A new office development could rise four stories at 610 East Sixth Street, according to plans filed with the city. The unnamed project is up for review by the Historic Landmark Commission at its Monday, August 21 meeting. New York-based real estate investment firm Cayuga Capital Management submitted a package of initial plans to the... ...
You Are Here: Clarksville
Clarksville, founded in 1871 by freedman Charles Clark as a settlement for former African-American slaves in the aftermath of the Civil War, couldn’t hold onto every part of its history. Despite the neighborhood’s roots, its demographics shifted heavily in the early 1900s as land values increased alongside city-enforced segregation. The neighborhood now occupies Austin’s second ...
Austin’s Tower Vaporware: An Extremely Sad Downtown Field Guide
As the Austin skyline undergoes exponential growth, sometimes it feels like plans for new towers downtown show up every week. If you like that sort of thing, there’s never been a more exciting time to live in this city — and judging by the name at the top of this site, you can count us... ...
Austin Parks Department Plans Makeover for Zilker Botanical Garden
Citing a need for better use of space and traffic improvements, the City of Austin recently began a search for a consultant to help produce a master plan for the Zilker Botanical Garden . Remarkably, the request for proposals filed by the city noted that there has never been an approved master plan for the park. In 1962,... ...
Remembering Dick Clark, 1944-2017
Much of Austin’s architectural landscape looks the way it does due to the contributions of Dick Clark. With his team of like-minded collaborators and clients iterating on a theme of contemporary architecture, Dick Clark + Associates delivered inspired designs that have shaped the look and feel of a city. Dick Clark, renowned Austin architect, died […] ...