” We are planning, at the end of the month, to have some people taking Cain & Abel’s apart from the inside out and cutting it up into pieces to give to people to keep as a momento,” Winstanley said.
Although the current bar is closing and the building is being demolished, Winstanley said the new bar will not be far from its predecessor. The new bar will be at 907 W. 24th Street, according to KXAN. The new site is only a couple blocks from 2313 Rio Grande St., where Cain & Abel’s currently stands.
I just love arguing with immature college kids on social media about how the Cain and Ables building is not historic and that any housing being built is good, although not the best solution to the housing crisis.
Yeah, any project that replaces a long standing bar or restaurant triggers a nostalgic response in people who probably haven't been to the place since their 20s.
On the copy and paste thing, I get it. Architects are artists, and they no doubt have designs in their clutch that they're kicking around and ones they're actively applying to projects they're bidding on. Some win the bid, some don't and some win multiple bids. Artists, (and architects are artists), do tend to go through phases of influence and inspiration, so it's not really a surprise that you'd see them with a lot of designs that are similar being pumped out in a short amount of time. And really, I'd call Rhode Partners a "facade architect" where they really focus a lot on their facade detail, rather than the form aspect of architecture. This phenomenon wouldn't be such a problem if we lived in a city with less development happening. They might churn out a few here, and then market their designs elsewhere also, but they're keeping busy enough in Austin that they don't have to.
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