Oakwood Cemetery, as Austin’s oldest city burial ground dating back to 1839 and growing through the years to its current size of approximately 40 acres at 1601 Navasota Street, is the resting place for generations of the city’s history — but the memories buried here, reflecting the formerly segregated surrounding neighborhoods of East Austin, were unequally distributed, some forgotten for more…
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East Austin ‘Micro-Unit’ Apartments Break Ground at Sixth and Chicon
A six-story “micro-housing” apartment project by local commercial real estate firm Watershed Development Group has officially broken ground in East Austin, bringing 60 residences to an approximately quarter-acre site at 1812 East Sixth Street. This 34 . . . Become a patron to get the full story and gain access to TOWERS’ archive. (Sign-in)
Two East Austin Landmarks Headed for the National Register of Historic Places
Federal historic recognition is pending for two properties located roughly a mile apart in East Austin after the approval of nominations by the Texas Historical Commission’s State Board of Review earlier this month. The respective sites, both notable landmarks in the history of the region’s Mexican American community, are Parque Zaragoza at 2608 Gonzales Street in the…
Meet T3 Eastside, Austin’s First Modern Timber Office and Residential Building
Houston-based international developer Hines will bring East Austin the city’s first example of a modern office and residential building constructed from sustainably-sourced heavy timber at 1201 East Fourth Street in a project known as T3 Eastside — that’s “timber, transit, and technology,” a brand Hines calls its prototype for the use of engineered wood in contemporary office developments,…
Offices With Downtown Views Head for an East Seventh Street Hilltop
A five-story, 110,000-square-foot office project with approximately 8,000 square feet of ground-level restaurant and retail space by local real estate firm Aquila Commercial is set to rise any day now on an East Austin hillside located at the northwest corner of San Marcos and East Seventh Streets, representing a
East Austin’s Huston-Tillotson University Seeks National Historic Designation
With its local history dating back to 1875, you might be surprised to discover that Huston-Tillotson University predates the University of Texas as Austin’s first institution of higher learning — and this East Side cultural landmark, originally founded as the segregated city’s only college for African Americans, should soon receive its due recognition with admission to the…