Austin’s thriving pop-up scene keeps the city’s tastemakers on their toes, with restaurant concepts, avant-garde exhibits and mobile boutiques defining the cutting edge of cool. So when I got wind of an exclusive new pop-up concept opening last week at the corner of East Sixth Street and the I-35 Frontage Road, I obviously knew I had to…
West Fifth Ping Pong Bar Project to Restore Historic Former Antone’s Space
Storied local music venue Antone’s hasn’t had the luxury of staying in one place since its birth in 1975, and that’s putting it lightly. The original Sixth Street location moved to Anderson Lane in North Austin in 1980, then apparently immediately moved again to Guadalupe Street near the University of Texas in 1981. In 1997, the club…
Downtown’s 3rd & Colorado Tower Moves Forward, with a Few Tweaks
Editor’s Note: Since publishing this story, we’ve heard back from developer Riverside Resources with some clarifications about these images. As it turns out, despite the renderings portraying the brick facade and swimming pool cantilevered out over the street only recently being uploaded to the portfolio of GDA Architects, that doesn’t make them new — they’re early…
Waterloo Park’s Scale Model Is a Glimpse into Austin’s Future
The transformation of Waterloo Park, located between Trinity and Red River Streets directly east of the Capitol, is the Waller Creek Conservancy’s first step towards making its ambitious vision for the restoration of the downtown creek’s greenbelt a reality. Last week’s groundbreaking event marked the beginning of a joint project with the City of Austin that, according to the conservancy,…
The Scarbrough Building, Austin’s First Tower, Is Getting a Sidewalk Cafe
The Scarbrough Building at Sixth Street and Congress Avenue is downtown’s first skyscraper, completed back in 1910 when its eight floors were more than enough to earn that title. Despite being built in a era of astonishingly low car ownership per capita compared to current rates, the tower doesn’t do much for the pedestrian at street level…
A Closer Look at Plans for Block 71, Downtown’s Latest Transformation
Thanks to new city filings, we’ve got fresh renderings and more for the 36-story office tower and complex planned at Block 71, a 1.75-acre downtown block owned by the University of Texas and bordered by West Seventh, Colorado, West Sixth and Lavaca Streets. The site is also currently home to an office tower formerly used by the university, which will be…