We had a downtown squares double-header for It’s My Park Day – we spent the morning at Wooldridge (officially 100 years old!) spreading 46 cubic yards of mulch around all of the big trees, as well as bare spots and also began the process of scraping and sanding down the railings on the gazebo for a big paint job to …
Thank you Spring – Donation for Shoal Creek Trail Announced
On March 3rd the developers of Spring Condos, a new downtown residential tower, announced a $50,000 contribution to the Austin Parks Foundation. The contribution is based on a formula of $500 for each new Spring resident, and will target needed public improvements to the lower Shoal Creek Trail, which have been called for since the 1990s. When all the units at …
Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum at Brush Square Opens!
The sun was out and the grand opening ceremony was well attended this morning out at Brush Square. Â Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Mayor Lee Leffingwell, Friends of the Museums and descendents of the family of Susanna Dickinson enjoyed the ceremony and ribbon cutting this morning.
Re-roofing a great old building
There’s an old brick tudor style building at Pease Park that used to house the restrooms. Â Since a new restroom building was built a few years back, the old building has fallen into disrepair. Thanks to Richard from Trees for Pease, the fine folks at the Old Enfield Neighborhood Association, and approval from the Parks Dept, the building is getting …
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. Â 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. Â Enjoy!
Tree Grate Installed at Republic
Our Tree grate around the Auction Oak on our new deck/stage at Republic Square is installed. Â 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. Â This will replace the temporary plywood plug that is in the middle of the deck now. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â We will be putting out tables and chairs soon and the Farmer’s Market is …