In 2010, an architectural report prepared for Austin's Parks and Recreation Department declared the facility housing the city's Dougherty Arts Center had aged beyond its useful life -- in fact, the much-loved community theater and gallery space near Butler Park at 1110 Barton Springs Road was "beyond repair," according to the parks department's own summary of the study's findings.
Judging by a handful of interior and exterior photographs found in the city's documents . . .
