According to the recommendations of the Austin City Council’s Parkland Events Task Force, the city should seek to reduce the number of events hosted at its three major downtown parks — Zilker, Auditorium Shores, and Festival Beach — in order to reduce wear and tear on the facilities, as well as ease noise and traffic in…
The View From Emancipation Park
A tiny tract of land in East Austin has neighbors all around it frustrated over its fate, but grateful that its legacy will at last be honored. At 2724 E. 12th Street NAPA Ventures LLC wants to construct a five-story, 30-unit, 60-foot tall, mixed-income apartment building. NAPA purchased the site in 2013, then in December 2015 filed a…
Plan for Wooldridge Square Improvements Faces Uncertain Future
Improvements are on the horizon for Wooldridge Square park in the Civic District — but at present, the city can’t quite agree on what improvements it actually needs. For years, the issue has been the concern of the Downtown Austin Alliance and Friends of Wooldridge Square, but late last month, the Austin Design Commission voted…
10 Books About Austin Your Coffee Table Deserves
Whether you’re a native Austinite trying to learn every last bit of trivia about your hometown or a recent transplant hoping to impress the locals, these 10 books will serve you well. We hope you’ve got a seriously gigantic coffee table. Austin City Limits: A Monument to Music Austin City Limits made our town a household name, so it . . . Become a patron to…
Cinco Mixed-Use Development Headed to East 5th
Another mixed-use project is on the horizon in East Austin, bringing three stories and 16,358 square feet of retail, office, and residential space to a former industrial site occupying .64 acres on 2709 E. 5th St. According to plans currently awaiting approval from the city, the development, which is currently known as Cinco, will consist of…
Second Kimber Modern Hotel Headed to South Congress
The boutique hotel boom on SoCo continues with the announcement of a second Kimber Modern development, a three-story, 34 room hotel spearheaded by Austinite Kimber Cavendish and designed by local firm Maker Architects. Currently known as the Kimber Modern SoCo, the development will join a small army of boutique hotels along South Congress, which includes the aptly-named South Congress Hotel, the…
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