The intersection of Enfield Road, Baylor Street, and Parkway near Castle Hill in Old West Austin wasn’t much to look at until the city built a pedestrian crossing there earlier this year. The crossing included a central island, known variously as a “safety island or “refuge island” — a street design feature intended to increase pedestrian safety... ...
You Are Here: Lakeshore
A few weeks ago, we asked our readers to weigh in on the name of the region in southeast Austin around East Riverside Drive and Lakeshore Boulevard. This was a fairly difficult question, as it turns out. 151 comments later, we’re still not sure. Various folks believe with authority that the area is called either... ...
1106 South 5th Street by Alterstudio
Designed by Alterstudio. Built by Anne Suttles and Sam Shah. This talented cabal has focused on work in 78704, notably the “Hillside Residence” and the “Bouldin Residence.” Property info. ...
Renovations Planned at Scholz Garten, Austin’s Oldest Restaurant
Scholz Garten, located in downtown Austin at 1607 San Jacinto Boulevard, isn’t just the oldest restaurant in the city — originally opened by German immigrant August Scholz in 1866, the establishment is also the oldest continuously operated German biergarten in the country, now owned by German-Texan heritage organization Austin Saengerrunde. But that doesn’t mean there’s no ...
Requiem for an Ugly Building: Ashbel Smith Hall at Block 71
I’ve said before that I never met a building I didn’t like. Even among the structures most hated by the general public — from the eyesores brought about by brutalism , to absurd postmodern self-parodies of buildings that aggressively confront the very definition of architecture — I’m usually able to dig up at least one charming element, a... ...