Earlier this year, we learned that a 350-unit apartment and retail project by national developers Ryan Companies would finally fill the vacant lot surrounding the Central Austin neighborhood’s former control tower, one of the few signs left of Mueller’s past life as an airport. Though images and details of the new project emphasized its embrace of the historic tower as a…
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48-Story Residential Tower Planned at Rainey Street’s Food Truck Park
A development planned for an assembly of properties along Rainey Street currently occupied mostly by the Rainey Street Food Truck Lot is currently seeking city approval for the construction of a 48-story tower bringing more residences to this downtown Austin neighborhood — and though it’s not the tallest plan underway in the district, if built this would displace an earlier proposal and be unique…
A Surprising Number of Austinites Want ACL Fest Moved From Zilker Park
We asked our readers earlier this year to provide their feedback on the first community survey soliciting input for the Zilker Park Vision Plan, a comprehensive planning initiative by the city that will work until next year to pull together every thread of a detailed roadmap for the 350-acre park’s future — mobility improvements, facilities upgrades, conservation efforts, historic preservation, and…
Gosh, Symphony Square’s New Tower Might Be the Bluest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
The release of long-awaited renderings late last month for the mixed-use tower planned on the same block as Symphony Square in downtown Austin by national multifamily behemoth Greystar arrived as a great relief, especially for those of us who had wondered about the building’s appearance since our first reveal of fairly unsatisfying 2D drawings of the project all the way back in…
A Second Royal Blue Grocery Sums Up the Rainey District’s Urban Boom
If you’re looking for a novel measure of present and expected development in downtown Austin’s booming Rainey Street District, you might consider this data point: the number of Royal Blue Grocery locations in the neighborhood is about to double. The second store is planned for the ground-level retail space at the northwest corner of the Quincy apartment and office tower…
The Fun Police Are Coming for Your Beer and Wine at the Zilker Cafe
You might have heard by now that efforts by the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department to secure a permit allowing the new operators of the recently-renovated Zilker Cafe concessions stand to sell beer and wine in the area of Barton Springs Pool aren’t going so well. As advocates for fully enjoying the public realm, this comes…