After substantial public engagement and a final engineering report issued back in July, the City of Austin’s Transportation Department has nailed down its plans for a pedestrian bridge crossing Lady Bird Lake near Longhorn Dam in East Austin — and as we’d hoped, the “Wishbone” bridge option presented alongside several others last year is the prize pig, ready to enter…
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Three Cheers for the Quincy, Topped Out in the Rainey Street District
As we’ve mentioned before, the name of the 30-story apartment and office project currently under construction in the Rainey Street District known as the Quincy has nothing to do with Quincy Jones, John Quincy Adams, or Quincy, Massachusetts — or any local Quincys, for that matter. Instead, its developers at Endeavor Real Estate Group just liked the name, and that’s fine by us….
City Plans Purchase of Two Downtown Blocks for Convention Center Expansion
Later this month, Austin’s City Council is expected to authorize the first steps of an exclusive negotiation agreement with multiple property owners that would result in the city’s purchase of two full adjacent downtown blocks for the planned expansion of the Austin Convention Center, according to documents prepared by the city’s Office of Real Estate Services and…
Heading Higher Every Day, Indeed Tower Hits Its Marks on Austin’s Future Skyline
The most striking work of architecture currently demanding your attention on Austin’s downtown skyline is undoubtedly Indeed Tower, the 36-story office structure formerly known by its number Block 71 in the original downtown plan and set to be occupied in part by the job-gettin’ folks at Indeed along with whichever subtenant those flashy rascals at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas can find after being…
Austin, Here’s Your Chance to Name Zilker Park’s New Train
After tooting around since 1997, the much-loved miniature train at Zilker Park known as the Zilker Zephyr is no more, thanks to erosion from a number of heavy rainstorms at the park washing out its tracks in 2019 — but the Austin Parks Foundation will bring the experience of riding tiny rails to a new generation of Austinites in Summer 2021, as…
East Austin’s Long-Neglected Govalle Park Finally Gets Some Attention
Though its facilities remain closed to the public in the hottest months of summer thanks to the ongoing pandemic, East Austin’s renovated Govalle Pool is ready to roll whenever we are — and with these much-needed and long-awaited upgrades completed earlier this year after breaking ground back in 2018, it’s time to extend the same courtesy to the surrounding facilities at…