Remember that pocket patio and "Keep Austin Weird" sculpture planned in front of the Scarbrough Building at the corner of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street? I ripped on the sculpture a little last time for being kinda corny, but now I feel bad about it. Turns out a significant portion of Austin's Historic Landmark Commission really doesn't like it. The project, ...
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Boutique Hotel Project Arrives On Oracle’s Heels Near East Riverside
Los Angeles hospitality development firm BLVD745 plans to build a 128-room, four-story location of its boutique Roadhouse Hotel and Junction brand in Southeast Austin at 2500 Willow Hill Drive, a 2.73-acre site currently occupied by a carwash located near the corner of East Riverside Drive and South Pleasant Valley Road. This will be the second ...
Central Austin Development Roundup: Towers, Trails, and Everything Else
Hey, you folks wanna hear about some stuff going on downtown? It'd be a lot cooler if you did. We got the big news out of the way this week already, but there's always something worth talking about, so here we go: Trail Bridge at Congress Avenue The Trail Foundation will celebrate the grand opening of its new bridge under Congress Avenue on Thursday, May 31 at 10:30 a.m., ...
Sidewalk Cafe, ‘Weird’ Statue Planned for Scarbrough Building on Congress
Plans for improvements on the ground floor of downtown Austin's historic Scarbrough Building appear to be moving forward, based on new documents out of the city's Historic Landmark Commission. Remember, everything built in the Congress Avenue Historic District has to hit the commission's desk at some point, and this project's up for discussion at tonight's meeting, giving us a ...
Republic Tower Project Planned for Downtown Block at 308 Guadalupe
308 Guadalupe Street is the address generally used for a future project at the downtown block bordered by West Third, San Antonio, West Fourth, and Guadalupe Streets. That block, located directly south of Republic Square's snazzy new incarnation and currently only occupied by a parking lot, is one of Austin's last remaining empty downtown blocks unencumbered by Capital View ...