We're big fans of the Waller Creek Conservancy's ongoing mission to restore and redevelop the stretch of Waller Creek running through downtown Austin -- which, if all goes well, should eventually transform 35 acres of the under-appreciated creek's narrow riparian corridor into a connected series of parks and trails spanning more than a mile in total length. We're also not ...
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At Butler Shores, a New Life for Austin’s Dougherty Arts Center Takes Shape
In 2010, an architectural report prepared for Austin's Parks and Recreation Department declared the facility housing the city's Dougherty Arts Center had aged beyond its useful life -- in fact, the much-loved community theater and gallery space near Butler Park at 1110 Barton Springs Road was "beyond repair," according to the parks department's own summary of the study's ...
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, ...
TEMPO 2D Public Art Program Commissions 12 New Austin Murals
For 33 years, the City of Austin's Art in Public Places program has worked with artists -- some local, others national -- to create eye-catching works of public art around the city. Along with permanent installations like the variety of art pieces planned or already in place at our new Central Library (check out those glowing-eyed owl statues at the bottom of the page), ...
We’re Getting an East Side Pedestrian Bridge Near Longhorn Dam, Eventually
If you've hoofed or pedaled around the section of Hike-and-Bike Trail surrounding Lady Bird Lake east of Interstate 35, it's no shock to you that the area has some issues, namely the "bottleneck" of poor connectivity along Longhorn Dam at the eastern edge of the lake. As part of a larger assortment of improvements in the planning stages at the Holly Shores / ...