Pease Park doesn’t generally get the attention it probably deserves as one of Austin’s largest central green spaces — not outside of the yearly Eeyore’s Birthday festival, at least. Stretching 84 acres (!) along North Lamar Boulevard between West 15th and West 31st Streets, the park follows a large stretch of Shoal Creek and contains playgrounds, sports facilities, and trails….
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Central Austin Development Roundup: Towers, Towers, and More Towers
The hits just keep on coming, y’all. We’ve got an all-star roundup of local development items revved up for you this week, with almost every update related to a tower on the way in downtown Austin. Giddyup: Fifth & Brazos Hotel The 32-story mixed-use hotel and residential tower by Magellan and Ryan Companies at Fifth & Brazos Streets is…
Dig Into Plans for Butler Park’s Long-Awaited Alliance Children’s Garden
In 1998, Austin voters approved funding for the development of the Palmer Events Center and its surrounding parkland, and a year later, the city signed off on an $18.5 million master plan for the development of Butler Metro Park, formerly known as Town Lake Metro Park. Sandwiched between Barton Springs Road and West Riverside Drive, directly…
Here’s a New View of the Huston Apartments Bound for East Austin
We’ve recently covered the long and oft-controversial history of the Huston, an apartment development planned at a 2.84-acre site located along the frontage road on the east side of I-35 between East 11th and 12th Streets. Still, last time we took a look at what was headed for this property from developers Lennar Multifamily Communities and JH West 12th Street…
After a Century of Snacking, Barton Springs’ Zilker Cafe Looks Forward
Swimming leads to snacking. That’s been a fact of life at Austin’s Barton Springs Pool for at least a century, with the first mention of concessions served to bathers at the spring-fed swimming pool — “hamburger and the like” — appearing in the Austin Statesman in 1918. But in 2016, the Zilker Cafe at Barton…
What’s on Our Watchlist This Week?
We often come across some fairly interesting business updates in the universe of downtown Austin and beyond — openings, closings, remodels, upcoming events, the installation of new vent hoods, and so forth — that are not quite robust enough to justify a full feature. Since we’re trying to keep everyone on the pulse of the…