/tags/12th-and-chicon 12th and Chicon en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:01:00 GMT /life-arts/2018-10-05/austin-filmmakers-work-to-document-rich-history-of-east-12th-street A documentary debuting Saturday at the Return and Discover Festival captures the "rich black culture of East 12th Street," filmmaker Funmi Ogunro� Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:01:00 GMT /life-arts/2018-10-05/austin-filmmakers-work-to-document-rich-history-of-east-12th-street Syeda Carrillo /austin/2018-05-31/listen-bus-stop-art-installation-honors-austins-african-american-history Austin's first recorded African-American resident, who was brought here as a 10-year-old slave, is a focal point of a new art installation at a bus stop� Thu, 31 May 2018 22:28:23 GMT /austin/2018-05-31/listen-bus-stop-art-installation-honors-austins-african-american-history Nathan Bernier /austin/2018-02-17/photos-at-12th-and-chicon-a-mural-honoring-black-luminaries-returns A mural honoring mostly black musicians at the corner of 12th and Chicon in East Austin was painted over last May. It depicted artists like Tupac Shakur,� Sun, 18 Feb 2018 05:12:36 GMT /austin/2018-02-17/photos-at-12th-and-chicon-a-mural-honoring-black-luminaries-returns Lynda Gonzalez /austin/2017-02-08/partners-in-poetry-words-connect-kealing-student-with-mentor In between classes at Kealing Middle School the hallways are full of students, but in the library it's quiet. That's where Gabriel Russell and Joshua� Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:17:12 GMT /austin/2017-02-08/partners-in-poetry-words-connect-kealing-student-with-mentor /business/2016-12-15/after-hurricane-katrina-this-gumbo-shop-found-a-new-home-in-east-austin For the past few months, we’ve been reporting on the rapidly changing neighborhood around 12th and Chicon streets in East Austin as part of our On My� Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:50:46 GMT /business/2016-12-15/after-hurricane-katrina-this-gumbo-shop-found-a-new-home-in-east-austin Syeda Carrillo /crime-justice/2016-10-14/after-police-intervention-some-businesses-near-12th-chicon-see-losses Decades ago, the area around the intersection of 12th and Chicon streets was a central corridor in historically black East Austin, but over the years,� Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:57:57 GMT /crime-justice/2016-10-14/after-police-intervention-some-businesses-near-12th-chicon-see-losses Syeda Hasan /austin/2016-10-10/were-opening-a-bureau-in-east-austin-at-12th-chicon-heres-why It’s no secret that Austin is growing and changing fast. In some parts of the city, it's happening more quickly than others. Maybe no place in Austin has� Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:00:00 GMT /austin/2016-10-10/were-opening-a-bureau-in-east-austin-at-12th-chicon-heres-why Matt Largey /austin/2016-09-08/the-spirit-is-still-strong-as-the-city-neighbors-begin-a-new-chapter-at-12th-chicon Austin’s trolley cars, which retired in 1940, stopped at East 12th and Chicon streets. It’s there that Ada Harden and her brother would hop on, pay the� Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:00:54 GMT /austin/2016-09-08/the-spirit-is-still-strong-as-the-city-neighbors-begin-a-new-chapter-at-12th-chicon Audrey McGlinchy