south lamar boulevard

After 28 years in business, Hickory Street Bar and Grill at 8th and Congress will close on Saturday as developers move forward with plans to build a much larger building on the prime Congress Avenue Site Hickory Street at 800 Congress According to the Statesman, "a developer announced plans in July to replace the restaurant with a 28-story tower that is expected to house offices, a 210-room boutique hotel, several restaurants and a coffee bar.

According to the Statesman, the Four Seasons Condominiums has 54% of it's 148 units sold or under contract.

The article reported that:

"In a securities filing, Post said that, as of April 29, 68 units had been sold and 11 more were under contract.

The 32-story Four Seasons is east of the Four Seasons Hotel on Lady Bird Lake.

The units range in price from the $400,000s to more than $4 million.

Starting tomorrow, Austin will be thronged with crowds for two weeks thanks to the various iterations of the South by Southwest festivals of film, interactive and music.

So what better time than to schedule a big public art happening.

My neighborhood of "urban homes" shows it is possible to build relatively affordable single-family homes in central Austin.

 (Emphasis on "relatively" -- they start at $250,000-ish, which is a good deal for new, detached housing in 78704 but obviously not everyone's idea of affordable housing.)

My neighborhood of "urban homes" shows it is possible to build relatively affordable single-family homes in central Austin.

 (Emphasis on "relatively" -- they start at $250,000-ish, which is a good deal for new, detached housing in 78704 but obviously not everyone's idea of affordable housing.)