Capitol complex could get a new look

The plan imagines a new north gateway to the Capitol complex at Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, including the possibility of a civic space - another museum perhaps - across from the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in the complex and the Blanton Museum of Art on the University of Texas campus. A boulevard would lead from the gateway to the Capitol.

Developers would be invited to participate, whether by constructing the state offices or suggesting "market-driven" uses for land that now has parking lots or garages.

Eventually, the edges of the Capitol complex might be lined with condos, a hotel or private offices that could provide income to the state through ground leases.

What do you think?

By Laylan Copelin, in the Austin American Statesman Jan 16, 2011
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