There are only so many ways to say Austin's development is heading eastward. Just drive down any street on the east side across from downtown and count the construction sites, and you'll run out of fingers before you drive a dozen blocks. At the center of it all, East Sixth serves as the de facto gateway to the district -- never mind that fancy arch they built over on East 11th.
The roughly mile-long stretch of East Sixth between the highway . . .