One of Austin’s worst intersections, as determined by our readers no less, is located at Barton Springs Road and South Lamar Boulevard — it’s a seven-lane nightmare for cars, bikes, and pedestrians alike, and with multiple major developments on the way in this region, those issues are only going to get worse. That’s why we’re pumped to see the…
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Here’s the Public Workout Equipment We’re Getting at Butler Shores
A few months back, we alerted the more athletically-minded among our readers to the future of breaking a sweat at Butler Shores, with a few design options on the table for public exercise equipment to be installed adjacent to the Hike-and-Bike Trail by our friends at the Trail Foundation. The existing workout equipment at Butler Shores. Now that…
Whole Foods Is Growing Up a Second Office Building in Downtown Austin
It’s not often that a building breaks ground in downtown Austin without us knowing the details — we’re not bragging, that’s literally our job and spending all our time downtown makes it hard to miss. But as construction fences started rising at the 15-story Shoal Creek Walk office tower site at 835 West Sixth Street sitting just east…
Congress Avenue’s Smallest Art Deco Building Scores Historic Zoning
Though you’ll find examples here and there, there’s not a ton of Art Deco architecture in Austin, and if you’re searching for this style on Congress Avenue you’ll most likely stick to the Scarbrough Building at 522 Congress Avenue — not just the city’s first modern tower, but also overflowing with Deco’s classic geometric ornamentations at its grand…
Meet the East Tower, Planned to Break Ground in the Rainey District by 2021
Having topped out its Natiivo project at 48 East Avenue in the Rainey Street District just last week, Austin firm Pearlstone Partners has an only slightly different address on its mind at 84 East Avenue, where the developers’ 284-unit
Austin’s Waller Creek ‘Supertall’ Project Would Be Texas’ Tallest Tower
In the aftermath of the revelation that Austin could soon receive its first “supertall” tower in the form of a mixed-use project called Waller Creek by developers Lincoln Property Company and Kairoi Residential at 98 Red River Street — a site that’s sat undeveloped despite