| An area of Austin which is currently undergoing | | | | exciting businesses and attractions. The old airport |
| revitalization is the old Mueller Airport area, near | | | | site encompasses 711 acres of space, and is |
| the intersection of Manor Road and Airport | | | | designated for "mixed use" development now, |
| Boulevard in East Central Austin. This location | | | | including many movie-making related facilities. The |
| offers residents and visitors alike many interesting | | | | site is home to the new Austin Studios |
| opportunities. Housing is very affordable in the | | | | film-making complex, which includes soundstages, |
| area, including single family homes and duplexes, | | | | sets, and various other commercial ventures |
| and also numerous nice but inexpensive | | | | associated with Austin's burgeoning motion picture, |
| apartment complexes. Since this area is just a | | | | theater and arts communities. Many of the old |
| few miles from the University of Texas campus, | | | | airport hangars have been converted to use as |
| it is ideal for students and faculty members, as | | | | soundstages for these endeavors, and the area is |
| well as downtown area employees who are | | | | ideal for this type of activity, since it is such a |
| looking for a neighborhood which is affordable yet | | | | large area, and so conveniently located, but is still |
| extremely close to downtown business and | | | | very quiet and has a rural feel to it since it has |
| entertainment districts and the college area. Manor | | | | not been developed or inhabited much in the past, |
| Road itself is home to many fine restaurants, | | | | especially since the airport relocated. |
| including El Chile, and El Gringo, both wonderful | | | | The site will eventually be home to 10,000 |
| restaurants specializing in Mexican cuisine, and | | | | residents and has been referred to as an "urban |
| Hoover's , a southern-style restaurant specializing | | | | village", with its proximity to the major urban |
| in BBQ and various other regional Texas | | | | areas yet its small town flavor. The site will |
| specialties. The Eastside Café, a popular | | | | eventually include schools, shops, homes, |
| restaurant which specializes in natural and fresh | | | | apartment complexes, entertainment and various |
| from the garden choices, is situated on Manor | | | | other businesses and services. In addition to these |
| Road just across the interstate and is very | | | | exciting, revenue-generating ventures, the area is |
| convenient for U.T. students, faculty, and visitors | | | | projected to include 140 acres of public open |
| to the campus area. The Eastside Café | | | | spaces and 13 acres of hike and bike trails, |
| has a reputation for very fresh seafood as well | | | | making the neighborhood very pedestrian-friendly |
| as tempting steaks and other entrees. All of | | | | as well as offering immediate access to Austin's |
| these restaurants have been patronized by well | | | | fine mass transit system, the Cap Metro bus |
| known political visitors recently, including Bill | | | | routes. |
| Clinton's visit to Hoover's while campaigning in | | | | Right across Manor Road from the old airport |
| Austin with his wife Hillary and family. | | | | entrance is another attraction for sports fans, the |
| The University of Texas sports facilities are also | | | | Morris Williams Golf Course, which is an |
| very close to the east-central vicinity of Austin, | | | | eighteen-hole public golf course, with green fees |
| especially Dish Faulk field, for Longhorn baseball | | | | of twenty dollars or less on a year-round basis. |
| fans, and Royal Memorial Stadium, for Longhorn | | | | This area is also very accessible to out of town |
| football fans. Both of these sports venues are | | | | visitors, since both Manor Road and Martin Luther |
| near the intersection of Interstate 35 and East | | | | King eventually intersect with U.S. Highway 183 |
| Martin Luther King Blvd, which runs somewhat | | | | when travelling east or northeast. U.S. 183 serves |
| parallel to Manor Road, east of Interstate 35. The | | | | the Austin metro area as a loop around the |
| Erwin Center is also just a stone's throw away, at | | | | eastern perimeter of the city, where it is referred |
| Red River and Martin Luther King, just west of | | | | to as Ed Bluestein Blvd. It also intersects with |
| the interstate. | | | | Highway 290 East and Highway 71 East, as well |
| Prior to closing in 1999, Mueller Airport was the | | | | as Interstate 35, so it is very convenient to get in |
| oldest municipal airport in Texas, and it originally | | | | and out of the east-central community around the |
| opened to the public in 1930. After the new | | | | old Mueller Airport. |
| Bergstrom International Airport was established | | | | This area is sure to become a vital part of Austin |
| south of Austin at the site of the old Bergstrom | | | | in the very near future, and offers the finest |
| Air Force Base, Mueller Field closed to air traffic, | | | | attractions and amenities now for every segment |
| and is presently being redeveloped as a center | | | | of the population, young and old alike! |
| for the arts, affordable homes, and many other | | | | |