We've recently covered the long and oft-controversial history of the Huston, an apartment development planned at a 2.84-acre site located along the frontage road on the east side of I-35 between East 11th and 12th Streets. Still, last time we took a look at what was headed for this property from developers Lennar Multifamily Communities and JH West 12th Street ...
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The Driskill Hotel’s Rooftop ‘Bungalow’ is a Forgotten Austin Oddity
Austin, have we collectively forgotten the fact that there's a house sitting on top of the Driskill Hotel? No kidding, it's really up there. See for yourself: Specifically, it's perched atop the Driskill's 12-story annex tower, which is connected to the original 1886 hotel building and contains many of its rooms. The annex itself is historic, dating back to 1929 -- and ...
Welcome to the New East Avenue
At 51 stories, the recently-announced 44 East Avenue project could soon become one of the tallest Austin condo towers built so far. Although a tower project at this address, located on the south end of the rapidly-developing Rainey Street District, has been anticipated for quite a while, the sheer size of the planned building is more than we ever could have expected. 51 floors ...
After a Century of Snacking, Barton Springs’ Zilker Cafe Looks Forward
Swimming leads to snacking. That's been a fact of life at Austin's Barton Springs Pool for at least a century, with the first mention of concessions served to bathers at the spring-fed swimming pool -- "hamburger and the like" -- appearing in the Austin Statesman in 1918. But in 2016, the Zilker Cafe at Barton Springs closed and stayed closed. Turns out the pool's 1960s-era ...
A Field Guide to Austin’s Art Deco and Moderne Architecture
As part of our ongoing love affair with Virginia McAlester’s 1984 book, “A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture,” we're occasionally taking a look at different architectural styles described in the book and hunting down good examples of them around Austin. Last time, we ...