Citing a need for better use of space and traffic improvements, the City of Austin recently began a search for a consultant to help produce a master plan for the Zilker Botanical Garden . Remarkably, the request for proposals filed by the city noted that there has never been an approved master plan for the park. In 1962,…
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Austin City Council Approves Delivery Robot Pilot Program
A resolution adopted unanimously this morning at a meeting of the Austin City Council will allow the deployment of personal delivery robotic devices, or PDDs , on city sidewalks. The resolution authorizes the creation of a pilot program by the Austin Transportation Department to partner with private tech companies and PDD operators to test the feasibility of battery-powered…
Two-Way Conversion on Colorado Street Hits a Speed Bump
Call me a nutty guy, but for my money, there’s no greater production house for entertainment than local government. Besides being free, which is nice, the spectacle delivers pretty much the same ballgame as national or state politics sans the escalating moral depravity you’ll often find as you scope up to those levels. Just like…
A First Look at the Line Hotel, Reinventing Austin’s Midcentury Downtown Radisson
I’ve been waiting patiently for word on the Line Hotel project remodeling the downtown Radisson at Congress Avenue and Cesar Chavez Street for the better part of a year. I’m so patient, in fact, that I mocked up some terrible renderings of what the hotel project might look like post-remodel. With these new promotional renderings from the Line Hotel’s parent…
Texas Lottery Commission to Move From East Sixth Headquarters
The Texas Lottery Commission plans to vacate its current headquarters at Grant Plaza in the 600 block of East Sixth Street, according to city documents issued earlier this month. Empire Square Group , a boutique private equity firm that owns the plaza, will lose its main tenant in the move. According to the landlord’s portfolio description, the commission occupies 92 percent of…
Details Arrive on 44-Story Tower Above Sullivan’s at 3rd and Colorado
A 44-story mixed-use tower will rise at the corner of Third and Colorado Streets, according to new city documents. Known only for the moment as Third and Colorado, this Riverside Resources project will go up at 300 Colorado Street, a corner currently occupied by Sullivan’s Steakhouse. According to documents filed with the city’s Design Commission, the tower, designed…