Though our civic apparatus and the greater convention center-industrial complex would have you believe the ever-expanding Austin Convention Center is a critical economic booster for the city, the jury's still out for plenty of Austinites on where the sprawling center, which currently occupies six city blocks, falls on the continuum between "necessary" and ...
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What’s on Our Watchlist This Week?
The holiday season isn't exactly the hottest time for development news around here, but we've still noticed a few interesting city filings, local business updates, and other fun stuff over the last couple of weeks. Let's take a look: 87 Rainey Street - No Va / Stagger Lee https://twitter.com/steveratke/status/1064898720758726656 Shuttered bar No Va is receiving an addition ...
A Closer Look at 44 East Avenue, the Rainey District’s Tallest Tower Plan
If developer Intracorp successfully brings its 51-story tower to life at 44 East Avenue, our definition of height on this side of downtown will change forever. Like we've mentioned before, this 330-unit Austin condo tower plan isn't just tall for the Rainey Street District, it's tall by the whole city's standards -- and along with plenty of other nearby projects in ...
At RiverSouth, Austin’s South Central Waterfront Plan Takes One Small Step
By all accounts, Austin's only Hooters restaurant is pretty bad -- and that's even by Hooters standards, which means something's somehow falling through the cracks between the Sysco truck and the microwave. If nothing else, the joint is a fun reminder of the good ol' days of Austin when a restaurant about 2,000 feet from downtown got to have a parking lot roughly six ...
After a Century of Snacking, Barton Springs’ Zilker Cafe Looks Forward
Swimming leads to snacking. That's been a fact of life at Austin's Barton Springs Pool for at least a century, with the first mention of concessions served to bathers at the spring-fed swimming pool -- "hamburger and the like" -- appearing in the Austin Statesman in 1918. But in 2016, the Zilker Cafe at Barton Springs closed and stayed closed. Turns out the pool's 1960s-era ...