AUSTIN, Texas — If you lived in Austin in 1986, it’s easy to feel nostalgic about scenes like the city skyline with only a few tall buildings, not much traffic on the freeways or the old Mueller Airport where jetliners were landing at what seemed like only a few feet above the traffic on I-35.
But compared to the boomtown of today, it might be hard to believe that, in 1986, Austin had a tough time getting people and businesses to come to town.
So, city officials put together a breezy promotional video, a sort of infomercial about what made Austin a special place back then. The video has been archived in the Austin History Center film and video collection…