Austin, Texas, April 11, 2011 - In August 2010 Kevin Surbaugh and his wife moved to Austin. “We love visiting statuary. Both from an art perspective and historical. In March of 2011, I called the Austin Convention and Visitors board who was the contact people for the statue of Stevie Ray Vaughn. I asked them about other statues in Austin that I could visit also. To my surprise they said there wasn't any. Then they backpedaled and said there was one one other in the 600 block of south Congress. That one depicting Angelina Eberly who managed to keep Austin as the capital instead of it being moved to Houston. However, according to the visitors bureau they were the only 2 statues in all of Austin. Nothing was mentioned about the bicentennial monument/sculpture near Stevie Ray Vaughn in the same park, nor Philosopher's Rock near the Barton creek Pool,” Surbaugh said.
Surbaugh feels that it is disappointing that the very organization assigned the task of promoting tourism in this great and beautiful city doesn't know anything about these attractions so that they can inform inquiring visitors. It was at this point Surbaugh said he decided to set out and find all the statues/sculptures around the city and gather the information into one place so other travelers would know about the cities rich art and historical history depicted in statuary. To date he has discovered over 40 statues or other forms of sculptures. For example “the Fork” at 4206 Duval, the bat near Congress and Barton Springs Rd. Not to mention two different Stephen Austin statues (1 in Texas State Cemetery and the other in the State Capital), the Robert E Lee statue and the many others.
That is why today he is announcing the launch of a new website http://statues.2tourAustin.net that will find photograph and report on each of these statues/sculptures. In addition Surbaugh said once he is finished with that task he will then begin seeking out other forms of public art to include within the site not to mention the museums and other historical landmarks and buildings of interest to those visiting the city. The entire site can be seen by pointing your browser to http://www.2tourAustin.net.
If you have any other statues and sculptures for him to include in this first phase of the site building process, questions or would like to sponsor the project please call Kevin Surbaugh (512) 905-9602.
Kevin Surbaugh has been a personal finance blogger for the last five years and also has a website (http://www.princeofthrift.com) where he offers free budgeting forms. Surbaugh admits that this tourism project is the biggest project he has undertaken but is one he sees a real need for.
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