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Though it’s hard to imagine today, there was a time, not so long ago, when it was not uncommon to find Zilker Park’s Great Lawn almost entirely devoid of people. But after more than a decade of nonstop population growth in Austin, the bright green savanna at the heart of the city more often resembles New York’s Central Park on a spring day. With its daily assortment of picnickers, dog walkers, sand volleyball teams, slackline walkers, and dubstepping fire twirlers, the park is one of the last spaces where the city still feels communal and, on occasion, a little weird. But the influx of park-goers has brought with it a certain carelessness, one that strikes at the core of the park’s historic, conservation-oriented spirit. On particularly…

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