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Bendable Concrete
I couldn’t resist sharing this. Bendable concrete that flexes and heals itself when it rains.
“A slab of self-healing concrete bends under 5 percent tensile strain, the force needed to stretch a material by 5 percent of its initial size.
While ordinary concrete would crumble under such pressure, the new material forms micro-cracks that can then auto-seal after being exposed to water and carbon dioxide”
Brazos Place Auction Results
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Brazos Place is officially sold out. Today, in less than 90 minutes, 19 downtown Austin residences were sold at an average discount of 29% from asking price. The best deal of the day was probably the penthouse: 2745 feet purchased for $967,200, originally priced at $1,575,000. The unit that was being advertised with a starting bid of $80,000 sold for $168,480 (OLP was $199,900). I was able to take video of that particular auction and you can watch it above.
Below is a brief summary and you can download the complete results here (pdf).
Units sold: 19
Square feet: 23,088
Avg sale price per foot: $281.80
Avg discount from OLP: 29%
-Jude
4th Street Stairway Of Death Becoming Less Deadly
[Thanks to DANA’s Greg Anderson for the pics!]
If you’ve been to the downtown Austin warehouse district you might agree that part of the appeal is the intermittent above grade pedestrian experience. Always precarious, though I never witnessed anyone fall. The staircase across from the Spaghetti Warehouse has always been especially dicey.
The City of Austin is making some changes. You will no longer risk breaking an ankle (or a head) crossing the street at 4th & Colorado.
Was it mom and stroller friendly? No. Was it ADA friendly? No way. Was it deadly? Well, almost, but not because of the stairs. Was it charmingly awkward? I think so.
Is this a good use of city funds right now, perhaps at the greater expense of the neighborhood’s magic formula? You be the judge.
BTW, have you joined DANA yet?
