“When we won the right to marry, I can remember, I went right down to Fourth Street and celebrated with our community,” Duhon said. Fourth St., and at 310 and 318 Colorado St.Īustin resident Kolby Duhon told KXAN his initial reaction to learning about the project was “outrage.” The structures that are set to be demolished are at 201 to 213 W. When plans for the project recently surfaced on social media, some members of the LGBTQ community worried it would mean the disappearance of several gay bars and a huge loss for their community. wants to build a roughly 43-story tower with 400 apartments on West Fourth Street. But the project’s developer says it plans to maintain the spirit of the city’s LGBTQ hub.
An apartment high-rise proposed for downtown Austin’s Warehouse District has raised concerns about the future for the heart of the city’s LGBTQ community.
