As we announced back in February -- which feels like a decade ago -- the 41-floor downtown Austin condo tower headed for 84 East Avenue will bring a reported 283 "attainably priced" residences to the ever-popular Rainey Street District, courtesy of local developers Pearlstone Partners. A current view of the tower site on East Avenue. Though our minds are obviously ...
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The Chicago Architects Behind Downtown Austin’s Rising Skyline
As you might imagine, most tall buildings in and around downtown Austin are designed by architects from Texas. But looking at projects either planned or under construction in the central city, you'll notice Chicago pops up a lot -- not exactly a close neighbor, but as a hotspot for architecture (and towers in particular) it seems the Windy City's helping steer the ship around ...
Central Austin Development Roundup: We’re Still Building These, Folks
A fun game to play during a global pandemic such as this one is to search your inbox for the word "unprecedented" and try to find the funniest way it's been strategically deployed in an email blast by one of the brands you don't immediately kick to the spam folder. I got one from Panera Bread the other day. Anyway, we get that it's been weird lately, but despite the risks our ...
Cambridge Tower, Austin’s Breeziest Building, Stays Cool in Strange Times
Working from home as a social distancing measure to slow the spread of coronavirus is an option many people simply don't have, but it's easy to forget that privilege when you've been stuck inside for nearly a month. Are you looking out your window a lot? The view from my window, which looks east across Lavaca Street, happens to be almost entirely occupied by the ...
Keep Your Meetings Local With 10 Extremely Austin Zoom Backgrounds
Unless you already worked from home, in which case we salute you, this whole coronavirus pandemic thing is shaking up your daily routine. For reasons unknown, the world has collectively agreed to use videoconferencing software Zoom for conducting business while distancing ourselves socially, and one nice feature those folks give us is the ability to load a virtual background ...
