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Council sacrifices Old West Austin building for park improvements
A fourplex in Old West Austin is likely to be demolished despite a push by Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo to save it in the name of historic preservation. A resolution put forward by Tovo to initiate historic zoning on…
Preservation • By Jack Craver • Nov 15, 2016
Council debates building demolition in Old West Austin
City Council delayed a decision on a contentious historic preservation case Thursday after a property owner promised that he would not seek a permit to tear down the structure in the next week. Zach Armstrong, who is seeking to demolish…
Preservation • By Jack Craver • Nov 4, 2016
West Line bungalow to be demolished
After almost half-a-dozen trips to the Historic Landmark Commission, an Old West Austin house is officially beyond repair. The 1915 bungalow, which is located at 812 Theresa Ave., was known as the Anderson-Wattinger-Sucke-Naishtat House at the most recent meeting of…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 3, 2016
Proposal would revamp historic commission rules
Recent events at the Historic Landmark Commission – which resulted in the panel’s failure to act either to begin the historic zoning process for a property or to allow a demolition permit to move forward – have highlighted a need…
Preservation • By Jo Clifton • Nov 2, 2016
Something ventured, 'nothing' gained at historic commission
At their most recent meeting, Historic Landmark commissioners “accomplished nothing” for a 1932 fourplex known as the Palma Plaza Apartment House. With only seven members present, commissioners were unable to garner an effective number of votes to move forward with…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 2, 2016
Neon wrong kind of historic for Congress Avenue
At the most recent Historic Landmark Commission meeting, commissioners faced the question of when “historic” was, exactly. One of Austin’s most celebrated new restaurants provoked the question, by proposing installation of a sign that the owners said was historic, though…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 28, 2016
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Proposed preservation district hits a wall at Landmark Commission
The Historic Landmark Commission on Tuesday postponed action on recommending a historical district in Central Austin that scored significant support from its resident homeowners. The punt came at the end of a lengthy and contentious discussion among the commissioners, the…
Preservation • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 26, 2016
West Line historic zoning battle extended once again
In a somewhat surprising turn of events, a lack of consensus over a West Line home kicked off the historic zoning process at the Historic Landmark Commission’s most recent meeting. The owner of a 1915 bungalow at 812 Theresa Ave.…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 6, 2016
New East Austin survey tells story of loss
To the uninformed, Shonda Mace looked like she was being a real creep. On a morning last March, the young woman loitered in front of a home on East 22nd Street. She eyed the house in front of her before…
Preservation • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 28, 2016
East Austin demolition pause raises questions at Historic Landmark Commission
The Historic Landmark Commission started off with a bang Monday night, when an unorthodox postponement of a group of East Austin demolitions put some commissioners on the defensive, left staff confused and sparked a shouting match in City Council chambers.…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 28, 2016
New balcony approved for Ma and Pa Ferguson house
Though it took a reluctant Historic Landmark Commission two votes to approve it last month, the Ma and Pa Ferguson House gets to have a nonhistoric balcony. Again. The home at 1200 Enfield Road was once home to Ma and…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 24, 2016
'Battle of the historic restoration titans' continues at Landmark Commission
There are plenty of heavy hitters on either side of the debate surrounding a proposed demolition of a contributing structure in the West Line National Register Historic District. What the debate lacks is a resolution, after the Historic Landmark Commission…