The Trail Foundation's vision for an improved Hike-and-Bike Trail entrance -- or trailhead, using the preferred hiker-and-biker parlance -- in downtown Austin's rapidly-growing Rainey Street District is finally taking shape this month. At a public engagement meeting held last weekend, the nonprofit showed off two possible design configurations of an upgraded entry point and ...
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Downtown Austin’s Extended Stay America is Finally Coming Down
Two years after the announcement of 6 X Guadalupe, a 66-story mixed-use tower planned at the northwest corner of Sixth and Guadalupe Streets in downtown Austin, the '90s-era hotel currently occupying the site is finally, mercifully, waving goodbye. And hey, it's about time! This demolition arrived a little later than we thought, but on this foggy Tuesday afternoon ...
Okay, Let’s Talk About These New Owl Statues in Downtown Austin
Austin Proper, the downtown Austin condo and hotel tower still under construction at 600 West Second Street near Shoal Creek and the rest of the redeveloped Green Water Treatment Plant site, already has its first two permanent residents -- and they're owls. Two 10-foot owl statues at the corner of West Second and Nueces Streets, to be exact: It's certainly a more ...
East Austin’s Latest Office Building Is a High-Minded Architectural Throwback
East Austin has seen its fair share of office development over the last couple of years, but most of that growth arrives in the form of larger buildings, rising four or five stories and occupying the better part of their blocks -- or even full blocks, in some cases. That's what makes the two-story office project preparing to rise on a diminutive .14-acre site at 1408 East Sixth ...
In the Shadow of the Capitol, an Oddball Tower’s Planned at 13th and Lavaca
Dallas-based tax services company Ryan LLC and local lobbying firm McWillams appear to be developing a tower of sorts at the corner of 13th and Lavaca Streets in downtown Austin, a location situated about as close to the State Capitol Complex as you can get before actually being there. This is at least the case presented by recent city documents concerning plans for an ...
