In 1963, Austin’s Rowdiest Teens Built a ‘Sex Party Tree House’ in North Loop

Let's make one thing clear from the get-go: "Sex Party Tree House" is an extremely funny combination of words, regardless of the context. Since coming across this phrase in a 1963 edition of the Austin American-Statesman, I'll catch myself repeating it in my head, brain clapping like a trained seal, until all semantic meaning fades away -- Sex Party Tree House, Sex Party Tree House, Sex Party Tree House.

So, what is it? On the night of July 26, 1963, Austin police officers executed a raid at a vacant city-owned lot on . . .

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