Historic Preservation

The new historic preservation plan Austin City Council adopted Thursday will replace the city’s four-decade-old guidelines. It includes 107 recommendations to recognize Austin’s rich and complex history and better protect its cultural heritage.

The building, which last housed the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, got a State Antiquities Landmark in July. The university wants to build a $70 million football training facility in its place.

A developer is now proposing to only partially demolish the Fourth Street buildings that house LGBTQ+ bars and to keep their original facades intact as it builds a high-rise behind it.

As developers seek to alter Austin's gay district, one commissioner said it was "too special" of a place to see go.

A 150-year-old building on West Campus is the last remnant of a freedom colony, a community of formerly enslaved people. The building has been closed as an apartment complex was built up around it. Some say the historic structure has never really gotten its due.

Former students and community members gathered at the historic school Saturday to see how the old building looks today and imagine what it could look like in the future.

From Texas Standard:Caddo Mounds State Historic Site sits in a small prairie, tucked just inside the pine curtain of East Texas. If you stand on the porch…

In 1980, writer David Dillon posed the question in a commentary published in Dallas magazine: "Why is Dallas architecture so bad?"At the time, Dallas was…

From Texas Standard:What remains of the ship La Belle sits in a place of honor in the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. It sits in a dark…

It may be easier for properties in Austin to be zoned historic now.Until a few weeks ago, if a property owner filed written opposition to the designation,…