In the early Nineties, City Hall on the river was new millennial sci-fi. Only Liberty Lunch anchored Cesar Chavez west of Congress until Direct Events dusted off an abandoned warehouse and opened 2,000-plus-seat Austin Music Hall in 1995. Portishead to Pantera, Outkast to Ozzy Osbourne – Clapton, Dylan, Springsteen – the steel box functioned like a dream until it doubled in size and sound issues a dozen years later. Foreclosed in 2012 and razed in September, few in the 28-story office tower over its remains will know My Bloody Valentine once sundered the earth beneath them.
