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Old Posted Mar 7, 2012, 10:15 PM
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Reminds me of the place that got torn down just north of St. John on the west side of IH35, a 1950's style motel spread out in a park like setting of mature trees, etc. I forget what it was called, but it turned into one huge crack hotel. This proposal is certainly is not the urban icon that one might expect from the developers of Austin's "second downtown". I personally think the entire Domaine project is trash, a pseudo urban environment for people who hope to avoid any kind of contact with a real urban environment.
That crack hotel just north of St Johns was torn down a few years ago. Hopefully something new is built there as now the vacant lot is filled with the homeless and day laborers.
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