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Starting in November, the tower will undergo a $70 million, multiyear restoration. The goal is for the project to finish by August 2027, restoring the building to its "former glory," UT President ...
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin's iconic Tower is about to get some needed TLC. UT says the planned restoration work will mark the first meaningful investment in the Tower ...
The tower on the University of Texas at Austin campus was completed in 1937 by Paul Philippe Cret, a Philadelphia architect. (Bex Walton/ Flickr / CC BY 2.0) ...
The weeklong event hopes to bring the “amazing discoveries” happening at UT to people across the state. University of Texas tower on Oct. 21, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez) ...
He missed the most famous incident that involved the UT Tower, when on Aug. 1, 1966, Charles Whitman climbed to the observation deck with a small arsenal of guns to shoot anyone who passed below.
AUSTIN, Texas — High above the University of Texas campus, within the school’s iconic clock tower, a party ensues. This is not any ol’ party. While more than 18,000 orange-clad fans sprawl ...
AUSTIN, TX -- Before Virginia Tech and Columbine, Sandy Hook, Aurora and Orlando, there was the University of Texas tower shooting. It was shortly before noon on a sweltering Monday morning, Aug ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Washington, D.C., museum will display the sniper rifle that sniper Charles Whitman used to kill 16 people and wound 32 others from atop the University of Texas clock tower ...
All three men who went to the top of the University of Texas Tower to stop serial killer/sniper Charles Whitman nearly 50 years ago acted courageously. All were heroes, as were others that day.
McCoy, the Austin police officer who helped stop Charles Whitman's deadly 1966 sniper rampage from atop the University of Texas clock tower that killed 16 people and wounded dozens more, died ...