Counting Cranes by Kayak by Jann Alexander ©2014
“Mayor Wynn has set a goal of having 25,000 downtown residents — that’s 20,000 more people — by 2015.” —CHRIS RILEY, in June 2006, then-attorney on the city’s Planning Commission and the Downtown Commission, quoted in the 6/23/2006 edition of the Austin Chronicle
Condos and Cranes by Jann Alexander ©2014
One year shy of Wynn’s 2015 goal, the city today hosts a downtown residential population of about 10,000. (Sources: AustinTexas.gov and Downtown Austin Alliance)
Paddle the Lady Bird Lake shoreline this weekend, enjoy a glorious view, count the towers and the cranes that will represent new towers to come, and new people to come, and try to conjure the density necessary to realize former Mayor Will Wynn’s vision of 25,000 downtown Austin residents by next summer. ♣
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