Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged Bill W Monday, June 28, 2021 10:46 AM PAZ Preservation HistRevComm@BWNA.groups.io C14H-2010-0009; HR-2021-041008 VOSS HOUSE 1501 NORTHWOOD ROAD *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** The Historic Review Committee of the Bryker Woods Neighborhood Association was not notified of this proposed change, thus we have not had the opportunity to do other than review the online documents. We note that the Voss House has a Landmark designation and that some of the issues regarding this were addressed, but apparently not to the full satisfaction of the Architectural Review Committee. If the proposed addition will remove the Voss House from its Landmark designation, we would object and ask that the addition/remodel be given additional scrutiny. Thank you. Bill Woods Bryker Woods Neighborhood Association Historic Review Committee Bill Woods Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun. This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient, please notify the sender. All comments are the sender’s personal opinion unless otherwise noted. CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
4006 ½ Avenue B Addition Materials for Historic Landmark Commission 6/28/2021 4006 1/2 AVENUE B ADDITION 1 Plans updated Architectural Review Committee feedback has been implemented Dormers removed Roof pitch reduced to minimize visual impact Decorative features to remain on original structure only 4006 1/2 AVENUE B ADDITION 2 Street view Existing Proposed 4006 1/2 AVENUE B ADDITION 3 Oblique View Existing Proposed *Next house on North side is >50 feet away 4006 1/2 AVENUE B ADDITION 4 Initial design proposal 4006 1/2 AVENUE B ADDITION 5 Design modifications Original submission Current design Changes from initial submission: 1) Dormers removed, 2) Second floor reduced by setback, 3) addition roof pitch reduced resulting in approximately 2.5 feet peak height reduction 4006 1/2 AVENUE B ADDITION 6 Proposed Design 4006 1/2 AVENUE B ADDITION 7 Elevation updates Proposed Dormers removed Second floor reduced (zoning) Roof pitch reduced (2.5’ height reduction) Original submission 4006 1/2 AVENUE B ADDITION 8
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Adrienne Domas Goldsberry Monday, June 28, 2021 11:18 AM PAZ Preservation Re: case no. PR-2021-078188 Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged Thank you, Amber. I am unfortunately unabel to participate in this evening's meeting. Is there a way that you or another staff member can pass along my comments to the Commission members and have them read at the hearing? They are below. If there is another way I should submit them, let me know. We live at 1417 W. 10th St; the property immediately to the west of this project. We generally agree with staff's concerns/comments about the proposed design, as listed in response to the City of Austin's standards for review of a project within a historic district. As staff noted, the project is considerably larger and different in style than most if not all other buildings in the Old West Austin neighborhood. The steel fencing is not compatible with the neighborhood and is rather 'harsh' in a family‐friendly, walkable area, although we appreciate the architect moving the fencing along 10th farther back and behind landscaping in response to our feedback. While we understand the owner's desire to build a large modern house on a large lot, we would continue to ask that he find ways to make the design ‐ through landscaping, building materials, etc. more compatible with the feel of the neighborhood. Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Adrienne & Kirk Goldsberry On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 9:27 AM PAZ Preservation <Preservation@austintexas.gov> wrote: If you’d like to register to speak at the meeting, please provide me with the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of all who wish to speak. Otherwise, you can tune it to the meeting on ATXN (channel 9). Hi Adrienne, Thanks! Amber Allen Planner II, Historic Preservation Office City of Austin – Housing & Planning Department 1 T: 512.974.3393 E: Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov From: Adrienne Domas Goldsberry Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 10:28 PM To: PAZ Preservation <Preservation@austintexas.gov> Subject: case no. PR‐2021‐078188 Hello Amber, *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** We would like to participate in the meeting for the permit requested at 1415 W. 10th Street. We live in the neighboring house to the west, at 1417 W. 10th St. We would respectfully request that the applicant construct a house that is compatible in size, scale, and design with the neighborhood. …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: ava waters Sunday, June 27, 2021 11:43 AM PAZ Preservation kerry Morgan; ava Waters Case# HR-21-082905 -4200 Lullwood RD. public hearing:Historic Landmark Commission June 28, 2021 Contact: Amber Allen *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** We are residents directly behind 4200 Lullwood. We strongly object to a second story remodel and or addition. The neighborhood consists of SINGLE STORY, single family homes built in the 1940’s and 1950’s. A second story would allow for and change the landscape of the neighborhood and is located approximately 30’ from my fence line. Thank you, Kerrin Morgan Ava Waters 1302 Wilshire Blvd. Austin, TX. 78722 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
OPPORTUNITY AT RISK San Antonio’s Older Affordable Housing Stock Prepared for the San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation Completed by PlaceEconomics 2019 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Overview of Housing Affordability Oldering Housing Stock and Affordable Housing 1 2 11 42 43 54 56 OLDER HOUSING STOCK AND AFFORDABILITY: SAN ANTONIO Approach to Analysis The Basics Demolition Risk Analysis A Closer Look at Factors Affecting Demolition Risk CONCLUSION POSSIBLE TOOLS Financial Incentives Financial Disincentives Regulatory Knowledge and Planning Civic Engagement Strategic Home Repair Direct Action RECOMMENDATION MATRIX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND METHODOLOGY 57 APPENDICES Executive Summary This study was commissioned by the San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation to understand the contribution of housing stock built before 1960 towards affordable housing. Significant findings include: • One in three San Antonio households is spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing and nearly half of all renters meet this “cost burdened” threshold. • Over the last decade, while median household income increased 1.9% per year, housing prices increased at 4.7% per year. • While San Antonio is experiencing greater than national average growth in jobs and housing, most of the new homes are large and expensive and much of the job growth is in lower wage jobs. The existing pre-1960 housing stock is providing largely unsubsidized and unprotected affordable housing. • • Every week over the last ten years, San Antonio has lost 3 • units of pre-1960 housing to demolition. Twenty-two percent (22%) of all housing units were constructed prior to 1960. • • Pre-1960 homes are smaller than newer homes with a greater share of pre-1960 housing in fair or poor condition than is housing built in 1960 or later. Thirty-three percent (33%) of the households making 60% Area Median Income or less live in neighborhoods with a concentration of pre-1960 housing, including a larger share who identify as Hispanic. The pre-1960 housing stock in San Antonio is home to a large share of long-term residents. • • Single family, renter occupied structures in fair and poor condition are the most at-risk of demolition. • Vacancy rates in older, historically redlined areas of the city are higher and homeownership rates, rents, and general condition are lower than the rest of the city. Given these facts, the use of older, existing pre-1960 housing stock must be a central component of an affordable housing strategy. 22% of all housing units …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Ross Rathgeber Friday, June 25, 2021 2:09 PM Allen, Amber; Rice, Andrew 3009 Bowman Avenue Request for Postponement *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Amber and Andrew The demolition application for 3009 Bowman Avenue is on the June 28, 2021 agenda of the Historic Landmark Commission (item D.10.). My client needs time to evaluate your recommendation. Accordingly, I hereby request postponement until the July 26, 2021 meeting. Please let me know if I will need to call in for the meeting (assume postponement requests will be heard first). If so, I will be at the fishing cabin that my wife inherited from her grandmother in very remote part of Colorado. The phone number I will be calling from is (719) 658‐2805. It is possible the phone may not working when we get there in which case I will let you know an alternate number as soon as I am able. Thank You Ross M. Rathgeber Vice‐President Southwest Destructors ‐ A Division of Southwest Constructors, Inc. CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Stephen Williams Friday, June 25, 2021 1:44 PM Brummett, Elizabeth; Contreras, Kalan Allen, Amber 1308 Alta Vista, June 28th 1308 Alta Vista HLC R2.pdf *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Good afternoon Elizabeth and Kalan, I wanted to take a moment to provide some additional information on our project at 1308 Alta Vista, an existing 1930’s two‐story single‐family residence in Travis Heights. The current owner approached Clayton & Little to develop a sensitive and respectful solution to the home’s previous remodels which had compromised the interior layout and exterior envelope. We had several main issues that needed to be resolved on this project; interior daylight, circulation from interior spaces and within interior spaces, and the exterior patio spaces. We approached these with a goal to minimize the impact to the existing envelope and where interventions where required, to make them as unobtrusive as possible. The lot is elevated above the street by an average of approximately 6’ and the existing home sits at the back of the property which enhances the privacy of the home and minimizes visibility from the street. We worked to be as conscientious as possible regarding and street facing enhancements and minimized these to a proposed addition of a visually “light weight” steel door and window assembly infilled at two openings (East to the street and South to the pool) in the existing carport. This area is to be used as a breakfast and reading area with direct access from the kitchen, interior stairwell, and ground floor guest bedroom. The direct access from the kitchen to this area is accomplish via a new conditioned hallway from the kitchen to the breakfast area that is proposed to be constructed of the same steel glazing assembly. The existing interior stairway once had generous windows that provided natural light for the stairwell but a previous addition eliminated those windows leaving the stairwell dark. We proposed the addition of a low‐ profile light monitor / skylight above the stairwell with small windows facing South, East & North. The height of this element was intentionally kept as low as possible so that it would not be visible from the street. The West side of the house was previously compromised by another addition of an exterior second floor patio with an intersecting gable roof covering approximately 40% of the outdoor space. During an …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Mary McLeod Friday, June 25, 2021 7:13 PM PAZ Preservation June 28 meeting: PR-2021-079768 *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Request to speak at June 28 meeting of Historic Landmark Commission: Mary McLeod and Bill Moore PR‐2021‐079768 Against There is a problem with the applicant’s survey. I am the owner of “Portion of Lots 25 & 26, Block 3, Travis Heights…” (1313 Alameda Dr.) directly to the west of applicant’s lot. As you can see, my survey, done when I purchased the lots in 1972 (under my previous name, Mary Barbash), shows an almost straight line between my property and the 1308 Alta Vista property. There is no jog, as the applicant’s survey shows. The applicant needs to correct his survey before this matter is considered. 1 2 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 3
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Cherie Deutchman Sunday, June 27, 2021 8:42 AM PAZ Preservation Case Number PR 21-079768 1308 Alta Vista Ave. *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** I am the owner of two properties that are within 500 ft. of the referenced property. I have resided at 1318 Travis Heights Blvd and have owned 1314 Travis Heights Blvd since 1979. I strongly object to approval of a demolition permit for the referenced property. The research conducted by the Historical Landmark Commission documents that the property was the home of civic leaders that were important to Austin's history. Although the Commission concluded that the property did not have "community value", I disagree with that conclusion. While modifications of the property, especially in the rear portions, have not been consistent with the Colonial Revival architecture, the front of the property still retains much of the design elements of the original structure and contributes to the character of the Travis Heights neighborhood. As you well know, our historic Travis Heights neighborhood has seen an unprecedented number of demolitions and rebuilds that have drastically altered the character of the neighborhood. The neighborhood can't afford to lose this piece of its history. Cherie Deutchman CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Ca. 1975 – building vacant – original building without additions Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020 Threadgill’s Old #1 – 6414 N. Lamar Blvd. City of Austin – Historic Landmark Commission – June 28, 2020
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Contreras, Kalan Monday, June 28, 2021 7:46 PM Ed Richardson Allen, Amber RE: 1415 W 10th St | Responses to Staff Report Hi Ed, Thanks for reaching out—I will mention these in the presentation and ask that Amber upload the email for the record. Please stay on the line so that you may address these items during the discussion. Best, Kalan Contreras MSHP | Senior Planner | Historic Preservation Office Planning and Zoning Department 512.974.2727 | kalan.contreras@austintexas.gov From: Ed Richardson Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 7:44 PM To: Contreras, Kalan <Kalan.Contreras@austintexas.gov> Subject: 1415 W 10th St | Responses to Staff Report *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Hi Kalan, We did not see the staff report prior to today as I was traveling with family. We see a number of factual inaccuracies in your report and we’re outlining those below: From the Section: Project Specifications: The proposed building is two and one‐half stories, plus a basement, while nearby contributing buildings are one to one and one‐half stories in height; Inaccuracy: The proposed new construction is two stories in height. The attic penthouse is not technically a story or half story but an attic and is not habitable. Construct a two‐story garage. Inaccuracy: There is no two story garage on this project, there is an office built over a garage. The front door does not appear visible from the street. Inaccuracy: The front door is clearly visible from the street Respectfully, ‐‐ Ed Richardson, Architect AIA, NARI, LEED AP Clark | Richardson Architects 2709 E. 5th St. Suite 120b 1 Austin, Texas 78702 Web: www.clarkrichardson.com Blog: http://clarkrichardson.wordpress.com/ Please consider the environment before printing this email. The information contained in this e‐mail is confidential, privileged, or otherwise protected from disclosure. It is intended only for the use of the authorized individual as indicated in the e‐mail. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, and distribution or taking of any action based on the contents of this material is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e‐ mail in error, please delete it immediately. CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 2
The Alden & Mabel Davis House was selected as a Representative Property in the pending Travis Heights National Register District as a good example of Colonial Revival architecture as well as its landscape design. The porch has been modified from a front-gabled entry stoop with cornice returns to a nearly full façade porch supported by Doric order columns. However, the original arched door with its fan light and flanking pilasters remain. Noteworthy design features are the arched porte cochere under an enclosed sleeping porch and extruded mortar joints. The landscape includes a curved driveway, brick wall, iron fencing and formal garden. The house was designed by Austin architect Edwin Kreisle and built in 1936 by contractor Tom Jones, who also built the Reuter House, an Austin Historic Landmark on nearby Rosedale Terrace. Mabel Davis was a friend of Mrs. Reuter and visited the Reuter site during construction. Impressed with Jones’ work, she hired him to build her new home on Alta Vista Avenue. The house is better known for its association with Mrs. Davis than her husband and is often called the Mabel Davis House, sans Alden Davis. Mabel Davis served as president of many garden and civic organizations that are still operating in Austin while living in the house. She served as president of the Violet Crown Garden Club, the Humane Society, and the Austin Women’s Club. An avid gardener and landscape enthusiast, she was instrumental in raising money and securing the land for the Garden Center in Zilker Park. Both the Zilker Rose Garden and Mabel Davis Park are named in her honor. During World War II, she was the head of the Travis County Red Cross, over approximately 5,000 volunteers in the organization. She also organized a surgical dressing unit in the Driskill Hotel. (Information from the 1987 Live Oak Tour of Homes Festival (Fairview Park and Travis Heights) booklet. Below is taken from the Travis Heights National Register nomination. 1308 Alta Vista Avenue (Arden & Mabel Davis House, 1936) – Contributing Building (Photo 20) Colonial Revival: Side-Gabled Roof The Mabel Davis House is a good example of an intact, two-story, brick Colonial Revival house. The main building volume is a rectangular block with a side-gabled roof clad in diamond-shaped asphalt shingles that mimic slate. The front elevation is symmetrical, with a central entrance and a full-façade, shed-roofed porch. The porch floor is concrete, accessed by a …
Versión en español a continuación. Historic Landmark Commission Meeting Monday, June 28, 2021, 6:00 PM Historic Landmark Meeting to be held June 28, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (Sunday, June 27 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the June 28 Historic Landmark Commission Meeting, members of the public must: Call or email the board liaison at (512) 974-3393 or preservation@austintexas.gov no later than noon, Sunday, June 27 (the day before the meeting). The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. Handouts or other information may be emailed to preservation@austintexas.gov by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. If the meeting is broadcast live, it may be viewed here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Reunión del Historic Landmark Commission FECHA de la reunion (28 de junio, 2021) La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (27 de junio, 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del público deben: Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en (512) 974-3393 or preservation@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, dirección de correo electrónico (opcional) y un número de teléfono …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: DIANA CULBERSON Friday, July 23, 2021 12:09 PM PAZ Preservation Historic Case Number: C14H-2000-0005; Review Case Number: HR 21-103182 - 13300 DESSAU RD Bldg A *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** IN FAVOR OF RELOCATION!!!!! IN FAVOR OF RELOCATION!!!!! IN FAVOR OF RELOCATION!!!!! IN FAVOR OF RELOCATION!!!!! Our family would like to express our deepest hopes and prayers to RELOCATE the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Dessau to Pioneer Farms. It was an answered prayer (miracle) when Pioneer Farms contacted us, with their desire to acquire our Church, and move it to their location. They have been looking for a Church for quite some time. The relocation of this Church will answer prayers of so many church and family members, who have attended services, funerals, weddings, picnics, reunions, landscape upkeep, and visiting family at the grave sites in the Cemetery. We are a seven generation family of the Wielands and Nauerts. I know, from the bottom of my heart, that our ancestors and future descendants of our family, want this endeavor to be accomplished. 1) The current location of the Church is growing with development and will soon prevent the ability to move the structure. 2) The Church will be restored and utilized at Pioneer Farms, to exhibit the history of our ancestors, and possibly provide a historical site for future events, such as those which have been conducted at the Church's current location. 3) The future location, at Pioneer Farms, will be near the cabin of one of the original builders - Frederick Kruger. 4) When the construction of this Church was completed (my Maternal Great Grandfather, Martin Wieland, drew the plans for construction), the first services were held in the German language. My Mother remembered this from her childhood, as she was born on the Nauert Farm, across the street from the Church, which is now being covered with apartment buildings. 5) There has to be an awareness, that there are some structures in this city, that NEED TO BE RESTORED - NOT DESTROYED. This is our opportunity to give future generations the ability to experience and cherish their history. 6) This project needs to proceed, having been in limbo for three years. RELOCATION of this Church is the only hope that our family has, in preserving our German history, and answering prayers of so many families, who have worked so …
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June 12, 2020 Emily Reed, Chair City of Austin Historic Landmark Commission Re: 2502 Park View Drive Dear Ms. Reed, Preservation Austin has been our city’s leading nonprofit voice for historic preservation since 1953. We write today to express our dismay at the proposed demolition of 2502 Park View Drive, located in Allandale’s Air Conditioned Village. We ask the Historic Landmark Commission to support historic zoning for this significant property in the areas of Architecture, Historical Associations, and Community Value. The Air Conditioned Village was built in 1954 to assess the cost-effectiveness and profitability of central air in middle-class housing. Twenty-three houses, each featuring air-conditioning systems from a different manufacturer, were sold to families who agreed to allow their homes and habits to be studied by University of Texas scientists. Austinite Ned Cole, an architect and head of the air-conditioning subcommittee of the National Association of Homes Builders, spearheaded the project, which was the first multi-home experiment of its kind worldwide. Local architects and builders designed each unique home with energy-saving design elements to test their effectiveness. These include window placement along north and south facades; trees, trellises, and overhangs; pale paint colors and white roofing materials to reflect sunlight. Architect Fred Day designed 2502 Park View Drive, known as “The Air Temp.” Energy-efficient features include south-facing orientation and a wide, low-pitched roof which extends nearly four feet beyond the home’s footprint on all sides. Distinctive brick screens, exposed roof beams, and its asymmetrical façade make this home one of the development’s most stylized examples of mid-century design. Day (1926-2014) was a recent graduate of the UT School of Architecture. He worked for Ned Cole and Fehr & Granger before establishing his own firms in the 1960s. Day merged with Jessen Jessen Millhouse Greeven & Crume to become Jessen, Inc. in 1969, and served as the firm’s principal and president until 1993. His distinguished career included numerous awards from AIA Austin and the Texas Society Architects. He was president of AIA Austin and awarded an honorary Life Membership on the UTSOA Advisory Council. His works include Austin’s Teacher Retirement System Building, Faulk Central Library, Austin Doctors Building, renovations to the UT Law School and Student Union, the Recreation and Convocation Center at St. Edwards University, the pro bono master plan and drawings for Laguna Gloria, and the Visitors Center at McDonald Observatory. According to his obituary: “An innovative designer, he …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Carla Penny Friday, July 23, 2021 10:36 AM PAZ Preservation 2502 Park View GF-21-103669 Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** Please save this house from demolition. I have lived in this neighborhood 29 years and deeply value the history of the mid‐century homes that give our community character. This home in particular has such important provenance that it would be an irreplaceable loss to Allandale and Austin we’re it to be destroyed. Carla Penny 2500 Albata Ave Austin, TX 78757 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
