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…
Catching up with MTV’s ‘Austin Stories,’ Nearly 20 Years Later
America’s greatest cities all have their sitcoms. New York gets Seinfeld, Boston has Cheers, and so on. In a perfect world, Austin’s show would be Austin Stories, a 1997 MTV comedy about the Portlandia-esque exploits of our city’s famous slacker population. But this ain’t a perfect world, so Austin Stories was swiftly and unceremoniously canned by the fun-hating…
A Slightly Wet 2016 Holiday Stroll
Last Saturday night, Congress Avenue was the place to be for Austin’s most festive. The rain probably thinned out the crowds a bit for the lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree and Holiday Stroll on Congress Avenue, but the folks who braved the weather were rewarded with carols, lights, and local eats. KUT & KUTX’s holiday sing-along…
SXSW: The Trees That Made Glass and Steel Wave
As iconic as SXSW is as an incubator for innovation, it is only fitting that the organization’s new home would have a creative back story. The curved design introduced by project design architect, New York-based Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP , could stand on its own merits in terms of aesthetics. But the glass and steel does not undulate simply for…
Marquis on 5th to Bring 226 Apartment Units, Retail Space to Clarksville
Marquis on 5th, a six story, 226 unit multi-family and ground floor retail development by CWS Capital Partners, is currently moving through the planning stages in Clarksville. The address of the site, located at W. 5th and Orchard Street, is 1301 W. 5th Street. According to plans filed with the city, the apartment community includes mostly one…
Lighting Up Waller at Creek Show 2016
Creek Show 2016, a collection of five lighted art installations along Waller Creek, briefly transformed the underused, often disrespected downtown waterway into a haven for long-exposure photography and general gawking at pretty lights. The exhibition’s final night last Saturday was well-attended and well-lit, and undoubtedly raised awareness of the Waller Creek Conservancy’s mission to revitalize the creek and its surrounding district. We’re…