Downtown Austin's getting two, maybe three skybridges in the near future, and many of my fellow urbanists aren't too happy about it.
The skybridges contemplated would connect hotels to the City of Austin Convention Center, creating a sort of hermetically sealed convention district that never meaningfully interacts with the street. These elevated pathways between buildings are decried by many modern urban planners and placemakers, who believe they patron to get the full story and gain access to TOWERS' archive. (Sign-in)
