Three long years ago, Houston-based developer Allen Harrison Company showed off a few renderings of a residential tower designed by local architects and tallness enthusiasts Rhode Partners for the shuttered site of longtime downtown Italian restaurant Carmelo’s at 504 East Fifth Street, a plan that attractively balanced new development with both the preservation needs of the historic building on the property and the…
Okay, Maybe Most of Austin Doesn’t Want To Move ACL From Zilker After All
After calling attention last week to the surprising results of the Zilker Vision Plan’s first community survey, which indicated that a considerable number of Austinites would like to see the Austin City Limits Music Festival moved from Zilker Park to another location more accommodating of its large crowds, we got a front-row seat to the intensity of local debate surrounding…
A Brighter Future’s On Deck for Mueller’s Historic Control Tower
Earlier this year, we learned that a 350-unit apartment and retail project by national developers Ryan Companies would finally fill the vacant lot surrounding the Central Austin neighborhood’s former control tower, one of the few signs left of Mueller’s past life as an airport. Though images and details of the new project emphasized its embrace of the historic tower as a…
48-Story Residential Tower Planned at Rainey Street’s Food Truck Park
A development planned for an assembly of properties along Rainey Street currently occupied mostly by the Rainey Street Food Truck Lot is currently seeking city approval for the construction of a 48-story tower bringing more residences to this downtown Austin neighborhood — and though it’s not the tallest plan underway in the district, if built this would displace an earlier proposal and be unique…
A Surprising Number of Austinites Want ACL Fest Moved From Zilker Park
We asked our readers earlier this year to provide their feedback on the first community survey soliciting input for the Zilker Park Vision Plan, a comprehensive planning initiative by the city that will work until next year to pull together every thread of a detailed roadmap for the 350-acre park’s future — mobility improvements, facilities upgrades, conservation efforts, historic preservation, and…
Gosh, Symphony Square’s New Tower Might Be the Bluest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
The release of long-awaited renderings late last month for the mixed-use tower planned on the same block as Symphony Square in downtown Austin by national multifamily behemoth Greystar arrived as a great relief, especially for those of us who had wondered about the building’s appearance since our first reveal of fairly unsatisfying 2D drawings of the project all the way back in…