With rumors of plans for a downtown Austin H-E-B floating around but no official confirmation of when or where it might happen, we had no choice but to ask our readers where they’d stick one if they could. The major scuttlebutt is that the beloved Texan grocer will adapt an existing downtown building to serve its needs, but owing to the shifting sands of the rumor mill we ...
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Dreaming of a Downtown Austin H-E-B
Let's say there's a completely unsubstantiated rumor floating around that the H-E-B grocery company is working on building a store somewhere in downtown Austin. (There is.) That's a great way to create some intrigue, since a project like this would absolutely change the game for downtown dwellers -- yeah, we love Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, but in the end these stores serve ...
Celebrating Austin’s Finest Public Restroom Architecture
Austin's got its problems, sure, but one thing this city's crushing is public restroom design. We take this topic very seriously, not only due to an appreciation of good architecture but because we often use these facilities ourselves, and we believe their existence is critical for safe, equitable urban life. Let's round up the best of 'em: Festival Beach Restroom Our ...
Go ‘Beyond the Fence’ at 44 East Avenue With This Documentary Series
Though we're no strangers to enthusiastic design coverage of upcoming downtown Austin condo, apartment, and office towers, nothing beats video for eye-popping views of the large-scale construction projects changing our city's skyline every day. That's why we're happy to see construction firm Flintco, behind developer Intracorp's upcoming 44 East Avenue condo tower, putting a ...
Preservation Austin’s Downtown-Loving 2020 Homes Tour Heads Online
Preservation Austin's 2020 Homes Tour event had us excited due to this year's "Downtown Doorsteps" theme, which proved that historic preservation can be about much more than single-family homes in upscale neighborhoods -- in fact, the homes on display might be one of the group's most diverse selections ever, including forms like fourplexes, high-rise loft conversions, and ...
