It seems kind of bold to pursue the development of a hotel during a pandemic of unspecified length and impact, but as we've seen in recent weeks, plenty of projects in Austin are still chugging along. Not least of these is the oddball 159-room hotel plan by Trend Hospitality LP and developer William Franks for 1415 Lavaca Street, which would raise a 12-story structure above the ...
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The Seaholm Waterfront’s First Phase Is Ready to Roll on Lady Bird Lake
It's not like we haven't had plenty of other important things to think about lately, but over the last few months our minds have wandered once again to the status of the Seaholm Waterfront, the long-awaited adaptive reuse project by the Austin Parks and Recreation Department, the Trail Foundation, the Austin Parks Foundation, and local architecture firm Cotera + Reed to ...
At Roy’s Taxi, the Segregated East Austin Could Count on a Ride
In the early days of the Great Depression, construction jobs all but disappeared, and that was bad news for Mexican-American Austinite Roy Velasquez, who had risen to the role of foreman on a crew laying sewer pipe in the late 1920s before he was 20 years old. With no local work left, he traveled to Kingsland to organize a crew and build cabins for workers at a granite quarry ...
East Austin’s Historic Texaco Depot Could Get a ‘Cosmic’ Rebirth
As the 10-acre site of Austin's first rail yard settles into its new identity as the Saltillo mixed-use development, other than the tracks themselves there are few reminders left of this area's century-long history as an industrial and shipping hub enabling much of the city's economic growth in the 20th century. The Texaco Depot buildings found at 1300 and 1302 East ...
A 1957 Midcentury Masterpiece Now for Sale on the Riverside Golf Course
Even as Austin grows with countless residential and commercial developments moving forward on the East Riverside corridor, a 1957 midcentury dwelling now listed at 5606 Penick Drive is a reminder of Southeast Austin’s prestigious past. From 1950 to 1984, what’s now known as the Riverside Golf Course was home to the famed Austin Country Club, the stomping grounds of ...
