SoCo Homes

2015-02 - SoCo Homes: When we're in Austin for our winter escapes we stay at a Vacation Cake property on S 2nd near Oltorf. It's a great spot in a neighbourhood where you can walk or cycle to interesting places in the SoCo (South Congress) area -- Guero's, The Continental Club, etc. This album is a collection of photos of homes we see as we bike around what we've come to think of as "our" neighbourhood.

The area was, and in part remains, working class with modest cottages often built by the original owner. But it's a transitional neighbourhood. These modest homes on what now counts as big lots are being snapped up, torn down and replaced by landscaped brutalism architected homes which occupy the entire lot.

At one time this was an area where we thought about buying a winter retreat -- these days where a lot value property is half a million or more it's well beyond our reach.

Nevertheless, while we can, we return each winter to a place we love where live music can be heard every night at many interesting places,