East Austin boasts more development than any other part of the city, but you could be forgiven for not paying full attention to what’s going on past, say, Robert Martinez Jr. Street, or even off the main drag of East Sixth. Stuff going on inside the
A Look at Austin’s New Central Library, Inside and Out
Last week, I was lucky enough to take an all-access tour of Austin’s New Central Library branch, which is currently in the final stages of construction along Cesar Chavez Street next to the new Seaholm District on the west side of downtown. John Gillum, facilities process manager for Austin’s library system, showed me nearly every inch of the…
Real-Life Los Pollos Hermanos Restaurant Headed to Austin for SXSW
According to permits filed with the city last week, a private party is seeking permission to open a temporary Los Pollos Hermanos fried chicken restaurant, as made famous by AMC television dramas Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, in a parking lot in downtown Austin near 122 West 5th Street. Unless some anonymous local entrepreneur…
West Campus Is The Envy of Austin’s New Urbanists
It’s easy to turn a blind eye to development in West Campus — after all, most of the buildings going up are designed for student housing, and serve little purpose to the general public. Lest we forget that West Campus is arguably the most walkable part of Austin, with daily goods retail and restaurants nicely intermixed with…
A Riverside Runs Through It: Projects Driving the Evolution of 78741
It’s easy to forget that East Austin’s current boom extends south of the lake. The traditionally underserved East Riverside area of town has rapidly gentrified over the last few years, and now thanks to the South Shore District and Lakeshore projects,
East Sixth: Mapping the Future of Austin’s Favorite Mile
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…