Austin--The Plan to Clean Up Dirty Sixth

[TexasTowelie]

A plan to transform “Dirty Sixth” into something other than Austin's most infamous place to get drunk is picking up steam.

Public Works Director Howard Lazarus is making the rounds with a presentation on different possible improvements to the stretch of East Sixth Street between I-35 and Congress Avenue. During a December Comprehensive Planning and Transportation Committee meeting, Howard said the goal is to make improvements that bring in a greater variety of businesses and clientele (i.e., not just shot bars and people who go to shot bars).

Jennifer Walker, a spokeswoman for the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau, said any effort to rid the street of its Dirty Sixth designation is welcomed by the bureau and local hospitality industry.

“Currently, {East Sixth Street} is attracting the type of visitor we don’t want to attract,” she said.

More at http://www.austinpost.org/article/east-6th-street-plan .

[hobbit709]

1. What they want to do is move the bar/music scene away.

The developers want to turn 6th St into another S. Congress or S. Lamar-full of overpriced condos with fru-fru shops on the first floor.
This started years ago when the people who moving into all the lofts and apartments near 6th started complaining about the noise. Same with all the yuppies that moved into the Bouldin neighborhood and stated complaining about the noise from the free concerts at Auditorium Shores

[Javaman]

2. The format for the link is odd. not working properly. nt

[TexasTowelie]

3. I don't know what is happening.

When I clicked on the link, it went to the article. Have you tried just going to www.austinpost.org to get the article?

[Javaman]

4. Yeah, that didn't work either.

it goes to the site, but the content never shows up, just a spinning icon thing showing that it's trying to open the page.