Redevelopment

Browse Old Austin Grouch posts about redevelopment, Austin nostalgia, and the city habits locals still argue about.

Use this topic hub to explore satire, memories, and cultural commentary about redevelopment in Austin, Texas.

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The Aldrich Street Receipts, Filed in Triplicate

A 7:42 a.m. Zillow rent comp sheet for Mosaic at Mueller ($1,880 one-bedroom) and Aldrich 51 sits beside last quarter's Mueller POA notice on the counter; cross-referenced against the 2004 Master Development Agreement for the old Robert Mueller Municipal Airport site, with one $28 plate of rigatoni entered as Exhibit B.

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Boots Still Shuffle at 3201 S Lamar Blvd

Dropped in on a weeknight at the Broken Spoke where the chicken fried steak runs $16.95, the two-step lesson costs ten bucks and fills by 7:30, and the condo cranes now peer over the tin roof from the back parking lot like uninvited guests.

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