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North of the University of Texas campus, Austin fire crews were called to a house fire early Thursday morning.

In a venerable Austin neighborhood, the laid-back residents are tormented by a menacing presence—neither they nor the police—can defeat.

For the past century, the Scottish Rite Dormitory, a stately, Georgian-inspired residential building, has sat on a picturesque plot of West 27th Street. Three hundred and fifteen female students call it home each semester. It’s tended by a staff of residential advisors, maintenance people, and housekeepers, many of whom have been employed there for decades. […]

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Five years ago, almost to the day, Near Southsiders set up a pop-up park project near the Fire Station Community Center. Dozens of children and adults braved the bitterly cold weather to see a mock-up of a proposed community park (“Envisioning Hemphill,” Dec. 2016).  “Dubbed Hemphill Park for now, the open field,