I’ll start by staking out a risky position for a blog like this: Downtown Austin is a pretty good place. Compared to, say, the moribund central business districts of Dallas or Houston, Austin’s original 179 blocks are, for the most part, a thriving patch of round-the-clock city life. Well, for the most part. But once... ...
Five Things to Like and Five to Improve for the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan
Susan Somers is a north Austin resident near the North Shoal Creek area, President of urbanist organization AURA, and the genius gif editor who made this blog’s most famous piece pounce. The city recently released a draft version of the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan . North Shoal Creek is on the far edge of what you might consider north central Austin –... ...
In Decades Past, Austin Was Also Cold
As the remnants of yesterday’s small ice storm quickly evaporate and the temperature climbs back up into the 60s this weekend, it’s nice to remember that the ability of freezing temperatures to completely shut down the city is nothing new. But the record-setting storm that broke all of our brains in the first place happened... ...
Finally, East Austin’s RBJ Center Redevelopment Will Begin in 2018
It’s been a few years — and then some — since we began following plans for a mixed-use project at the site of the Rebekah Baines Johnson Center, a senior housing development completed in 1972 on an 18-acre site southeast of downtown, and major updates on what’s planned have been scarce for years. Until now, that is. This week, Momark Development and Southwest Strategies Group ...
Sylvan|Thirty Developer Adding a Third Piece in West Dallas
Local developer Oaxaca Interests LLC broke ground the second week of January on a 16-unit townhome development in West Dallas. This latest project, located at 707 West Commerce Street, is only two blocks north of Oaxaca Interests’ flagship Sylvan|Thirty development. The three-story townhomes are in an commercially-zoned neighborhood and across Commerce Street from the Dallas ...