The city of Austin now says three story buildings on I-35 caps are 'unlikely to be feasible' because they would require additional engineering and cost. So now, they're working on the assumption that buildings would be two stories max.

Here's a new rendering.

Affordable housing in Austin is at an interesting crossroads. AMI is so high and rents are so low that new properties are even struggling to rent restricted units.

everyone in brazil loves the strokes. one of the usa’s greatest cultural exports

not sure how these folks get by without parking minimums

'just slap down some benches, dumbass' is an undefeated design strategy for public spaces sadly underutilized in this era of grossly overpriced parametric landscape architecture
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ad for austin in the kansas city star, 1891

the argument that pops up on here a lot about how real blue collar americans need to drive huge $60,000 trucks and city slicker libs just don’t understand becomes way funnier when you actually go to a construction site and the parking lot is full of 10 year old nissan altimas

swung by whole foods for the first time in ages and they’re selling a “family size caesar salad” that’s just a box of old romaine with two hard boiled eggs and some dressing for $16.99. no chance this place is still around in ten years, it’s over

if you wanna make it look like 100% of your survey participants support green spaces here's how you frame the issue

cranky nextdoor types think these conversions are the one weird trick to solve housing without any pesky new apartments, and since many seem to see renters as roughly one step above cattle the idea of warehousing them in office buildings is very appealing
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the next fusion food somebody needs to crack is tex mex fried chicken. you could make a billion dollars if you did this right

Do y'all know of anyone in Austin who doesn't own a car? I don't have a car and usually get around by bus — looking to talk to other people like me for KUT Austin!

i'm hanging out on the green roof at the twin oaks office building and i'm throwing rocks at the solar panels austin.towers.net/heres-how-sout…

austin american-statesman coverage of anti-apartheid protests at UT in 1986

saw some people complaining that my last example wasn’t accurate because there were bad reviews about rats. okay man. here’s a crappy apartment renting for $1,199, or a full 30% drop from its 2023 listing price of $1,700. same pattern happening in old buildings all over town