AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II - Page 306

freerover · #**6101** Posted **Jun 9, 2019, 11:00 AM**

The city is going to get the same division of UT that did the convention center reports to work on proposals for redeveloping the Home Depot site. Should be a good fit.

AusTxDevelopment · #**6102** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 1:24 AM**

I tried to get a south-looking-north shot of downtown, but my bird won't go high enough. Also, it's tough to get that Rainey Street tail in the picture from straight on. There was a lot of haze. Here are a few attempts. https://imgur.com/a/UmM1Hn5

zrx299 · #**6103** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 2:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by AusTxDevelopment

I tried to get a south-looking-north shot of downtown, but my bird won't go high enough. Also, it's tough to get that Rainey Street tail in the picture from straight on. There was a lot of haze. Here are a few attempts.

Did some quick 'Shop work on your bird pics to make a pano. I'm not talented enough to figure out how to correct the geo-photo fisheye look on the street grid just yet.
Makes me want a drone myself!

Riverranchdrone · #**6104** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 2:44 AM**

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resansom · #**6105** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 3:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by zrx299

Did some quick 'Shop work on your bird pics to make a pano. I'm not talented enough to figure out how to correct the geo-photo fisheye look on the street grid just yet.
Makes me want a drone myself!

It looks like Ladybird Lake is really starting to silt-up, in a few places. Does anyone know of plans to dredge-up some of that silt and remove it?

Jdawgboy · #**6106** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 4:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by resansom

It looks like Ladybird Lake is really starting to silt-up, in a few places. Does anyone know of plans to dredge-up some of that silt and remove it?

I've been asking the same question myself because eventually, we will lose a lot of water area if they do not get out there and remove most of that silt as well as soil and other debris that have washed into the Colorado from the various creeks over the years. That's one of the downsides to damming sections of the river, the silt buildup just adds up because it can't be washed down river during flood events. Now I'd take a flood controlled Colorado anyday but the City of Austin needs to seriously look into plans to dredge the river.

One side note though before I close this post out. They are leaving (and rightly so) those new growing islets in certain areas because they help to manage the rate in which water flows into the river during flood events. That's good but we don't need entire stretches through the core filled up to the point where the river is shrinking.

KevinFromTexas · #**6107** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 8:37 PM**

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...UnLnFQAqYufG5U

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Hut's Hamburgers to close

By Will Anderson – Managing Editor, Austin Business Journal
14 minutes ago

Hut's Hamburgers will close this October after 80 years in business.

Owner Mike Hutchison said in a June 10 announcement that the eatery at 807 W. Sixth St. will shut down Oct. 20. It was founded in 1939 and Mike and Kim Hutchinson bought it in 1981.

“Hut’s has been a major part of our lives and we have loved running the business, but after 38 years, we are ready to move in a different direction. We have appreciated all of our wonderful customers," Mike Hutchinson said in a statement. “We have an excellent relationship with our landlord, the Joseph’s [sic], but it is just time for us to move on.”

urbancore · #**6108** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 8:41 PM**

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https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...UnLnFQAqYufG5U

I'm going to eat sooooo many Tuby's Ticklers till then. At least one a week.

StoOgE · #**6109** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 8:46 PM**

Weird and sad.

I wasn't a huge fan of Hut's, but it's an institution.

So the airport location that just opened?

Sigaven · #**6110** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 10:12 PM**

Never been to Hut's. Is it any good?

I wonder if they'll keep the old building and put another restaurant there. I like the art deco charm.

paul78701 · #**6111** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 1:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sigaven

Never been to Hut's. Is it any good?

I wonder if they'll keep the old building and put another restaurant there. I like the art deco charm.

I've never thought that the food was anything to complain about, but I always thought that it was just okay. The large variety of burgers they offer is something you don't find everywhere though. Nostalgia is the biggest reason to go there, IMHO.

The ATX · #**6112** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 2:55 AM**

I've been to Hut's twice with 30 years in between visits. It's not that good, but they do have a huge selection of burgers unlike any place else.

the Genral · #**6113** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 3:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

I've been to Hut's twice with 30 years in between visits. It's not that good, but they do have a huge selection of burgers unlike any place else.

So what you are saying is they have a huge selection of shitty burgers that made it worth going to every 30 years.

The ATX · #**6114** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 2:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

So what you are saying is they have a huge selection of shitty burgers that made it worth going to every 30 years.

I would go with mediocre as opposed to shitty.

MichaelB · #**6115** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 2:51 PM**

I'm more concerned about the building.
One of very few examples we have of Art Deco Restaurant.
( help with others?)
I'm sad huts is closing.... but same story.... haven't been in years.
And sorry to say I walk past all the time.

paul78701 · #**6116** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 3:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by MichaelB

I'm more concerned about the building.
One of very few examples we have of Art Deco Restaurant.
( help with others?)
I'm sad huts is closing.... but same story.... haven't been in years.
And sorry to say I walk past all the time.

Who knows what will be done with that site. I have my doubts that the Hut's building will survive though. The liquor store will almost surely be demolished. I can't see it being usable for much else.

The ATX · #**6117** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 3:25 PM**

All of the news stories about the closing that I read say it will be another locally managed restaurant.

zrx299 · #**6118** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 4:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by MichaelB

I'm more concerned about the building.
One of very few examples we have of Art Deco Restaurant.
( help with others?)
I'm sad huts is closing.... but same story.... haven't been in years.
And sorry to say I walk past all the time.

The 1950's liquor store next to it is also closing.

That block at night with the neon lit up on both buildings is like looking back in time 60 years.
(Yes, I know Hut's only moved there in 1981 but the building was built in 1940, and the liquor store was built in 1950, according to TCAD)

I'm sure they're also not going to miss being extorted for rising property taxes too.
Gotta sell a lot of burgers to come up with $36,000 for 2019's bill.

The ATX · #**6119** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 5:02 PM**

The Alibi cocktail bar at 96 Rainey is planned for Demo. But not for a high-rise. From a site plan filed today:

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The applicant is proposing to tear down existing bar and associated decking and ground cover and replace with new building, landscaping and streetscape with associated improvements.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...pertyrsn=92510

MichaelB · #**6120** Posted **Jun 11, 2019, 5:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

All of the news stories about the closing that I read say it will be another locally managed restaurant.

fingers crossed!