Geographically speaking, Austin’s East Cesar Chavez neighborhood is virtually indistinguishable from the contiguous Holly Street district to its east. Both rise gently from broad, lakeside parks to fertile, almost uninterrupted alluvial plains. Long blocks of Victorian and 20th-century cottages and bungalows straddle East Cesar Chavez Street, an evolving commercial strip that bisects both communities on an east-west axis. To the north, the shared terrain slopes upward before spreading into industrial and commercial zones on either side of a railroad right-of-way. East Fifth and East Sixth streets provide the northern regions with cherished, old businesses, newer lofts, hipster hangouts and artist ...