Hillwood Development Corporation has nearly completed the city’s review process for its proposal to construct a 17-story mixed-use office building on one of the last vacant lots next to Turtle Creek in Uptown. Last week land use attorney Robert Reeves waited to the very end of a City Plan Commission agenda that went past four hours to observe... ...
Austin’s Rich History of Getting Mad at Skyscrapers Begins At Norwood Tower
A few months back, downtown Austin’s changing skyline went viral. A photographic comparison from roughly the same vantage point demonstrating the building boom over the past decade bounced around Twitter and Facebook and Reddit for several weeks, often accompanied by sneers and jeers from cats who pined for those sunny slopes of ten years ago. Never mind... ...
Welcome to Bizarro Austin
There’s a neighborhood in central Austin that everybody knows but only its true students really understand. It’s a place where the normal laws of neighborhoods (or zoning ordinances at least) don’t apply. A place where up is down, zig is zag, and 40-minutes cursing at bumper-to-bumper traffic on MoPac is 15 minutes humming with your... ...
What’s Happening in Austin This Weekend? Sept. 8 – 10
Editor’s note: as part of my ongoing mission to brainwash the good people of Austin into abandoning the suburbs and demanding dense, walkable urban design, I figured we’d post event guides for interesting stuff going on in the city every weekend. Trust me, I’ve got great taste! Friday, Sept. 8 Fashion X Harvey Benefit Show JW Marriott, 110 East Second... ...
Cross Your Fingers for Micro-Housing on East Ninth Street
Ever since the closure and rezoning of the old Ecology Action recycling center in downtown Austin’s Red River Cultural District at 703 East Ninth Street, we’ve been following the trail of a planned mixed-use development for the location that teased the possibility of micro-housing. Here’s what we knew last year: Sackman Enterprises, which is also developing 70 Rainey , plans a ...