Skyline At Night, Austin, Texas
Image by myoldpostcards
A nighttime view of the Austin’s as seen from Auditorium Shores on the south side of the Colorado River. This image focuses on buildings located on or near Congress Avenue, the major thoroughfare leading to the Texas State Capitol Building. Of particular note in this view is the Austonian (center) and the Frost Bank Tower with its distinctive crown seen here to the immediate left of the Austonian.
Austin is the capital of the State of Texas, as well as the seat of Travis County. With a population of just under one million residents, Austin is the 11th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, is one of the fastest growing large metropolitan areas in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.