This blog cut its teeth analyzing Project Connect’s light rail vision in 2014 but I’ve stayed relatively silent on the current iteration of Project Connect. Largely, this was because Project Connect did pretty extensive but not super sexy analysis in their preliminary reports and I didn’t have much to object to in it or add to it. The…
The TOWERS Fall Survey: Tell Us How You Really Feel, and Win!
Between the mountain of thoughtful comments and small pile of completely unhinged rants, we got some pretty great responses from our last Austin survey earlier this year — so naturally, we’ve decided it’s time to pick everyone’s brain again. This time, to give you an even better reason to spend a few of your precious minutes spilling…
Dig Into Plans for Butler Park’s Long-Awaited Alliance Children’s Garden
In 1998, Austin voters approved funding for the development of the Palmer Events Center and its surrounding parkland, and a year later, the city signed off on an $18.5 million master plan for the development of Butler Metro Park, formerly known as Town Lake Metro Park. Sandwiched between Barton Springs Road and West Riverside Drive, directly…
Here’s a New View of the Huston Apartments Bound for East Austin
We’ve recently covered the long and oft-controversial history of the Huston, an apartment development planned at a 2.84-acre site located along the frontage road on the east side of I-35 between East 11th and 12th Streets. Still, last time we took a look at what was headed for this property from developers Lennar Multifamily Communities and JH West 12th Street…
The Driskill Hotel’s Rooftop ‘Bungalow’ is a Forgotten Austin Oddity
Austin, have we all forgotten that there’s a house sitting on top of the Driskill Hotel? No kidding, it’s really up there. See for yourself: Specifically, it’s perched atop the Driskill’s 12-story annex tower, which is connected to the original 1886 hotel building and contains many of its rooms. The annex itself is historic, dating back…
Welcome to the New East Avenue
At 51 stories, the recently-announced 44 East Avenue project could soon become one of the tallest Austin condo towers built so far. Although a tower project at this address, located on the south end of the rapidly-developing Rainey Street District, has been anticipated for quite a while, the sheer size of the planned building is more than we…
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