You and I will likely never understand exactly how it feels to bomb down Castle Hill on a skateboard, which is nearly as sad for our collective joie de vivre as it is deeply comforting to our insurance providers. All you really need to know is that despite its character ranging from million-dollar homes to interior design studios, the stretch of West 12th Street spanning both ...
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The South Lamarization of East Riverside Is Coming Soon
South Lamar Boulevard and East Riverside Drive have a lot in common. They're both what the city considers "core transit corridors," and that means they're ideal for dense multi-story development often in the form of vertical mixed-use (VMU) buildings, which in theory enhance the street-level pedestrian environment along the corridor by improving sidewalks and adding ...
Sixth and Lamar is the Worst Intersection in Austin
After two rounds of our extremely rigorous and not-at-all scientific survey about the worst Austin intersections, a majority of votes nearly as overwhelming as traffic itself has brought us a clear answer, at least in the opinion of our readers: Sixth Street and North Lamar Boulevard takes the cake, with more than 30 percent of the vote. We received 538 total votes in this ...
These Are Austin’s 10 Worst Intersections. Which One Wins It All?
Last month, we asked our intrepid readers to weigh in on their least favorite intersections in Austin. Based on the record-setting number of responses we received (apparently traffic congestion is an issue people here feel very strongly about) we've selected the 10 intersections that showed up the most in our survey, and now it's time to pick the worst of the bunch -- click ...
Demolition at the 6 X Guadalupe Tower Site Could Arrive Next Month
To build the new tallest tower in Austin, you've got to break a few eggs -- or, in this case, demolish a completely unremarkable hotel. In other words, the Extended Stay America now occupying the famously "cursed" former home of the late Alamo Hotel at the northwest corner of West Sixth and Guadalupe Streets is not long for this world, with recent city documents pointing to its ...
