Pease Park doesn’t generally get the attention it probably deserves as one of Austin’s largest central green spaces — not outside of the yearly Eeyore’s Birthday festival, at least. Stretching 84 acres (!) along North Lamar Boulevard between West 15th and West 31st Streets, the park follows a large stretch of Shoal Creek and contains playgrounds, sports facilities, and trails….
Central Austin Development Roundup: Towers, Towers, and More Towers
The hits just keep on coming, y’all. We’ve got an all-star roundup of local development items revved up for you this week, with almost every update related to a tower on the way in downtown Austin. Giddyup: Fifth & Brazos Hotel The 32-story mixed-use hotel and residential tower by Magellan and Ryan Companies at Fifth & Brazos Streets is…
At RiverSouth, Austin’s South Central Waterfront Plan Takes One Small Step
By all accounts, Austin’s only Hooters restaurant is pretty bad — and that’s even by Hooters standards, which means something’s somehow falling through the cracks between the Sysco truck and the microwave. If nothing else, the joint is a fun reminder of the good ol’ days of Austin when a restaurant about 2,000 feet from downtown got to have…
Three versions of Austin’s next transit map
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…