Between the Seaholm Waterfront, Walter E. Long Park, and Austin Energy’s new downtown substation, it feels like we’re smack in the middle of master plan season. Next up on the list is Brush Square, one of downtown’s
In Loving Memory: Downtown Austin’s ‘Golden Mirror’
“At mid-morning one day last week, driving west of Congress on Sixth Street was like suddenly moving into a dream world,” wrote Austin American-Statesman columnist Inez C. Jeffery on November 4, 1973. “The morning sun was shining on the gold wall of the new American Bank building, and the reflection became a path of gold…
Draining Lake Walter E. Long for a Golf Course Is a Breathtakingly Stupid Idea
Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park, located near the eastern edge of the city limits, is the largest park in Austin — and it’s not even close. I mean, just look at this: But in true Austin form, we’ve been keeping things weird by doing almost nothing to utilize these thousands of acres of land, including the 1,165-acre lake in the…
Mixed-Use Expansion Planned at State Employees Retirement System Offices
The Employees Retirement System of Texas occupies one of the more creatively-designed buildings in the Texas Capitol Complex at 200 East 18th Street, but the agency seems to have outgrown its home, with plans for a major expansion underway. The main building, a five-story 1979 structure shaped like a Chinese wood puzzle, will remain as . . . Become a patron to get…
With Your Input, Austin Energy’s Downtown Substation Won’t Suck
Remember Austin Energy’s plans for a new downtown substation at 55 East Avenue? The project’s still a couple of years out from breaking ground — dig the timeline below, champ — but the city’s utility provider is already hard at work on preliminary concepts for the station, and held the first of several community engagement meetings last night. If this type of…
Engineering the Independent, Austin’s Next Tallest Tower
Since it’s visible from almost everywhere in and around downtown, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that Austin’s next tallest tower, The Independent, is topped out and in a late stage of construction at 301 West Avenue in the emerging Seaholm District. Roughly 80% of the 58-story residential building’s 370 units are spoken for, and the…
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