It’s been too long since we’ve pulled off a nice lightning round of updates on the perpetual development machine of downtown Austin condos, apartments, offices, hotels, and so forth. Let’s fix that with some fresh photos and even fresher perspectives. In fact, the only thing that isn’t fresh about this post is us after going…
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Rainey Street’s Getting a Bar on Stilts
For once, let’s cut to the chase. Above, you’ll see a picture of a bar on stilts. This two-story project, the actual name of which is currently unknown but should obviously just be “The Bar On Stilts,” is currently moving through the planning stages at 609 Davis Street — an address much better known as…
Austin’s Second ‘Jenga Tower’ Could Rise at the Royal Arch Masonic Lodge
After a slightly chilly reception from the city’s Historic Landmark Commission back in June, an adjusted plan for the 30-plus story tower imagined above the historic Royal Arch Masonic Lodge at 311 West Seventh Street in downtown Austin rides again at tonight’s Commission meeting, and its applicants — local architects Brett Rhode of Rhode Partners and . . . Become a patron to get the full…
The South Lamarization of East Riverside Is Coming Soon
South Lamar Boulevard and East Riverside Drive have a lot in common. They’re both what the city considers “core transit corridors,” and that means they’re ideal for dense multi-story development often in the form of vertical mixed-use (VMU) buildings, which in theory enhance the street-level pedestrian environment along the corridor by improving sidewalks and adding ground-floor retail…
The Waller Creek Conservancy Is Now ‘Waterloo Greenway.’ What’s That Mean?
The Waller Creek Conservancy has been around town since 2010, but the way CEO Peter Mullan tells it, the organization’s had some trouble getting Austinites to notice. “People tell me all the time that they have no idea where Waller Creek is,” he says. “They’ll say they’ve never heard of Creek Show — which we launched in…
At the Drake Bridge Commons, New Public Space Brings Docks Downtown
The last time we caught up with the Drake Bridge Commons — a project by Austin’s Trail Foundation imagining a new downtown public space beneath the Drake Bridge carrying First Street across Lady Bird Lake — we had two design options to choose between as part of the community engagement stage of the plan. Now, based on that input, the…
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