This is a great off the beaten path place for photographer to visit — enter at your own risk though — the grounds are not maintained and no trespassing signs are posted! I found an Austin Chronicle article that explains how Dick Clark a popular developer in Austin owns the land. What the Foundation walls looked like in October, — no graffiti on the walls, just vines and a few small patches that had been painted over.
What are the cross streets for that graffiti area? My kids and I discovered this wall recently. I love the fact that Austin has so many great street and graffiti artists! I plan on taking my kids by once a month to let them see the changes that are made. Thank you for expressing yourselves in such a fun, unique way.
Patrons will be able to order coffee, beer, wine, cocktails and food from local businesses. In many ways the site itself will be a work of art.
People flying into Austin-Bergstrom International Airport will be able to see it from the sky. Sustainable design was also important to the founders. The park will have solar panels, rainwater collection stations, gardens and a bee apiary.
The new site off Dalton Lane had been used to dump dirt and debris from construction projects across the city. Instead of hauling the dirt off elsewhere to make space for the park, the construction team decided to use it to make the bricks for the park walls.
With 40, of these bricks, the park is the largest earthen-brick project in Texas history, according to the founders. And I think that we're doing that here. The act was also symbolic. The original graffiti park, too, was built on things left behind. The area remained undeveloped for years until Scull approached the landowner about turning the space into a temporary art gallery to provide people with a place to create art.
It launched during South by Southwest in The space was wildly successful, eventually attracting between 50 to people per hour, Scull said. Ice cream trucks would fight over who could park in the prime spot near the gallery. Over the years, it was used as a backdrop for concerts, music videos and photoshoots. After all, outside food and drinks are allowed at this art gallery. Jessica has been a resident of Austin for fives years and believes in the promotion of all things local.
She dabbles in photography and writing. Follow her on Twitter and Tumblr. There is an interesting, but slippery transition from real street art to gallery art that I think so far is being handled well by the folks who run Castle Hill, but I worry that at some point the vandalism aspect will be totally lost and with it most of the meaning of graffiti and street art. I must be quite carefull because as i tried to say once before my last post disappeared. I am FROM here. And as i see my bright beautiful town a council paved and developed into this city i am just warning you to get ready to do something to save what you love.
It not hard! This city council has got to hear from you. Save our sweet Austin! I was the contractor that built the walls….. They were intended to be the foundations for a condo project named the Palestra. New engineers were hired to re-design the structure and the original walls and footings were demolished and the project started over sometime in or The new design was just as flawed as the original, and after most of the wood framing for the planned condominium project had been erected, the structure again started to heave and move as a result of the expansive clay that was changing volume through wet and dry seasons.
All of the wood framing that had been built was torn down, leaving the concrete foundations. And the rest is the history that you can see on the walls. As far as prime property goes….
It certainly has a prime location, but in my opinion, the property is probably worthless except for the artistic value that it now holds for our community. The geology of the site consists of many layers of Del Rio Clay laced with fissures and conduits that allow water to infiltrate the clay causing it to swell and contract.
In addition, the entire hillside is actually a landslide in slow motion. One can see the overturning movement of the walls, as well as the soil creeping over the curb down at the street. Also look at the utility poles and the trees on adjacent properties to see their downhill slant.
The entire soil mass is moving down the hill very slowly, and this is not conducive to a sound structure see above. I believe it probably is possible to build a lasting structure on the property, but I doubt that the required engineering solution would be affordable in the market. I went today. Jan 2
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