We headed down early this morning for a walk in the Violet Crown Community. Never heard of it. Well let me explain. Some people credit the author, O. Henry, for the name Violet Crown. He used the name in a short story titled “Tictocq: The Great French Detective”
However, years earlier William Brann (Austin newspaperman) used the phrase “violet crown” to describe the color of the hills and sky to the west of Austin at sunset in his newspaper, The Iconoclast. When developers started trying to subdivide the area west of Austin they named their area Violet Crown Community. (http://www.violetcrownvoices.com/)
Anyway it was a nice shady walk and we had a good time. Here are some pictures from the walk.
Violet Crown Shopping Center
Shopping Center still looks nice.
This was Austin’s First Shopping Center it was completed in 1951.
Arroyo Seco street.
Pampas Grass
Faith Lutheran Church
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Labyrinth at 1st Cumberland
New house
South end of the Welcome Wall
To see the whole wall visit this site: http://gigapan.com/gigapans/3951
Nice yard
Pretty vine
Walk start/finish at Crestview United Methodist Church
