After a brief pause in local construction due to pandemic-related concerns, work is spinning back up at sites around Austin -- and one of them is really, really visible, smack in the middle of downtown at the corner of Eighth Street and Congress Avenue. Internal demolition and construction work at the future site of the 31-story, 246-room Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue ...
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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 of a larger effort to address the mobility and safety issues in this ...
Say ‘Howdy’ to Holly Project, Phase One of an Ambitious East Austin Park Plan
The East Austin park improvement initiative formerly known as Holly Point but now sporting the broader (but slightly less memorable) label of Holly Project represents the first step towards upgrading the large tract of shoreline city parkland on the north banks of Lady Bird Lake commonly referred to as Holly Shores. This area, its size exceeding a whopping 90 ...
Say Hello to Saltillo, Now Receiving Its Finishing Touches in East Austin
The future of a roughly 10-acre former rail yard between East Fourth and East Fifth Streets will emerge as part of East Austin's "new normal" within a few short months. Formerly known as Plaza Saltillo after its nearby MetroRail station, but now shortened to the snappier and slightly less confusing Saltillo, this ambitious project by local developers Endeavor Real Estate ...
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 ...
