AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by NYC2ATX

This is actually super interesting to me haha, I must admit.

This sure is an interesting spot. It occurred to me a long time ago that Koenig was weirdly plotted and developed there because it was eventually supposed to be rebuilt as an extended Hwy 290 Freeway. For a bit I thought they were still holding the land for that until the West Koenig Flats were built and opened when I was living there. Then I realized it's a great spot to add some density in core Austin without displacing anyone.

It also supports a theory I might've shared on this forum before that places like Mueller, Highland, the Domain, Crestview, and now even the Grove, will bleed into each other at the edges as time goes on, leaving Austin with a generally far denser, cohesive and walkable urban core that is the envy of many...and there's honestly potential for this sort of thing in all areas of the city.

This has always been an interesting corridor to watch, linking Highland and North Lamar, and I guess now, like the whole city, it's entering it's most interesting phase yet.

I think you're right -- that "midtown" part of the city still has a lot of potential to densify. So many open or under-developed lots in that area -- especially as you head north on Lamar.

I hope that the state decides that the DPS complex north of Koenig at that intersection will get the same bulking up treatment that the complex at 51st and Lamar is getting.