Austin Parks Thread - Page 8

Jdawgboy · #**141** Posted **Oct 2, 2014, 8:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by jngreenlee

Yea that 6400+ acres should actually be 40+ acres lol. Whoever posts the city's tweets screwed up. I was about to say "where the heck is this 6400 acres of undeveloped land along Slaughter Creek!" when I saw that lol.

On a side note, I've never been fond of that name. It's not exactly the kind of name that makes people think of a nice creek or a large road with stripmalls and subdivisions lining it. More like a horror film lol. Yea I know why it's named that but they could have changed the name. I remember awhile back the look that someone gave me who was from out of town when I mentioned Slaughter Lane. Priceless lmao

jngreenlee · #**142** Posted **Oct 2, 2014, 9:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

"where the heck is this 6400 acres of undeveloped land along Slaughter Creek!" when I saw that lol.

This is what size that would have to be...

jngreenlee · #**143** Posted **Oct 2, 2014, 9:20 PM**

Austin Texas @austintexasgov

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CORRECTION: #ATXCouncil ok’s purchase of approx 6.4 acres of parkland

Jdawgboy · #**144** Posted **Oct 2, 2014, 11:54 PM**

Oh wow, that's definitely less than 40 lol. I guess I was looking at something else regarding 40 acres when I looked it up.

LoneStarMike · #**145** Posted **Oct 16, 2016, 9:27 AM**

I don't think I ever saw these renderings posted for a proposed Pleasant Valley Pedestrian Bridge at the east end of Lady Bird Lake.

From Austin on a bike

From Christopher Stanton in the comments:

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The bridge graffic is from us (The Ghisallo Foundation). This is not directly related to the peninsula bridge mentioned in your article. The bridge with voiced opposition is the mid-lake bridge which runs from the gazebo peninsula. The proposed bridge your are showing pictures of and writing about is a ped+bike bridge I am proposing adjacent to Longhorn dam rather than being raised and attached to Longhorn dam. I am not aware of any PODER opposition to this specific proposal.

Then there's some different renderings from the Facebook page of Minguell-McQuary Architecture+Design

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drummer · #**146** Posted **Oct 16, 2016, 11:33 AM**

I like it for a couple of reasons. It's unique and has a pretty cool design, and it also naturally makes a loop for the hike and bike trail, which is kind of cool. Not sure of the latter part was their intent or not.