One of Austin’s worst intersections, as determined by our readers no less, is located at Barton Springs Road and South Lamar Boulevard — it’s a seven-lane nightmare for cars, bikes, and pedestrians alike, and with multiple major developments on the way in this region, those issues are only going to get worse. That’s why we’re pumped to see the…
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Here’s the Public Workout Equipment We’re Getting at Butler Shores
A few months back, we alerted the more athletically-minded among our readers to the future of breaking a sweat at Butler Shores, with a few design options on the table for public exercise equipment to be installed adjacent to the Hike-and-Bike Trail by our friends at the Trail Foundation. The existing workout equipment at Butler Shores. Now that…
Whole Foods Is Growing Up a Second Office Building in Downtown Austin
It’s not often that a building breaks ground in downtown Austin without us knowing the details — we’re not bragging, that’s literally our job and spending all our time downtown makes it hard to miss. But as construction fences started rising at the 15-story Shoal Creek Walk office tower site at 835 West Sixth Street sitting just east…
Congress Avenue’s Smallest Art Deco Building Scores Historic Zoning
Though you’ll find examples here and there, there’s not a ton of Art Deco architecture in Austin, and if you’re searching for this style on Congress Avenue you’ll most likely stick to the Scarbrough Building at 522 Congress Avenue — not just the city’s first modern tower, but also overflowing with Deco’s classic geometric ornamentations at its grand…
Here’s How Paving an Alley Could Transform Rainey Street
The latest round of expansion in the Rainey Street District of downtown Austin could be the first step towards an improvement some of us have anticipated patiently for the better part of a decade — the paving of the alley that runs between Rainey Street and East Avenue. Discussed as a possible upgrade for at least a decade, paving…
On a Changing Barton Springs Road, McPhail’s Florist is the Last of Its Kind
There’s a lot to love about the eclectic jumble of buildings at 605 Barton Springs Road — the round windows, whimsically painted stucco walls currently rocking shades of turquoise and violet, and the long greenhouse running down the west end of the complex, its panes increasingly smashed out, allowing peeks at the few remaining plants…