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Originally Posted by AusTex
Those city/convention parking garages west of San Jacinto were up before I moved to Austin in '93. Me think; the plan long ago...before the 1990's...was to use the 3 blocks in discussion for the convention center. Why else build the parking garages away from the convention center? Any long time Austinite have any info on why those garages were built west of San Jac [ok San Jacinto]?
AND why have no developers built on those three blocks across the street from the convention center? Me think again; others know something the public does not! Any thoughts?  |
The convention center was built in 1992. So yes, the white parking garage (for the convention center) was probably built around the same time. The reddish brown one next to it, though, is actually the garage for One Congress Plaza. So I'm wondering how that would go. It's one thing to tear down a city owned garage to expand the convention center, but the other garage is privately owned.