11 award-winning Austin projects preserving the city's history Michael Barnes Austin 360 Sometimes it feels like Austin has already lost its core character permanently. No doubt, our material environment is changing every day, as we add more people, buildings and cars to a place that will likely soon join the list of top 10 largest cities in the country. And while Austin has preserved a lot of green space, the new high-rises and mid-rises, some of them legitimate eyesores, blot out our visual horizons, especially if one is on foot. Several groups in town are dedicated to judiciously preserving our built heritage, none more ardently than Preservation Austin. Born during the first wave of protests against the wholesale demolition of worthy older structures in the 1970s, it has done a lot with few resources and a tiny, though effective, staff. Every year, this group cheers us up with a dozen or so projects that have received its Preservation Merit Awards. No...

    Click on the photo above to watch a video message from SOS Executive Director, Bill Bunch. 2021 Polar Bear Plunge Canceled In consultation with Austin Public Health and City leadership, the Austin Parks and Recreation Department will not open Barton Springs Pool on January 1, 2021 (New Year’s Day), and the 2021 Polar Bear Plunge event is canceled.   This decision was made after careful consideration of the local characteristics of the virus and related community priorities. It's been determined that this event should not proceed during  Stage 4:  COVID-19: Risk-Based Guidelines . The Austin Parks and Recreation Department would like to commemorate the Polar Bear Plunge, and asks prior attendees share photos/videos of past events on social media using the hashtag  #polarplungeatx . The Department hopes for a return to this time-honored tradition in 2022 while this year Austinites share their memories of prior Plunges.    For more...

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