[AGL] Austin Lake Estates

[Gerry]

Mike,
No, I don't have a photo of the gate. Yes, the estates for a short time were
kind of a hippy heaven. But all that changed drastically when the land
became valuable and near enough the city limits for builders to speculate.
Paula Sarnoff was one of the first real estate agents to capitalize on the
area. When I was hanging out there for a time in the late '90's it was just
another expensive suburb and most of the hippy pads were either modernized
and brought up nearer code or destroyed to make way for new construction.
G

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4:43 PM
Subject: [AGL] Austin Lake Estates



> Gerry,

>

> Talking of Austin Lake Estates, do

> you (or does anyone) have a photo of

> the steel entrance gate with "Austin Lake Estates"

> in spidery letters written on the gate's arch?

>

> For those who have never been there,

> this was/is a sort of colonia with no

> building restrictions, hippies welcome,

> so there were some very odd estates:

> homebuilt and "alternative" houses.

>

> In my mind, the gate was emblematic

> of what was to be found in Austin Lake

> Estates, but that might be pure projection

> on my part.

>

> That Willie Nelson lived there when he

> first moved to Austin was no accident.

>

> Mike

>