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Did You Have This Discussion When Moving Downtown?

Jude Galligan — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:38:43 +0000

downtown austin condos ... haters gonna hate :-)

Did You Have This Discussion When Moving Downtown?

Time Lapse Video: Downtown Austin W Hotel Construction

Jude Galligan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:45:56 +0000

We have Jose Lozano from SkyscrperPage to thank for this awesome time lapse video of the construction of Austin’s W Hotel and Residences in the 2nd Street District. Time Lapse Video: Downtown Austin W Hotel Construction

Time Lapse Video: Downtown Austin W Hotel Construction

Downtown Austin TV: Main & Main – Sixth @ Congress

Jude Galligan — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:57:24 +0000

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Downtown Austin TV: Main & Main – Sixth @ Congress

Downtown Austin Apartments: 404 Rio Grande

Jude Galligan — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:00:28 +0000

Continuing this week’s theme of apartment reviews… 404 Rio Grande is the oft neglected apartment complex in the core of downtown Austin. (Gmap) It doesn’t evoke the same reaction as the Monarch or AMLI on 2nd. Still, 404 Rio Grande, at the corner of West 5th and Rio Grande, has one of the best locations [...]

Downtown Austin Apartments: 404 Rio Grande

5th Street Commons

Jude Galligan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:37:51 +0000

This morning the I visited the folks at 5th Street Commons. They kindly invited me for a tour of their new digs, and to discuss the incentives currently available to renters. Located on the outskirts of downtown Austin, the 150 apartments at the 5th Street Commons are sufficiently close enough to downtown to be included [...]

5th Street Commons

Texaplex!!!!!!

Jude Galligan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:24:28 +0000

This Texas meme has been circling for a couple of days. Cool video discussing Texas’s economic engine – 75% of the state’s population exists in the triangle formed by San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston. From the Texaplex website “The global financial crisis is a vicious cycle. The more we hear and talk about it, the [...]

Texaplex!!!!!!

Commuter Rail Video

Jude Galligan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:09:19 +0000

Commuter Rail Video

Impostors?

Jude Galligan — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:06:51 +0000

Capitalism is alive and well in downtown Austin. KVUE is reporting on “parking lot impostors” that pretend to work for the parking company and take your money. I prefer to call these people disenfranchised capitalistic carnival barkers. According to KVUE.com “Parking lot impostors in downtown Austin are costing customers and parking lot owners money. [...]

Impostors?

The Tragedy of Suburbia

Jude Galligan — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:49:56 +0000

In this video, James Howard Kunstler tells you why suburbia hasn’t been delivering on what it’s been promising: a respite from the industrial city. The automobile created the opportunity to own a “country” house. As more people purchased cars, more people also wanted to purchase homes outside the city. What happened is the modern suburban [...]

The Tragedy of Suburbia

Bike Messenger Culture

Jude Galligan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:58:35 +0000

**Downtown Austin Blog has been given special access to the amazing PBS Downtown TV series. Thanks, DAA!** One of my favorite clips from the Downtown TV program is the story about Downtown Austin bike messengers. Though I never got into the whole narrow handle-barred-10-speed-sans-brakes thing, I did grow up riding Haros and trying to do [...]

Bike Messenger Culture