A permit application is now pending with the City of Austin for the demolition of the 13,000-square-foot former Frost Bank at 3525 Far West Boulevard, a roughly four-acre tract located at the southeast corner of Far West Boulevard and Wood Hollow Drive. The removal of the existing vacant building at the property will prepare the…
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Celebrating the Grand Reopening of Austin’s Most Elegant Public Toilet
Last week, the City of Austin marked the triumphant return of what must be one of the oldest public restrooms in town at Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, located inside an elegant six-sided stone tower near the site’s main entrance at Hancock Drive. The restroom, originally known as the “service tower,” was built across the driveway from the cemetery’s administration building in…
Five Takeaways From the Shoal Creek Conservancy’s New Trail Plan
Shoal Creek, flowing roughly 11 miles from its headwaters north of Highway 183 to Lady Bird Lake, is one of the two major creeks running through downtown Austin. That fact alone makes it relevant to any conversation about the peaceful coexistence of the natural and built environments in the urban core, but it doesn’t seem…
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