West Campus

Front of Cauldron coffee shop and bar in West Campus

The history of Wheatville: The Black community that originally settled in the West Campus area

On the western edge of West Campus, nestled in the center of HillTop apartments, lies a small, two-story building made of wood and limestone. The building is the last remaining piece of Wheatville, Austin’s first community of formerly enslaved people. The wooden house, also known as the Gold Dollar Building, now houses The Cauldron, a coffee shop and bar that opened last fall. In its 150-year-old...

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New partnership aims to investigate, solve issues with affordable housing around university campuses

Last Thursday, the Austin City Council announced a working plan to cooperate with local universities to examine possible solutions to the lack of affordable student housing near campuses, like UT’s West Campus. Proposed by District 5 Council Member Ryan Alter, the study aims to build a guide for future student housing development that is part of Austin’s Strategic Housing Blueprint. The blueprint...

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City of Austin grant aims to make safer, more walkable intersections in West Campus

The city of Austin received a $22.9 million grant on Feb. 3 to improve road infrastructure within the next five years throughout the city, including two prospective Guadalupe Street intersections at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Dean Keeton Street. “This grant will accelerate Austin’s ability to deliver life-saving infrastructure improvements to our community,” Austin mayor Kirk Watson said...

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Vehicle traffic to be eliminated from Guadalupe Street under new Project Connect plan

An updated plan calls for The Drag to lose all vehicle traffic as a part of Project Connect, the city’s multibillion-dollar transit initiative. The plan is part of Project Connect’s Orange Line and will allow for only pedestrians, bikes, city buses and a light rail system on Guadalupe Street between 22nd and 29th streets, according to a town hall meeting Tuesday. Austin Transit Partnership, which...

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Student living around UT-Austin becomes less affordable as Austin housing market grows

Apartment buildings, condominiums and co-ops have taken up all of the available land around UT for more than a decade, an Austin-based student housing broker said. As apartments continue to increase prices without losing demand and replace old buildings with luxury housing, he said the state of student housing is becoming a crisis. “All the land has been built out around campus, and now students...

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Latest census data shows increased diversity, population growth in West Campus

The West Campus neighborhood has diversified over the past 10 years, with population growth in Hispanic, Black and Asian communities, according to 2020 U.S. Census data. City demographer Lila Valencia said these changes will be significant when the city redraws district lines this fall, as students will vote for representatives that align with their interests. “It’ll be important to see how those...

West Campus Construction

New apartment complexes set to open this fall in West Campus

Several new West Campus apartment buildings will open to students for the fall semester. While apartment complexes are reaching out to students with special deals and lease agreements for the coming fall semester, some students plan to move into new buildings that are currently under construction or recently opened. Undeclared freshman Katrina Lowther said she is planning on living at Villas on Rio,...

American Campus complexes may evict students who host gatherings of more than 10 people

West Campus apartment complexes may evict students for violating social distancing guidelines that restrict indoor gatherings to 10 people in response to college students' parties around the nation. "As a reminder, our lease agreement has a policy that residents should not have gatherings of more than 10 people," American Campus Communities wrote in an email to its tenants obtained by the Daily Texan....

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Sure Walk implements new safety measures, aims to reduce health risks

Sure Walk is changing their operations this semester to reduce health risks. Sure Walk, which provides free walks and rides from on-campus locations to home at night, resumed services Aug. 20 after a break following the University’s transition to remote learning in March. It will be available seven days a week from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Masks will be required for staff and patrons, and vehicle use will...

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