It’s no secret that at 875 feet, the Sixth & Guadalupe office and residential tower currently under construction in downtown Austin will officially become the tallest building in the city when it’s done — at least until the next tallest thing comes along in a few years, of course. Scheduled for completion sometime in 2023, this 66-floor project at 400 West Sixth Street…
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Celebrating 21 Years of Downtown Austin’s Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge
On June 16, 2001, Austin celebrated the grand opening of the James D. Pfluger Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge, spanning Lady Bird Lake — well, Town Lake in those days, as longtime locals will berate you in various comment sections — directly east of the Lamar Boulevard bridge. This new car-free thoroughfare offered non-drivers a safer…
Westgate Tower Seeks Historic Zoning
A downtown Austin condo tower featuring some of the city’s most famous midcentury architecture is currently seeking historic zoning. Westgate Tower, built as a 26-story apartment building at 1122 Colorado Street in 1966 and converted for condo use in the 1980s, features a striking modernist design by New Formalist architect Edward Durell Stone that proved controversial due to…
Austin’s Booming North Burnet Corridor Could Add More Height and Housing
A resolution headed to Austin City Council next week could update the North Burnet / Gateway Regulating Plan to bring more dense and transit-oriented growth to the area around the Domain and Q2 Stadium in North Austin. Set for discussion at Council’s upcoming meeting on June 16, the draft resolution seeks to expand the boundaries of the plan and…
Burnet Place Project Unlocks Affordable Housing for Austinites Living With HIV
Local nonprofit Project Transitions expects to break ground soon on Burnet Place, a 61-unit affordable apartment community reserved for Austinites living with HIV, in the Wooten neighborhood — and the project, permitted under the Affordability Unlocked development bonus program added to Austin’s Land Development Code in 2019, illustrates a number of challenges facing the construction of housing in the region at the moment,…
East Austin’s Historic Downs Field Celebrates a Preservation Milestone
After nearly 100 years of baseball at the site and more than 17 years since nearby residents of Rosewood began advocating for its preservation, a decade-long process of renovation at East Austin’s historic Downs Mabson Field celebrates its latest milestone this week. The City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department will host a ribbon cutting at the ballpark at 2816…