Today, we're taking a peek at some downtown Austin projects in the early planning stages -- so early, in fact, that we don't have many details or images for most of them, though we can make plenty of educated guesses and maybe one of those "green box" massings we love so much, meaning you'll at least have something to look at. You might consider these the buildings "they" don't ...
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What’s the Worst Intersection in Austin?
For such a simple question, we've heard endless possible answers, so we'd like to ask our readers. Click here to fill out our survey, or use the embedded form below: We're mostly interested in troublesome intersections in the central city, like downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods, but we're sure there's plenty out there either way. A lot of factors are going to ...
In 1977, the ‘Tree Safeway’ Kept Austin’s Grocery Stores Weird
For more than 40 years, there's been a grocery store at 715 Exposition Boulevard in West Austin, sitting on a 2.6-acre piece of land owned by the University of Texas System. The building opened as a Safeway in 1977, briefly became an AppleTree Market (remember those?) in the late 1980s, and finally a Randalls in 1994. Earlier this year, we learned H-E-B had successfully ...
Here’s a Look at the Condo Project Replacing Castle Hill’s Graffiti Park
The development of a residential building atop the heavily-tagged remains of a failed 1980s Austin condo development was probably the least surprising end imaginable for the HOPE Outdoor Gallery, which plans to reopen in a new location in 2019. Looking southeast towards downtown from the heights of the HOPE Outdoor Gallery in 2018. Photo by Alvaroreguly / ...
TEMPO 2D Public Art Program Commissions 12 New Austin Murals
For 33 years, the City of Austin's Art in Public Places program has worked with artists -- some local, others national -- to create eye-catching works of public art around the city. Along with permanent installations like the variety of art pieces planned or already in place at our new Central Library (check out those glowing-eyed owl statues at the bottom of the page), ...
