If developer Intracorp successfully brings its 51-story tower to life at 44 East Avenue, our definition of height on this side of downtown will change forever. Like we’ve mentioned before, this 330-unit Austin condo tower plan isn’t just tall for the Rainey Street District, it’s tall by the whole city’s standards — and along with plenty of other nearby projects in…
701 Rio Office Project Keeping It Low-Rise in Downtown Austin’s West End
A five-story office building will soon rise at a 0.6-acre assembly of lots at the northeast corner of West Seventh and Rio Grande Streets in downtown Austin. The site, comprised of two lots at 701 Rio Grande Street and one lot at 602 West Seventh Street, is owned entirely by entities associated with local developer…
We’re Getting an East Side Pedestrian Bridge Near Longhorn Dam, Eventually
If you’ve hoofed or pedaled around the section of Hike-and-Bike Trail surrounding Lady Bird Lake east of Interstate 35, it’s no shock to you that the area has some issues, namely the “bottleneck” of poor connectivity along Longhorn Dam at the eastern edge of the lake. As part of a larger assortment of improvements in the planning stages at the…
Our Fall Survey Results Are In, and Here’s What We’ve Learned
At the end of last month, we opened a little survey to learn more about our readers and their interests around Austin. The carrot to this survey’s stick was the possibility of winning one of five copies of our recently-released Austin coloring book , and we’ll be sending those out next week. For the time being, let’s take a look…
I’m Going to Pound Beers in Republic Square and the Law Cannot Stop Me
In some of my posts, I have casually mentioned the fact that I like to drink beer. Still, I’ve never gone quite so far as to describe myself as a “drinking in a public park” kind of guy — I mean, I’m betting most downtown Austin condo cosmopolitans have a pretty dim view of that…
The Future’s Bright for Downtown Austin’s Historic Brush Square
This month, the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department released its draft master plan for improvements to Brush Square, one of the three remaining historic public squares laid out in the original plan for downtown Austin. We’ve previously taken a look at the various design concepts PARD’s presented during the master plan’s public engagement process this year, but now, we’ve got…