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East Riverside Drive Southeast Austin to Go From Rags to Riches in 2009

Let's take a stroll along East Riverside Drive in Southeast Austin, Texas for a mini site-seeing tour of present-day Austin. Picture yourself walking by my side as I describe the sites, sounds, and ambiance of the area.

Our tour begins on Riverside Drive, just East of IH35, as we head towards South Lake Shore Boulevard overlooking popular Town Lake.

There aren't many homes on the street, because it's mostly a commercial corridor, but that's ok because the fumes from cars whizzing by has us lightheaded.

...the streets are a little grimy, but that's ok. I'll protect you while picking up litter along the way. The sweet smell of pizza, tacos, and "fried stuff" fills the air as we pass by the Capmetro bus stops taking students to campus.

A newspaper blows down the street. You catch one of the headlines,"Luxury high rise condos coming to East Riverside Drive in Southeast Austin".

WHY EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN IS PRIME REAL ESTATE

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Posted by Dee Copeland, Principal Broker on 02/13/2008 09:24 AM

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4 Comments on East Riverside Drive Southeast Austin to Go From Rags to Riches in 2009

I hope they do fix up that area. It can be really pretty over there, especially around the lake.

02/13/2008 09:30 AM

by Jeff Kessler ABR,GRI, Texas 512.801.5666 (Austin Homes Realtors)

Finally! Id live there in a minute. That will be a great spot to live...lavishly on Town Lake! Best Wishes

02/13/2008 09:57 AM

by Scott Hutchinson- Lago Vista Real Estate (REAL ESTATE)

I don't know if that is true. You have an area that is predominantly apartments housing students. A drive down Montopolis confrims to me that the area is predominantly Hispanic and APD records confirm a high amount of crime. You also have areas West of Riverside that are industrial uses. I have checked to see what the quality of the schools are in that area.

Until the apartments on Lakeshore are cleaned up (which I've watched for 25 years as being fairly poor in quality), I would not call it the most desirable area. But hey, that's just one opinion.

02/13/2008 10:46 AM

by Scott

Dee, are you aware that the permalink (how I got to this site) from austinbloggers actually points to a different place than does the comments link?

IE, if you click "Continue Reading", you go to here:

http://texasrealestate.blogs.com/weblog/2008/02/community-spotl.html#more

and there's 0 comments,

BUT,

if you click on the "Comments (3)" text, it takes you to:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/377870/East-Riverside-Drive-Southeast

where there are 3 comments (now 4).

I think I made a comment in the wrong place last time around and meant to alert you then.

02/13/2008 02:36 PM