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 ...
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Here’s a Closer Look at Downtown’s Drake Bridge Commons Project
The bridge carrying First Street across Lady Bird Lake has held the official title of the "Drake Bridge" for 63 years of its 65-year existence -- in other words, not exactly breaking news. Still, I'd bet my life that a vast majority of Austinites have no idea this is the case, perhaps even many of the people who were actually alive during the mayoral term of William Sherman ...
Getting to Know 44 East Avenue, Raising the Roof in the Rainey Street District
Although our first good look at the Block 185 office tower was obviously the hottest item at last week's meeting of the City of Austin's Design Commission, another topic of interest showed up on the agenda -- 44 East Avenue, a downtown Austin condo project planned atop a roughly .68-acre plot in the Rainey Street District by Vancouver real estate development outfit Intracorp, ...