Only twenty scant acres smaller than Zilker Park, the 330-acre tract of former ranchland at the edge of District 1 now known as John Treviño Jr. Metro Park is perhaps the second most underutilized park space in far East Austin. The first, of course, is Walter E. Long Metro Park, but the almost bizarrely ambitious $800 million master plan for that enormous potential ...
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At Holly Point, Long-Awaited Upgrades Head for an East Austin Park
The long-discussed plan for the improvement of East Austin's enormous tracts of parkland on the north shores of Lady Bird Lake near the former Holly Power Plant is finally taking its first small steps, nearly a decade after City Council approved the development of a vision for upgrading the area in 2009. Generally referred to as Holly Shores but technically containing ...
Here’s Our First Look at Austin Energy’s New Mueller Headquarters
Groundbreaking is expected later this summer on Austin Energy's new headquarters within the Mueller neighborhood, and the city's trying something a little different for the estimated $150 million project -- letting someone else build it for them. The current state of the location of the Austin Energy office project site, located at the northeast corner of Mueller Boulevard ...
East Austin’s Walter E. Long Park Master Plan Is Completely Bonkers
After a year of public engagement and work by planning firm Halff Associates, Austin's Parks and Recreation Department will present its plan for the improvement of East Austin's Walter E. Long Park to the city's Parks and Recreation Board later this month. We've noted for years that the park, which at 3,695 acres including its lake and surrounding land is more than ...
99 Trinity Site Faces Foreclosure
It's been six years since the announcement of a tower project at 99 Trinity Street in downtown Austin, but landowner WC 1st and Trinity LP has another problem on its hands besides the residential development's seemingly complete lack of progress -- an imminent threat of foreclosure by its lender. Warehouses have occupied the southeast corner of Trinity and East Cesar Chavez ...
