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Gateway Arch to Welcome Visitors on Sixth Street

James Rambin June 1, 2017 Comment

A view of the planned Sixth Street archway. Photo courtesy of JQ Engineering.

An elevated archway sign over Sixth Street near the I-35 frontage road will soon indicate the beginning of Austin’s most famous entertainment district, according to recent city filings.

Bob Woody, a prominent business owner in downtown and president of the Sixth Street Owners Association that is financing the construction of the archway, says his organization has been working on getting the sign built and navigating the various permitting requirements of the city for more than six years, insisting on raising the money privately.

“We’re happy to jump through all the hoops. We’re just ready to move forward.”

— Bob Woody

One possible design for the Sixth Street archway. Photo courtesy of Carter Design Associates.

One lucky reason the group can move forward? One of its members owns the land on either side of the street that will hold the sign’s two support pillars. John McCall, a local best known for making a fortune as the “Shampoo King” through the Armstrong McCall beauty supply company, owns property at 718 and 723 East Sixth Street — that’s a parking lot and a corner building best known for its mural, respectively — making the sidewalks in front of both sites ideal for the archway’s pillars.

The archway will be built here, looking west down Sixth Street, with support columns built on the frontage of the addresses seen here. Photo courtesy of Google Maps.

Though certain drawings of the archway from 2013 indicate the sign will read “Sixth Street Historic District,” Woody says the group has since agreed to go a different direction. Instead, he says, the sign will say something along the lines of “Welcome to Sixth Street,” with a smaller banner underneath that reads “Live Music Capitol of the World.” In addition to the text, the gateway will integrate some musical elements, and be lit up by an LED system at night.

The archway over East 11th Street, which Woody says is somewhat similar to the planned Sixth Street arch. Photo courtesy of US News & World Report.

Woody says the gateway sign is not unlike the arch over East 11th Street, but with plenty of key differences.

“Picture a saxophone on one side and a guitar on the other, with some musical notes somewhere in there too,” Woody says. “It’s something to give the area a little more identity. Although I’ve never heard no damn saxophone playing on Sixth Street.”

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: 78701, bob woody, design, downtown austin, placemaking, sixth street

About James Rambin

James is an Austin native, but tries not to brag about it. He writes about new development, local history, and urban design. Email him anything at james@towers.net.

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