57Tbird Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Thought this was an interesting approach to blending existing, historic building architecture into a miixed-usage development. This from today's Austin newspaper. The former Seaholm Power Plant overlooking Town Lake could be crackling with new energy by mid-2008. Work on the transformation of the decommissioned 1950s power plant into a mixed-use project with housing, entertainment and cultural attractions could start as early as June, said John Rosato, managing partner of Seaholm Power LLC, which the City of Austin tapped last year as its partner for redeveloping the site along West Cesar Chavez Street. A grand opening for at least part of the project is set for July 4, 2008, Rosato said. The timetable is ambitious for the 110,000-square-foot public-private venture slated to become a major anchor of downtown Austin's western edge. But with downtown rapidly changing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAK Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 there was once an attempt to put an aquarium there. i wonder what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 (edited) how neat about the power plant - i wonder what the status is... regarding the aquarium, it is mentioned a little here: http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol1...ls.seaholm.html and here: http://www.main.org/aquarium/ there are no dates though, so they may be a little outdated... Edited January 31, 2006 by sevfiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atx001 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 how neat about the power plant - i wonder what the status is...This is certainly one of my favorite projects.All the information you could ever want about this project can be found at this link...http://www.seaholm.info/index.htmlMore renderings can be found here...http://www.seaholm.info/architectural.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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