Even as Austin grows with countless residential and commercial developments moving forward on the East Riverside corridor, a 1957 midcentury dwelling now listed at 5606 Penick Drive is a reminder of Southeast Austin’s prestigious past. From 1950 to 1984, what’s now known as the Riverside Golf Course was home to the famed Austin Country Club, the stomping grounds of ...
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The South Lamarization of East Riverside Is Coming Soon
South Lamar Boulevard and East Riverside Drive have a lot in common. They're both what the city considers "core transit corridors," and that means they're ideal for dense multi-story development often in the form of vertical mixed-use (VMU) buildings, which in theory enhance the street-level pedestrian environment along the corridor by improving sidewalks and adding ...
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 ...
Residential Project to Replace Bingo Hall in East Riverside’s Growing Corridor
UPDATE: Thanks to a tip from an intrepid reader, we've now got our hands on a selection of the 1919 East Riverside Drive project's site plan, submitted to the city via engineering firm Stantec. Take a gander for yourself: Though this image doesn't give us as much information as a rendering, it shows that the proposed building at the bingo hall site appears to be ...
More Growth’s on the Map for East Riverside and Pleasant Valley
Texas real estate firm Presidium Group owns a significant number of properties along the rapidly-developing East Riverside corridor, to put it lightly. The company's portfolio includes the roughly six-acre shopping center at 2015 East Riverside Drive, the Element Apartments at 1500 Royal Crest Drive, the Solaris Apartments at 1601 Royal Crest Drive, and the ...
