Westgate Tower

05/20/2021

May 1 and 2, Wooldridge Square

Exciting times blocks from the Westgate as a Heritage Oak was moved from the Texas Bankers Association two blocks from our building to Wooldridge Square! The project costs have risen to over $300,000 to relocate, including a five year maintenance contract.

Charles Peveto, a Westgate owner and Co-Chair, Friends of Wooldridge Square was a park stakeholder in the project. A number of Westgate owners joined the excitement on Saturday May 1 for most of the relocation, including Douglas Moss, Carson Berry, and Judge Jan Patterson.

Lavaca and Guadalupe Streets had to be shut down for hours at a time as the tree made the three block move!

Wooldridge Square, one of the original four historic squares from the 1839 Edwin Waller’s Plan of Austin. The historically significant cultural landscape is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, designated a State Antiquities Landmark and an Austin City Landmark. Recently the square was awarded the Lone Star Legacy Park Award. What a SPECIAL PLACE blocks from Westgate Tower.

04/02/2021

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All spruced up, it looks like a European palace, not a community college, much less a high school or a junior high school. Yet the grand building, built in 1916, played all those roles on Rio Grande Street, where exterior renovations were just completed and a grand reopening is expected soon.

02/15/2021

Monday, February 15, 2021
Presidents’ Day

Historic Westgate Tower seen from the Texas State Capitol in a winter snow storm that has blanketed Downtown in SNOW!

12/27/2020

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2020/12/10/healthsouth-redevelopment-negotiations-postponed.html

Austin City Council wants more time to think about this proposal to put two towers near the Texas State Capitol.

12/16/2020

Exciting update, the Capitol grounds have been reopened to the public for the first time since May!

11/17/2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHrDTqmli7T/?igshid=ay3jwxh93cob

06/15/2020

As expected. Stay safe Austin.

The event usually brings about 100,000 people to Auditorium Shores for a concert and fireworks display.

05/29/2020

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05/20/2020

In keeping with social distancing this building is staying 6 blocks away.

Though the concept of office buildings in general is taking a light beating in recent months, a 41-floor office and retail project by developer Ryan Companies is moving forward after securing a Den…

05/20/2020

Very excited to have all this so close to Westgate.

05/18/2020

This Wednesday at 12:30 pm, join us on a virtual tour of the Tunnel with Kristin Pipkin and Thomas Guerra of Austin Watershed.
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RSVP at waterloogreenway.eventbrite.com to receive the video conference details.⁣
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📸: Watershed Protection Department