Austin’s late-night dining scene ain’t what it once was. In a post-pandemic world where usual suspects like Kerbey Lane and Magnolia Cafe shutter up tight at 10 p.m., Ken’s Donuts pushes daisies, and 24 Diner is more like 16 Diner, your options past closing time have recently turned less local — so the question becomes whether you’re…
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Clarksvillage Project Imagines a New Mixed-Use Hub for West Sixth Street
A five-story vertical mixed-use development planned for more than two acres of frontage along West Sixth Street could bring a boutique hotel, residences, office space, and significant ground-floor retail to the Clarksville region west of downtown Austin, according to a presentation earlier this week by local developers Riverside Resources to the Architectural Review Committee of the city’s Historic…
‘The King of Sixth Street’ Fights for His Crown in Early 2000s Austin
“It pains me to be here today, from Sixth Street in Austin, Texas, live music capital of the world…Houston, we have a problem. The left hand don’t know what the right hand is doing.” — Gerry Van King, “The King of Sixth Street” Calling himself the King of Sixth Street, musician Gerry Van King was…
New Downtown Austin Condo Tower Set to Rise on East Avenue Near Rainey
A permit filed with the city earlier this month indicates that local developer Pearlstone Partners is planning to build a 48-story downtown Austin condo tower at 62 East Avenue, located one block east of the rapidly-rising Rainey Street District — and the project would represent the firm’s third tower on East Avenue, joining the Natiivo and Vesper residential projects. The…
Austin’s South Central Waterfront Gains Two Towers at State Office Site
A proposed planned unit development agreement for an approximately four-acre tract at 200 East Riverside Drive in Austin’s emerging South Central Waterfront district could replace a state office complex dating back to 1970 with two new towers each rising more than 400 feet, according to city filings added this week. Most recently serving as office space for the…
Block 32 Project Could Bring Two Towers to Austin’s Convention District
A permit filed with the City of Austin earlier this week indicates plans by an unknown private developer to raise two mixed-use towers at a downtown half-block located at East Third Street and San Jacinto Boulevard near the Austin Convention Center. The site plan filing, which refers to the project as “Block 32” after the location’s original number under the…