There may not be a piece of downtown real estate more Balkanized, and by implication more challenging, when it comes to reaching consensus on a master plan than Lamar Beach. The stakeholders include the Parks and Recreation Department, the West Austin Youth Association (WAYA), Austin Pets Alive! , Austin Independent School District, Austin Arts in Public Places, and a second handful of…
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Austin’s Festivals Need More Space, District 1 May Save Them
According to the recommendations of the Austin City Council’s Parkland Events Task Force, the city should seek to reduce the number of events hosted at its three major downtown parks — Zilker, Auditorium Shores, and Festival Beach — in order to reduce wear and tear on the facilities, as well as ease noise and traffic in…
The View From Emancipation Park
A tiny tract of land in East Austin has neighbors all around it frustrated over its fate, but grateful that its legacy will at last be honored. At 2724 E. 12th Street NAPA Ventures LLC wants to construct a five-story, 30-unit, 60-foot tall, mixed-income apartment building. NAPA purchased the site in 2013, then in December 2015 filed a…
Cinco Mixed-Use Development Headed to East 5th
Another mixed-use project is on the horizon in East Austin, bringing three stories and 16,358 square feet of retail, office, and residential space to a former industrial site occupying .64 acres on 2709 E. 5th St. According to plans currently awaiting approval from the city, the development, which is currently known as Cinco, will consist of…
Second Kimber Modern Hotel Headed to South Congress
The boutique hotel boom on SoCo continues with the announcement of a second Kimber Modern development, a three-story, 34 room hotel spearheaded by Austinite Kimber Cavendish and designed by local firm Maker Architects. Currently known as the Kimber Modern SoCo, the development will join a small army of boutique hotels along South Congress, which includes the aptly-named South Congress Hotel, the…
SXSW: The Trees That Made Glass and Steel Wave
As iconic as SXSW is as an incubator for innovation, it is only fitting that the organization’s new home would have a creative back story. The curved design introduced by project design architect, New York-based Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP , could stand on its own merits in terms of aesthetics. But the glass and steel does not undulate simply for…