The Forgotten History of Normandie Arms, Austin’s First Apartment Tower

What was the first high-rise apartment building in Austin?

This is obviously a trick question, but the people who keep track of this stuff will generally tell you it's the 15-story Cambridge Tower, which opened in 1965. Using the modern (and not entirely agreed-upon) definition of a high-rise, they're absolutely correct -- especially because we're not counting the single penthouse atop . . .

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