Here’s a question for you that sounds almost offensively simple until you start thinking about it: Where’s downtown Austin’s “heart?” You’ll see that phrase — “the heart of downtown Austin” — in glossy hotel brochures and Airbnb listings and even on this very site, but where do you think of when you see it? We asked some people around…
Here’s a Closer Look at Travis County’s New Downtown Courthouse
Back in July, we saw our first rendering of Travis County’s new civil and family courts facility planned at 1700 Guadalupe Street atop a city block bound by Guadalupe, San Antonio, 17th, and 18th Streets. Now, thanks to the project’s application to Austin’s Downtown Density Bonus Program through the city’s Design Commission, we’ve got a better understanding than ever of what…
Central Austin Development Roundup: The Hits Just Keep On Coming
By now, I’d really hope that you folks know the drill. It’s time to check the pulse on some projects around town, and we’re going to have a lot of fun while doing it. Alexa, play “Dublin Blues” by Guy Clark. Block 71 Austin’s biggest and best pit is located at the Block 71 office tower site, but it’s…
The Only Good Visitor’s Guide to Austin’s Convention District
Though our civic apparatus and the greater convention center-industrial complex would have you believe the ever-expanding Austin Convention Center is a critical economic booster for the city, the jury’s still out for plenty of Austinites on where the sprawling center, which currently occupies six city blocks, falls on the continuum between “necessary” and “evil.” The urban convention center, at…
Senior Housing Tower Planned Behind East Austin’s Historic Lopez House
The Routon-Alvarez-Lopez House, a historic residence at 809 East Ninth Street, has found itself in a pretty tight squeeze over the last few years. Perched on a diminutive .17-acre lot overlooking I-35, the home is sandwiched between two larger multifamily developments, directly west of East Austin condo the Tyndall and just across the street from the AMLI Eastside apartments. I call this the “Up” house. They have condos going up all around them, but they’re still hanging in there. from r/Austin Owned by…
Notice Anything Different About Austin’s Downtown Hilton Lately?
You may have noticed a new look lately at the downtown Austin condo and hotel tower at Fourth and Neches Streets, home to the Hilton Austin and 5 Fifty Five residences. A new coat of paint is probably the quickest way to transform an existing building — just ask the LINE Hotel , which recently brightened up the exterior of the former…