The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB-MACC) at 600 River Street is the gem of downtown Austin’s Rainey Street neighborhood, a stunning work of Mesoamerican-inspired modernism designed by the late Mexican architect Teodoro González de León working alongside Hispanic-owned local studio CasaBella Architects. It’s reflective of the neighborhood’s rapidly-fading history as a working-class Mexican American enclave, and as such will always represent much more than a…
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Rainey Street’s Future Skyline Looks Like a Second Downtown Austin
Earlier this summer, we were pretty darn proud to bring our readers the first-ever look at 80 Rainey Street, a 644-unit apartment and retail tower planned by local developers Lincoln Ventures for an assembly of properties between 78 to 84 Rainey Street currently occupied by a food truck park. We find this plan remarkable not only for its…
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…
See Austin Condo Tower Construction Up Close With ‘Beyond the Fence’ Episode 2
Construction outfit Flintco, currently putting up developer Intracorp’s 44 East Avenue condo tower in the Rainey Street District of downtown Austin, is giving us another episode of its documentary series “Beyond the Fence” — providing an unusually inside look at the kitchen-sink process of developing a 49-floor building. Episode 2 of the series, “Harmony by Design,” spends its more than 15-minute…
Here’s a New Design for Downtown Austin’s 9092 Rainey Street Tower Plan
First announced back in the blissfully pre-pandemic 2019, the tower planned to replace two bars at 90 and 92 Rainey Street by a development team including Urbanspace Real Estate founder Kevin Burns and local design firms Nelsen Partners and dwg. has undergone a few twists and turns throughout the generalized turmoil of 2020 — members of the city’s…
Is Rainey Street Better Without Cars?
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…