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Waller Creek Project Newsletter

Jude Galligan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:15:10 +0000

Latest edition of the Waller Creek Newsletter is available here.

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904 West Ave

Jude Galligan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:46:36 +0000

It's certainly an attractive area of town - equidistant from West 6th as are the 360 condos, Duncan Park is around the corner, and I would enjoy walking to Emerald City Press each morning.

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[Part two] City of Austin v. Harry Whittington: the saga of a parking garage

Jude Galligan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:04:52 +0000

One thing is for certain: the social impact of having dead retail space is significant.

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City of Austin v. Harry Whittington: the saga of a parking garage

Jude Galligan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:31:50 +0000

by jude galligan 17,000 square feet of empty retail space rests at the base of the Convention Center’s parking garage. This retail space has the potential to add vibrancy and day time services to the Entertainment District. This is the only retail space within a few hundred feet of the 555, the Sabine on 5th, [...]

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Historic Downtown Austin property for sale

Jude Galligan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:45 +0000

by jude galligan To the chagrin of everyone who lives, works, and drives through Downtown Austin, the former office of the Texas Comptroller has owned, occupied, vacated, and allowed to rot, this remarkable piece of real estate. I can’t imagine how many thousands of people have attempted to peer through the windows that were covered [...]

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Downtown Austin By The Numbers: How many hotel rooms?

Jude Galligan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:50:49 +0000

by jude galligan If you’ve ever had family visit on a weekend when there was a UT home game, then you’ve likely seen downtown Austin hotel rates jump to over $400 per night. Central Austin is notorious for having insufficient hotel space. I’ve taken a non-scientific, yet hopefully rigorous approach – I called every hotel [...]

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Downtown Austin's Entertainment District: Observations part 3 of 3

Jude Galligan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:05:23 +0000

Downtown Austin Entertainment District Still Has Room For Improvement – Part 1 of 3 Night time observations on the Entertainment District: Part 2 of 3 The effort to revitalize the Entertainment District is about recognizing problems and offering solutions. It is about a higher and better use of Austin’s historic landmarks. It’s about preventing decay. [...]

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Downtown Austin's Entertainment District: Observations part 2 of 3

Jude Galligan — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:22:14 +0000

Yesterday, I posted about the revitalization study underway for Downtown Austin’s Entertainment District. Below are my observations from our night time tour. Night time tour Friday, November 20th, midnight – 3am. The focus is on the entertainment district as a whole – not just Sixth Street. Five of us rendezvoused at the Driskill hotel at [...]

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downtown austin entertainment district still has room for improvement – part 1 of 3

Jude Galligan — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:14:46 +0000

On Friday and Saturday I participated in a tour of 6th street. This wasn’t a bar hop. This was to observe. I’ve joined the ‘Community’ group for the Responsible Hospitality Institute’s (RHI)- ‘Austin Hospitality Zone Assessment for Sixth Street’. This effort is the result of 6ixth Street Austin and the DAA teaming up to develop [...]

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Downtown Austin Parking + the most interesting presentation on parking in the history of the world.

Jude Galligan — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:49:48 +0000

The most interesting presentation about parking in the history of the world (pdf). (Okay, this is about parking so it’s dry as your grandmothers turkey. But, in the world of parking, this is a home run presentation. I’ve heard from DANA board members that Patrick Siegman, the guy who wrote the presentation, is an amazing [...]

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Downtown Austin By The Numbers: How many dwellings?

Jude Galligan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:06:15 +0000

This is the first in a series of three articles aimed at uncovering the number of residences in Downtown Austin. So, how many dwellings are there? This seems like a simple question, doesn’t it? I’ve never been able to get a satisfying answer – one that doesn’t try to determine the number of residents using [...]

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