The Waller Creek Conservancy has been around town since 2010, but the way CEO Peter Mullan tells it, the organization's had some trouble getting Austinites to notice. "People tell me all the time that they have no idea where Waller Creek is," he says. "They'll say they've never heard of Creek Show -- which we launched in 2014 -- but that they've definitely been to the ...
landscape architecture
At the Drake Bridge Commons, New Public Space Brings Docks Downtown
The last time we caught up with the Drake Bridge Commons -- a project by Austin's Trail Foundation imagining a new downtown public space beneath the Drake Bridge carrying First Street across Lady Bird Lake -- we had two design options to choose between as part of the community engagement stage of the plan. Now, based on that input, the foundation's settled on one. You wanna see ...
At Downtown Austin’s Block 36, ‘Micro-Unit’ Apartments and Billboards Mingle
We've waited for a rendering of developer Transwestern's Block 36 apartment project in downtown Austin for the better part of two years at this point, so long in fact that we have all become skeletons sitting patiently in our chairs. But the wait is over! Recent marketing materials for the project give us our first good look at the planned five-story building, which is ...
Digging Into the Blockbuster Plan for the Austin American-Statesman Site
Now that we've had a few days to digest the Austin American-Statesman's breaking news story about the redevelopment of its own headquarters on the south shores of Lady Bird Lake, we thought it might be nice to think a little further about the potential wrapped up in this roughly 19-acre site at 305 South Congress Avenue. Even though the plan, as shown in the renderings seen ...
East Austin’s Walter E. Long Park Master Plan Is Completely Bonkers
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 ...
