Seaholm Intake Design Competition

[kingkirbythe....]

The Long-Awaited Seaholm Waterfront Project Starts Up Its First Phase

https://austin.towers.net/the-long-a...s-first-phase/

We’re huge fans of the plan by the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department to rehab the historic 1950s Art Deco-style facility on Lady Bird Lake formerly used as the pump house of the adjacent Seaholm Power Plant into a new downtown public space — and unlike the fate of many plans we like, after waiting more than 10 years we’re happy to report that the project has finally entered its first phase of construction.

[JAM]

Wonder who gets to have small events there?

"The contractor has 10 months to deliver the work, which (under the limited first phase of the project) is related to making the building safe, accessible and occupiable for small events. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this phase of the project should be completed in early summer 2022. These renovations will allow for activation of the space in the short-term, while preparations for the next phase of the Seaholm Waterfront Plan are developed in partnership with the Trail Foundation.
— Kevin Johnson, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department"

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by JAM

Wonder who gets to have small events there?

Presumably the same as all other Austin reservable facilities. First come, first served or lottery to whoever reserves it and pays the fees to do so. Like for Zilker Clubhouse.

http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/def...ies/zilker.pdf

[Urbannizer]

[ThyPiGuy]

Front of it's now graffiti free for the first time I can recall

[kingkirbythe....]

Austin’s Seaholm Intake Building Hasn’t Looked This Clean in Decades

https://austin.towers.net/austins-se...an-in-decades/

The long-awaited rehabilitation of the Seaholm Power Plant’s former intake structure on the shores of Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin should complete its first phase early this summer, and if you’ve spent any time around the lake in the last few weeks you might have already noticed that this 1950s Art Deco landmark has received a heck of a good scrubbing — with decades of grime and a generation of competing graffiti tags blasted away from its concrete exterior, there’s a good chance the building hasn’t looked this fresh since long before the power plant stopped running back in 1989.