As far as we can tell, the "comprehensive mobility study" of the Rainey Street area recommended by Austin's Design Commission back in May hasn't wrapped up yet, but that apparently doesn't mean the city doesn't already have some plans of its own for fixing up the area's patchy sidewalks and other mobility infrastructure. This is great news for the neighborhood's residents, ...
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Centro Office Project Heads for East Austin’s Booming Saltillo District
A mixed-use development planned a stone's throw from the Plaza Saltillo Station of the Capital MetroRail Red Line will construct an estimated 300,000 square feet of office space and 25,000 square feet of street-level retail space in its first phase -- and once the project is completely built out, it could span nearly two full blocks of East Austin's rapidly developing Plaza ...
What Can We Learn From East Austin’s Chestnut Plaza Development?
Last year, TOWERS profiled the ongoing growth of Chestnut Plaza and the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) at MLK Jr. Boulevard and Alexander Avenue, located in East Austin at the MLK Jr. Station of Capital Metro's Red Line. Nearly 10 years after the rail station first opened, the area around it still has plenty of empty space waiting for growth, but some of those gaps should ...
Don’t You Dare Park Here
After six-ish years working in urban planning and design, I can confidently say that nothing gets people more riled up than parking -- not even traffic compares. This is especially true in Austin, as we frequently hash out the merits of parking-centric topics like parking minimums, parking podiums, event parking, and residential parking permits. The city's Residential Permit ...
Our Fall Survey Results Are In, and Here’s What We’ve Learned
At the end of last month, we opened a little survey to learn more about our readers and their interests around Austin. The carrot to this survey's stick was the possibility of winning one of five copies of our recently-released Austin coloring book, and we'll be sending those out next week. For the time being, let's take a look at the results and see what we've ...
