Tag Archives: East Austin
Festival hopes to begin new chapter at 12th and Chicon, with city help
Austin’s trolley cars, which retired in 1940, used to stop at East 12th and Chicon streets. It’s there that Ada Harden and her brother would hop on, pay the five-cent fee and ride with little concern about a destination. “We’d…
Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 8, 2016
East Austin's boom: What to do? And how to do it?
As a first, necessary step toward addressing East Austin’s growth, the Planning Commission continues to look for a way to get a handle on the conversation about that growth. Commissioner Nuria Zaragoza, who sparked the latest discussion on the subject…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 30, 2016
East Austin theater at the center of code dispute
The Austin Code Department is responsible for making sure land is used for its intended purpose. So what happens when land-use rules are broken? One East Austin theater at the center of a code dispute is finding out the answer…
Austin • By Syeda Hasan • Aug 30, 2016
No special exceptions for East Austin special exception
Angry neighbors were no match for strange coincidences at the Board of Adjustment earlier this month. Nanette DiNunzio was seeking a special exception that would allow her to retain her garage, which – because it is in the 5-foot setback…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 23, 2016
New plan fails to impress in the wake of unapproved East Austin demolition
Almost two years later, one East Austin homeowner is back at the Board of Adjustment asking for a variance redo, with a promise to reconstruct the demolished home it had promised to preserve. At this point, owner 2100 E. 14…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 25, 2016
County PID project hits yet another snag
City Council Member Ora Houston urged the Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday to tap the brakes on a proposed massive project in far East Austin. Houston personally visited the court’s regular weekly voting session to tell the commissioners that…
Development • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 21, 2016
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East Seventh bar plan goes south at BoA
It appears that the dream of another east side bar may be over, after Board of Adjustment members definitively shot down a request at their last meeting for reduced parking. Currently, the building at 1309 E. Seventh St. has room…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 20, 2016
Small demo points to a "big issue" in East Austin
Though the Historic Landmark Commission finally had a chance to weigh in on a neighborhood demolition, that demolition will still be moving forward after members of the commission ruled that an East Austin home was not a good candidate for…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 12, 2016
Demolition avoided on Cesar Chavez
In a rare turnaround, a small East Austin home that has been a longtime rental in the neighborhood is now headed for preservation instead of demolition. Initially, the owners of 2205 East Cesar Chavez St. were seeking a demolition permit…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 5, 2016
Council backs ordinance to expand, improve Rebekah Baines Johnson Center
What would LBJ do? That was the question invoked repeatedly by both supporters and opponents of a code amendment aimed at facilitating the rehabilitation of the Rebekah Baines Johnson Center, the retirement community at 21 Waller St. created by federally…
Development • By Jack Craver • Jun 29, 2016
"Grandiose" East Austin remodel stalls at BoA
Fast-paced change in Central East Austin has helped contribute a boon of cases to the city’s planning commissions, where it has become clear that prosperity has been a mixed bag. At their most recent meeting, Board of Adjustment members took…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 2, 2016
"Friendless" house to be demolished
Though historic zoning was initiated for the 1911 home on San Bernard Street, a depleted Historic Landmark Commission did not show enough support to move historic landmark status forward for the “house with no friends” last week. Because the homeowner…
