Have you experienced the car-free version of Rainey Street? If not, you've got about a month left to check out the City of Austin pilot program closing the street to all motor vehicle traffic from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays between December 5, 2019 and March 8, 2020. It's part of a larger effort to address the mobility and safety issues in this ...
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On Rainey Street’s Doorstep, the Cambria Hotel is Back From the Dead
Well, well well. Just when we thought the Cambria Hotel bound for 68-72 East Avenue in the Rainey Street District was dead in the water, the project's filed a new site plan with the city -- the first real update on this development since 2017. This new site plan, filed to replace the woefully-expired plan from almost two years ago, doesn't appear to have changed much from the ...
Remembering the Nahua Tower, Downtown Austin’s Unbuilt Icon
Judging by the handful of drawings available, the 35-story office development headed for downtown's Block 185 is worth getting excited about. Its curved, sail-like shape might be the most interesting skyscraper design we've seen in Austin since the Frost Bank Tower -- not that we're ignoring all the other competition around town. But when I came across these ...
Here’s 91 Red River, the Rainey Street District’s Next Tower
Hey, remember our sneak peak at downtown's most mysterious upcoming tower projects? It looks like we don't have to draw a big green box anymore for the building planned at 91-93 Red River Street, a rectangular .74-acre plot of land assembled from two adjacent addresses owned by entities associated with Austin-based commercial real estate firm Endeavor Real Estate ...
The View From the Top at 70 Rainey
70 Rainey, the 34-floor condo tower set to transform the skyline of downtown Austin's eastern edge as the Rainey Street District's tallest building, is officially "topped out" this month, with its highest floor poured and ready for finish-out. But even from the ground floor, the building is already an imposing figure on Rainey Street itself: To celebrate, ...
