A Cambria Hotel location in Southlake. We know the East Avenue location won't look like this -- it'll be taller and skinnier, owing to the smaller size of its lot. Let's just all agree right now that that's a very good thing. Image: Choice Hotels Well, well well. Just when we thought the Cambria Hotel bound for 68-72 East Avenue in the Rainey Street District was dead in the ...
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Here’s Where Austinites Say You’ll Find the ‘Heart’ of Downtown
At the end of 2018, we asked Austinites to tell us where they considered to be the "heart" of downtown Austin -- a simple-sounding question that ended up generating a pretty wide range of responses. Still, even though we got some interesting takes, the survey ended up confirming our suspicions about what part of downtown Austinites would probably choose the most -- by a ...
Here’s a Look at the Condo Project Replacing Castle Hill’s Graffiti Park
The development of a residential building atop the heavily-tagged remains of a failed 1980s Austin condo development was probably the least surprising end imaginable for the HOPE Outdoor Gallery, which plans to reopen in a new location in 2019. Looking southeast towards downtown from the heights of the HOPE Outdoor Gallery in 2018. Photo by Alvaroreguly / ...
Take a Look at the 45-Story Apartment Tower Headed for Fifth and Lavaca
Over the last six months or so, we've seen a steady stream of progress on a tower plan by apartment developers the Hanover Company at the southwest corner of Fifth and Lavaca Streets in downtown Austin. Still, until now we weren't certain of the building's height or appearance -- enter some new city site plan filings that give us a reasonable impression of both: Eastern and ...
In 2019, Let’s Make Austin Gold Again
Earlier this year, we looked back fondly on the history of downtown Austin's Chase Tower, which sported a glowing golden exterior from its construction in 1974, until a remodel in 1994 gave it the rather drab look we have a hard time remembering today. Chase Tower in 2018, showing the new exterior installed back in 1994. Image: Lincoln Property Company Austin old-timers ...