It’s been a fun couple of weeks for downtown Austin, with shiny renderings of new towers and other project details practically falling from the sky. Let’s take a few minutes to round up the items on the top of our list — you know, all the fun ones. 600 Guadalupe Tower Renderings for this tower…
For You, For Austin: A Convention Center History, Part One
Have you noticed the Austin Convention Center? You know, that building over on Cesar Chavez and Trinity Streets? Oh, and also over on Red River, Second, Third, Fourth, and Neches Streets? Don’t you think it’s been looking a little…small lately? Certainly wouldn’t be among my top five reactions, but you could be forgiven for thinking…
Announcing Austin on Your Feet’s new home at TOWERS
I’m very excited to make an announcement that has been a short time coming: Austin on Your Feet has a new home as part of the TOWERS network. For readers of Austin on Your Feet, little will change: instead of reading our particular brand of Austin and national urbanism at WordPress, you’ll be able to…
Cielo Property Group Plans Office Project at East Fourth and Comal
Cielo Property Group has assembled six contiguous lots in the 1600 block of East Fourth Street, advancing plans for a multi-story mixed-use building at the corner of East Fourth and Comal Streets. “Cielo would like to build a six-story, LEED certified mixed-use building that would be primarily offices,” Cielo principal Bobby Dillard told Austin Towers. Some ground-floor retail…
Welcome to Thunderdome: Our Favorite Comments This Month
We’ve seen a lot of breaking news on development in Austin over the last few weeks, and that means we’re getting more comments than ever on our Facebook and Twitter pages. New buildings really seem to bring out the entire spectrum of opinion from Austinites, ranging from excitement that our city’s growing so fast to dismay about…
Looking Back on the Twists and Turns of the Rainey Street District’s New Residential Tower
Late last Friday afternoon, the Austin American-Statesman dropped a story covering the 33-story residential tower planned at 48 East Avenue, a .41-acre site currently occupied by a law office. The Austin Business Journal picked it up soon afterward. TOWERS has been covering 48 East Avenue in detail for several years at this point, complete with a few generations of renderings. Of course, I’m…