Only a year and change after its groundbreaking ceremony in August 2019, downtown Austin condo tower project Natiivo is officially topped out. Its 33 floors, rising at
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Here’s How Austin’s Fixing Up Fiesta Gardens, Lakeside Lagoon and All
The City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department kicked off a virtual community engagement process for the rehabilitation of longtime city-owned East Austin event venue Fiesta Gardens earlier this week, a project overseen by preservation-minded local architects Clayton Korte to bring a variety of improvements to the 54-year-old facility that’s often . . . Become a patron to get…
Widening I-35 to 20 Lanes in Downtown Austin is the Anti-Project Connect
It’s never been more widely understood in the history of transportation infrastructure that adding lanes to highways does not solve the problem of traffic congestion. The phenomenon of “induced demand,” a catch-all phrase used to describe the complex relationship between multiple effects . . . Become a patron to get the full story and gain access to TOWERS’ archive….
Here’s How Austin’s Fixing Up the Historic Zilker Park Clubhouse
The historic Zilker Clubhouse, originally built for the City of Austin as a lodge for the Boy Scouts of America in 1934 by New Deal-era jobs programs including the Civil Works Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps, now boasts one of the city’s most impressive . . . Become a patron to get the full story and gain access to…
Downtown Austin’s First ‘Supertall’ Tower Plan Arrives at Waller Creek Site
After 20 years of unrealized development plans for the approximately 3.3-acre property at the southwest corner of Cesar Chavez and Red River Streets near the Rainey Street District of downtown Austin, the latest contender for a tower at the site would be the first in the city to qualify as a “supertall” skyscraper — the tallest in Austin by…
Get a Virtual Glimpse of a Relocated Dougherty Arts Center at Butler Shores
The future of the Dougherty Arts Center, Austin’s favorite community theater and art gallery operating out of a converted Naval Reserve Training Center at 1110 Barton Springs Road, will first require a building that wasn’t built in 1947. Despite its abundant character, the structure that’s housed the center since its opening in 1978 is falling apart at a…
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