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Plaza Saltillo

Hotel Planned at Waller and East Sixth

December 6, 2010

Development plans around the Plaza Saltillo metro rail stop, just east of downtown, are taking shape. A 40,000-square-foot boutique hotel is planned at East Sixth and Waller streets and a 50,000-square-foot, 40-unit mixed-use condo development is planned at East Seventh and San Marcos streets. Meanwhile, about 10 acres owned by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority [...]

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Immigrant Rights Advocates Rally at Plaza Saltillo

April 28, 2010

“About 20 people, wearing white T-shirts with immigration rights slogans, stood on the steps of Plaza Saltillo in East Austin Wednesday to protest for immigration reform and rights for immigrants in the nation” (KVUE). The East Austin rally comes after Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) signed a bill that allows a police officer to request proof [...]

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Trash a Growing Concern in East Austin

April 14, 2010

Community activist Lori Cervenak-Renteria says she’s been after Capital Metro for two years to clean up big piles of trash furniture, mattresses, scrap wood and even its own railroad ties and rails along the tracks used by the newly launched MetroRail in her East Austin neighborhood, but to no avail (AAS).

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