Developed alongside the nearby Symphony Square as part of 1970s urban renewal efforts along Red River Street and Waller Creek, the 11-acre downtown green space at Waterloo Park hosted countless concerts, festivals, and other events from 1975 until its closure in 2011 for the construction of the Waller Creek Flood Control Tunnel, a project expected at the time to…
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All Signs Point to Yes at the Linden, Northwest Downtown’s Tallest Tower Yet
The Linden, a 28-floor downtown Austin condo tower planned in the previously rarely-developed northwestern corner of downtown Austin, is one step closer to becoming this area’s first major residential tower in many years. Along with a recent city permit for the installation of a 418-foot crane implying pending construction, a demolition application filed earlier this week is…
East Avenue Demolition Clearing Path for Rainey’s Next Condo Tower
The pending demolition of a restaurant building will soon clear the site of a planned downtown Austin condo tower on the edge of the Rainey Street District. The 41-story East Tower project by local developers Pearlstone Partners in partnership with New York-based investment firm ATCO Properties is currently expected to break ground later this year atop a 0.4-acre site…
Help Make Housing Happen at Downtown Austin’s Historic Palm District
The ongoing saga of downtown Austin’s historic Palm School site has found the next gear in the last few months, with the City of Austin announcing a new planning initiative in May for what it’s calling the Palm District — a large and sort of poorly-defined area encompassing the Palm School’s approximately 2.08-acre site, the adjacent Palm Park, the Rainey…
The Rainey Street District’s Getting Another Chain Hotel, For Some Reason
The Rainey Street District of downtown Austin is currently home to at least four planned tower projects expected to exceed 40 floors or more in height, one of which if built would become the tallest building in the state — and with other towers like Natiivo, 44 East Avenue, and the East Tower, East Avenue is fast becoming the neighborhood’s most interesting corridor for growth besides Rainey Street itself….
Austin’s Seaholm Waterfront Project Finally Moves Forward Next Week
Can you tell we’re excited about the Seaholm Waterfront project? Our antsy coverage of the city’s plan to adapt the historic 1950s former intake building of the also-former Seaholm Power Plant into a new public space and venue on Lady Bird Lake has followed the project’s various stages of imagination since long before the appearance of a master plan for the space by famed design firm…