Austin, it appears the office tower currently rising at 200 West Sixth Street has found a new name. Previously known only as Block 71 after its block number from Austin's original downtown plan, the website for developer Trammell Crow Company, some other recent press releases, and the news coverage resulting from those press releases now all include the name Indeed Tower for ...
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Here’s How We Fix Rainey Street
Last week, we found out traffic woes and other mobility headaches in the Rainey Street District have prompted the City of Austin's Design Commission to recommend conducting a comprehensive mobility study for the neighborhood. The end goal of the study would use its gathered data and other community input for crafting a "Rainey Neighborhood Mobility Plan," which would contain ...
Solving Austin’s Housing Affordability Crisis in 3 Easy Steps
If you recall, the City of Austin's attempt last year to rewrite its land development code, which dates back to the mid-1980s, fell apart with the demise of what was then known as CodeNEXT. It's complicated and we won't explain it all here, but what's important is, we're trying again! Last week, our beloved City Council voted to adopt a policy document that will, if all ...
Austin Has a Street Harassment Problem
Content Warning: This article contains graphic language, most of it heard firsthand on the streets of Austin. ...
For the Rainey Street District, Getting There Is Half the Fun
From an urban planning perspective, the Rainey Street District is one of Austin's weirder locales. A small neighborhood of narrow streets and single-family homes, effectively annexed into downtown by the construction of an interstate highway and later upzoned to allow infill development at the skyscraper scale, the Rainey area now stands as the poster child for downtown Austin ...