral home always been there though, as well as that Violet Crown sign, my. Mama said that sign has been unchanged since the 50s and from. The looks of it, I believe it. Soon I'll have worked hard enough to get me and the family out of the city, the city is a lie told to the young..
7:30 Mueller Airport in the '90s, before everything moved to Bergstrom and this became a suburb and shopping center, with only the control tower remaining.
Top movies for 1993 about 20 of them in one year are really good movies. Jurassic Park. Universal Pictures. ... The Fugitive. Warner Bros. ... The Firm. Sleepless in Seattle. TriStar Pictures. ... Aladdin. Walt Disney Studios. ... Mrs. Doubtfire. ... Indecent Proposal. Paramount Pictures. ... In the Line of Fire. Columbia Pictures. ° Groundhog Day
What was Scott's last name? I started at Motorola in 1997 and worked there until 2015 ... lots of memories. My first day was also in that One Texas Center bldg.
Rick, I was born in Austin in '76 and attended Dobie as well. I went on to LBJ High School. I just missed you at Dobie. Austin was magnificent back then.
How lovely:) I moved to Austin in 1995 though, from England during my foreign exchange student years in high school, and guys I remember this sitcom being filmed all over the city called 'Austin Stories' that stared in 1997, has anyone heard of this sitcom?
I believe I lived in that same apartment complex. South Lamar, almost across from the Broken Spoke? (78704, it’s more than a ZIP code, it’s a way of life!) Love seeing the things that existed back in the day: old Ben White, old airport, second level of I-35 under construction. Ah, Austin.
I've only watched 2 minutes of this video and I can already tell you that this is the 'El Dorado' of parental commentary vids. The handmade bookshelves, the nightstands, Scott, the commentary. Fuck me up.
My parents borrowed a camcorder and filmed me moving to Austin too, in 1987. Not quite as good as this. Just a half hour of watching me and my girlfriend unpack my crap in my apartment bedroom. Probably no need to upload that one. Girlfriend was smokin' hot though. So still maybe worth a watch. :)
