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[JoninATX]

Think EAST Austin





http://thinkeastaustin.com/masterplan.html

[Syndic]

WTF is this? It looks rather lame, misguided, and ridiculous; a total monoculture. Mixed-use isn't much good if you cut it off from the rest of the city and surround it with a bunch of parking lots and green space. Le sigh...

Also, the rendering looks like a bunch of monopoly houses and that website is just atrocious. Don't mean to sound completely negative, but wow.

Originally Posted by JoninATX

Think EAST Austin

http://thinkeastaustin.com/masterplan.html

[JoninATX]

Progress on the mixed use project on Rio Grande.

[JoninATX]

Originally Posted by Syndic

WTF is this? It looks rather lame, misguided, and ridiculous; a total monoculture. Mixed-use isn't much good if you cut it off from the rest of the city and surround it with a bunch of parking lots and green space. Le sigh...

Also, the rendering looks like a bunch of monopoly houses and that website is just atrocious. Don't mean to sound completely negative, but wow.

Progress I would say, but I see where ur coming from.

[BevoLJ]

There is but it won't be until the start the Seaholm project. And it will just be for pedestrians not cars. Apparently any sort of interference with rail operations is a major deal. And when they are doing Seaholm they plan on moving the rail road a little and so they are waiting to build the pedestrian under thingie when they do that.

A couple other things being that 3rd isn't going to go all the way through. I don't think they are going to take down the old rail bridge over the creek, they are just going to use the pedestrian bridge next to it and maybe later upgrade the old rail trestle to be usable by the new urban rail that might go by there. On Second they are going to build a bridge over the creek, but it isn't really a good place for cars. It will have a road, but only two lanes like the rest of second. The road will end at the power plant, but pedestrians will be able to go under the plant and emerge on the other side near the railroad and Gables.

Edit: Look here at where the people are coming out under the plant:

[SecretAgentMan]

Originally Posted by BevoLJ

There is but it won't be until the start the Seaholm project. And it will just be for pedestrians not cars. Apparently any sort of interference with rail operations is a major deal. And when they are doing Seaholm they plan on moving the rail road a little and so they are waiting to build the pedestrian under thingie when they do that.

A couple other things being that 3rd isn't going to go all the way through. I don't think they are going to take down the old rail bridge over the creek, they are just going to use the pedestrian bridge next to it and maybe later upgrade the old rail trestle to be usable by the new urban rail that might go by there. On Second they are going to build a bridge over the creek, but it isn't really a good place for cars. It will have a road, but only two lanes like the rest of second. The road will end at the power plant, but pedestrians will be able to go under the plant and emerge on the other side near the railroad and Gables.

Edit: Look here at where the people are coming out under the plant:

That isn't a tunnel under Seaholm, it is an entry at the middle level of three in the building. Most pedestrians going from the existing 2nd Street to Gables would walk through the Seaholm plaza and down the stairs beside the west entry.

[ahealy]

Originally Posted by SecretAgentMan

That isn't a tunnel under Seaholm, it is an entry at the middle level of three in the building. Most pedestrians going from the existing 2nd Street to Gables would walk through the Seaholm plaza and down the stairs beside the west entry.

SecretAgent: Do you know when they're going to even breakground? They said it was to be during late July....But still, nothing.

[SecretAgentMan]

Originally Posted by ahealy

SecretAgent: Do you know when they're going to even breakground? They said it was to be during late July....But still, nothing.

I can't give an exact date, but it will be soon. Probably September.

[ahealy]

Originally Posted by SecretAgentMan

I can't give an exact date, but it will be soon. Probably September.

Ahhh...hope they're not experiencing troubles. I still won't believe it til' I see it.

[BevoLJ]

Oh, I could have sworn I saw an entry on the east side where the intersection of 2nd and West will be.

[KevinFromTexas]

What project is that? Is this Callaway House?

[JoninATX]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

What project is that? Is this Callaway House?

Thats the unknown project on Rio Grande, I wanted to go friday to talk to the foreman but as usual got caught up in doing other things, so hoping this friday I can swing by.

[KevinFromTexas]

Ah, what corner is this at?

By the way, I saw either 2400 Nueces or Callaway House sticking up on the skyline from St. Ed's this afternoon. I could see the concrete pumper on top of the building sticking up on the horizon. A few more floors and it should stick up.

[JoninATX]

W. 23rd & Rio Grande, went up on the 2 story balcony which btw has some great views.

Kevin, I copied the google map link to give you a good idea on where it's at.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&cl...ed=0CAcQ8gEwAA

[Austin1971]

By MATT HUDGINS
Published: August 14, 2012
New York Times

AUSTIN, Tex. — Amit Sudharshan, 28, dons shorts and flip flops to walk the two blocks from his downtown apartment here to his job as a quantitative researcher at RGM Advisors.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/re...Y9XLQKNV6dSkFQ

[ahealy]

Originally Posted by Austin1971

By MATT HUDGINS
Published: August 14, 2012
New York Times

AUSTIN, Tex. — Amit Sudharshan, 28, dons shorts and flip flops to walk the two blocks from his downtown apartment here to his job as a quantitative researcher at RGM Advisors.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/re...Y9XLQKNV6dSkFQ

Great article, but it doesn't tell us obsessed forumers anything we don't already know

[BevoLJ]

Lol, guess I was a week early in moving the JW from approved to U/C list.

Work starts next week on JW Marriott downtown convention hotel
By Shonda Novak

Construction is set to start next week on the downtown JW Marriott convention hotel, after the developer recently received final approval of the project's building plans from the city of Austin.

The $300 million hotel will rise 33 stories on the east side of Congress Avenue and Second Street. It will have 1,012 keys, making it the world's largest JW Marriott in room count when it opens in early 2015. Crews have been working on the site, relocating underground utilities. Late next week, construction is expected to begin on the project itself, with the first phase being a three-story underground parking garage with 458 spaces. The garage will take nine to 10 months to build, followed by construction of the hotel.

More than 40,000 room reservations have already been sold, said the hotel's developer, Indiana-based White Lodging Services Corp.

"We are incredibly excited about delivering this signature project for Austin," Deno Yiankes, White Lodging's president and CEO of investments and development, said in a statement to the American-Statesman. "This hotel will be a game-changer for the city's tourism industry, and I believe that is already being confirmed by the number of rooms we have pre-sold. A convention hotel of this size and quality will take Austin to the next level in recruiting national conventions and events."

Mayor Lee Leffingwell said the project represents "the single largest investment in downtown Austin to date and will offer significant economic benefits to the city, including tax revenue and job creation.

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Read More: http://www.statesman.com/business/wo...e=rss_business

[The ATX]

It will be a while before we see this go vertical - 10 months to dig/build the underground parking garage.

[migol24]

Originally Posted by Hill Country

It will be a while before we see this go vertical - 10 months to dig/build the underground parking garage.

Yep, i remember how long it took for the Ashton and W, both similar height to start rising. It's gonna be awhile.

[KevinFromTexas]

Yeah, and not only that, but Gables Park Plaza II is already 3 floors up, not digging.