Hall calls the construction of another luxury apartment building in downtown Austin “absurd”, and said that the majority of such buildings are not fully occupied. “They’ll just come for Red River next, and develop that to hell and back, they’ll just keep tearing out our places.”
“Even if you don’t win this battle, you want the receipts that you did everything you could to win, because this is just going to greenlight developers to keep doing this stuff,” Hall said. More are expected to speak at tonight’s meeting.Īlex Hall, who recently moved from Austin after living in the city for two years, set up a website to help people register to speak at tonight’s meeting, as well as send in their 4th St. The Historic Landmark Commission’s meeting agenda page lists 327 submitted public comments that oppose the demolition.
PHOTO: New rendering shows plan for 4th Street apartment tower
