A permit filed with the City of Austin earlier this week indicates plans by an unknown private developer to raise two mixed-use towers at a downtown half-block located at East Third Street and San Jacinto Boulevard near the Austin Convention Center. The site plan filing, which refers to the project as “Block 32” after the location’s original number under the…
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Take a Virtual Stroll Through Downtown Austin’s Perennial Tower Plan
There’s plenty of competition around these parts, but the Perennial might be the most exciting office tower planned in downtown Austin at the moment. Aside from its stunning looks, the real draw of the 46-floor project by Cielo Property Group is its potential for creating a memorable place for the public rather than simply its own office…
The Hotel Ella Plans to Grow Behind Austin’s Historic Goodall Wooten House
The historic Goodall Wooten House, an 1898 mansion standing at the corner of West MLK Jr. Boulevard and Rio Grande Street just north of downtown Austin, might look a little out of place compared with the modern growth of the West Campus neighborhood around it — its Greek columns and monumental symmetry, typical of the historically-minded Classical Revival style…
Sixth and Guadalupe is Already the Tallest Building in Austin
It’s no secret that at 875 feet, the Sixth & Guadalupe office and residential tower currently under construction in downtown Austin will officially become the tallest building in the city when it’s done — at least until the next tallest thing comes along in a few years, of course. Scheduled for completion sometime in 2023, this 66-floor project at 400 West Sixth Street…
Celebrating 21 Years of Downtown Austin’s Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge
On June 16, 2001, Austin celebrated the grand opening of the James D. Pfluger Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge, spanning Lady Bird Lake — well, Town Lake in those days, as longtime locals will berate you in various comment sections — directly east of the Lamar Boulevard bridge. This new car-free thoroughfare offered non-drivers a safer…
Westgate Tower Seeks Historic Zoning
A downtown Austin condo tower featuring some of the city’s most famous midcentury architecture is currently seeking historic zoning. Westgate Tower, built as a 26-story apartment building at 1122 Colorado Street in 1966 and converted for condo use in the 1980s, features a striking modernist design by New Formalist architect Edward Durell Stone that proved controversial due to…