Bret Brookshire
Eighty-eight years and still going strong, this ornate downtown fixture has been lighting up Congress since before Austin even had traffic. With glitzy Hollywood premieres, children's plays, Broadway series, and the annual casserole of Tuna classics, the old-timey marquis is an eye-catcher, especially when classics like Casablanca hit the screen. (The Paramount was one of the very few that featured the original screening and reran it for the recent 50th anniversary of the film.)
