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Old Posted Jun 23, 2011, 5:36 AM
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I really like this idea. I'm all about recycling and putting a new use to old things.

There's a bar in downtown that uses them. The area was zoned for vertical mixed use for higher density, and has since then seen a few new residential highrises built along with new bars and restaurants opening.

http://www.austin360.com/food-drink/...m-1556363.html
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Next Rainey Street bar will be built from shipping containers

By Lori Hawkins
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Updated: 11:36 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Published: 9:36 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2011


JAY KNOWLES
This model shows architect Jay Knowles' concept for a Rainey Street bar project called Container Bar. It will feature 10 metal shipping containers, each 40 feet long and 10 feet high, around a courtyard with a stage. The owner of three nearby bars, Bridget Dunlap, is behind the project.

Coming soon: Austin's first bar built from recycled metal shipping containers.

Container Bar, located on Rainey Street on downtown's southeastern edge, will feature 10 containers — each 40 feet long and 10 feet high — stacked on top of each other and arranged around a courtyard.

The interiors will be new, but the exteriors will retain their industrial look.

Austin architect Jay Knowles designed Container Bar, which will feature stacked containers at its 30-foot entrance. Each four-ton container will include bathrooms, air conditioning and LED lighting, and is big enough to hold 24 bar stools.

With construction starting next month, Container Bar is scheduled to open in January.
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