/tags/on-my-block-12th-chicon On My Block: 12th & Chicon en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 05:12:36 GMT /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/2017-07-12/residents-of-east-austin-once-a-bustling-black-enclave-make-a-suburban-exodus On a Sunday in late April, Pastor Clarence Jones asked his congregation to join him."Oh magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together.� Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:35:47 GMT /austin/2017-07-12/residents-of-east-austin-once-a-bustling-black-enclave-make-a-suburban-exodus Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2017-03-24/nefertiti-jackmon-and-natasha-madison-on-how-east-austin-can-survive-the-marathon-of-development KUT's Jennifer Stayton spoke with Nefertiti Jackmon, executive director of Six Square, and Natasha Madison of the 12th Street Merchants' Association at a� Sat, 25 Mar 2017 00:21:01 GMT /austin/2017-03-24/nefertiti-jackmon-and-natasha-madison-on-how-east-austin-can-survive-the-marathon-of-development KUT Staff /austin/2017-03-24/on-my-block-live-broadcast-from-the-urban-co-lab In October, KUT embarked on a project to tell the story of a neighborhood in transition: the area around 12th and Chicon streets in East Austin. Decades� Fri, 24 Mar 2017 23:45:59 GMT /austin/2017-03-24/on-my-block-live-broadcast-from-the-urban-co-lab KUT Staff /austin/2017-03-24/to-close-achievement-gap-austin-isd-must-pay-attention-to-the-east-side As the Austin Independent School District deals with declining enrollment and decisions about facilities and campuses, many wonder if students across the� Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:22:26 GMT /austin/2017-03-24/to-close-achievement-gap-austin-isd-must-pay-attention-to-the-east-side KUT Staff /austin/2017-03-24/in-new-east-austin-spot-rio-rita-hopes-to-return-to-its-roots-as-a-neighborhood-bar Walk into Rio Rita’s new location at 12th and Chicon on a Friday night, and you’re likely to see a single-file line leading up to the bar. Behind it, two� Fri, 24 Mar 2017 18:43:52 GMT /austin/2017-03-24/in-new-east-austin-spot-rio-rita-hopes-to-return-to-its-roots-as-a-neighborhood-bar Kate Groetzinger /austin/2017-03-24/black-communitys-flight-from-austin-underscores-need-to-deal-with-affordability-crisis While Austin’s overall population has exploded over the past few decades, Austin’s black population has declined the past 20 years. From 2000 to 2010,� Fri, 24 Mar 2017 17:59:46 GMT /austin/2017-03-24/black-communitys-flight-from-austin-underscores-need-to-deal-with-affordability-crisis KUT Staff /austin/2017-03-23/archivist-latoya-devezin-on-preserving-african-american-history-and-culture On the East Side, development and rising property costs continue to force the African-American community out. With such rapid migration, how have the� Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:56:21 GMT /austin/2017-03-23/archivist-latoya-devezin-on-preserving-african-american-history-and-culture KUT Staff /austin/2017-03-23/old-friends-remember-good-times-trouble-and-the-east-austin-they-lost Matthew Malcolm Kleinman and Andreas Mueller have fond memories of their childhood on the East Side.“Old people used to sit on their porches and watch us,� Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:58:27 GMT /austin/2017-03-23/old-friends-remember-good-times-trouble-and-the-east-austin-they-lost Mose Buchele /austin/2017-03-23/whats-the-future-of-east-12th-street-ask-these-developers-from-dallas Property ownership can be a stealth business, with land changing hands before anyone even has time to notice.For the past four years, one North Texas� Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:01:00 GMT /austin/2017-03-23/whats-the-future-of-east-12th-street-ask-these-developers-from-dallas Audrey McGlinchy