We’re going ahead with our little celebration of the completion of phase 1 of the Republic Square project this morning at 10 am on the deck at Republic Square, 5th and Guadalupe Sts – please join us!
4/23 Republic Celebration May Be Rescheduled Due to Rain
There’s a good chance of rain Friday @ 10 am when we’re hoping to be thanking all of our supporters for the completion of Phase 1 of Republic Square improvements. If that’s the case, we’re going to reschedule the event to Fri, 4/30 @ 5 pm (which also happens to be Arbor Day!) We’ll make a decision between 8 am …
Nightfall at Republic
Lighting on the deck highlights the 300 year Central Auction Oak on a nice Tuesday evening.
Republic Phase 1 Celebration – 4/23 @ 10 am
The Austin Parks Foundation would like to invite you to join us for a celebration of the completion of Phase 1 of the revamping of Republic Square Park. On Friday April 23, 2010 @ 10 am, we’ll gather on our new deck at Republic Square to say thank you to our many partners and friends who helped us in this …
Recycling Stone Bollards At Pease Park
With the completion of Phase 1b of the Auction Oaks Project @ Republic Square, we have a number of surplus stone bollards that used to ring the Auction Oaks area. Thanks to help from the Parks Dept, specifically the folks in forestry, we removed a portion of a parking lot immediately around a big old oak tree, put down mulch, …
Republic Square Winter Wonderland
We wandered over to Republic Square at lunch time and snapped a few photos of the snow coming down. We’ve posted a selection on our flickr page, but included a few here too. Enjoy!
Tree Grate Installed at Republic
Our Tree grate around the Auction Oak on our new deck/stage at Republic Square is installed. Here are a few photos….
Republic Square Tree Grate coming soon
Ironsmith has completed fabrication of our nine foot wide three piece tree grate, one of the last remaining pieces of our Auction Oaks @ Republic Square Phase 1 project. This will replace the temporary plywood plug that is in the middle of the deck now. It will be shipped soon from the fabricator in Southern California and should be installed …
Farmers Market In Republic Square
Today (30-Jan-10) marks the second week of the Austin Farmers Market using Republic Square as its new home base and the first week of the deck being using as cafe and entertainment area. Despite the cold weather, people (and their dogs) were out in force enjoying our new deck and the market.
Republic Square Deck is Open!
We’re pleased to announce that the Republic Square Auction Oaks Phase 1b project is substantially complete and we’ve removed the construction fence. Still left to do are some touch-up work, installation of the metal tree grate (coming in mid-February) and allowing the sod to root in. We will be putting out tables and chairs soon and the Farmer’s Market is …