| Charming pockets of single family homes are | | | | meeting, or working on your computer. |
| studded throughout this hidden gem of a | | | | |
| neighborhood, and although certain parts of | | | | Mabel Davis District Park, recently reopened |
| the area are given over to apartment | | | | after major renovations, provides a wonderful |
| complexes, duplexes and fourplexes, this is | | | | outdoor sanctuary in this urban setting. |
| an overlooked area with enormous potential. | | | | Close to 50 acres, including 30 acres of open |
| Bounded by I35 to the west, Ben White to the | | | | green space, provide room for sports, |
| south, Riverside to the north, and Montopolis | | | | picnics, and other activities. The park also |
| to the east, this rising star offers a wide | | | | has a basketball court, an olympic-size |
| range of restaurants, a big park with loads | | | | swimming pool, a great playscape, and a good |
| of amenities, an ACC campus, and the promise | | | | sized picnic area with shade. To the great |
| of an area on the way up. | | | | delight of teen aged boys, the first skate |
| | | | park in Austin was opened here in 2005, |
| Both Burleson and Parker streets, two of the | | | | featuring a skate bowl, streetscape elements |
| main north-south arteries between Oltorf and | | | | and lawn for nervous parents to observe. |
| Ben White/Riverside, have many smaller | | | | |
| streets branching off, and these streets hold | | | | Also on the horizon is the Roy Guerrero |
| mature trees, a wide array of single family | | | | Colorado River Park, in the northeast corner |
| homes, and a feeling of being in a secret | | | | of the area. Work is schedule to begin on |
| oasis. Prices are still extremely reasonable | | | | this undeveloped tract, and the master plan |
| here, and there is easy access to central | | | | includes trails, a large playscape, and as |
| Austin, as well as Ben White and I35. | | | | much acreage as Zilker Park, providing lots |
| Following Oltorf east past Pleasant Valley, | | | | of open space. Also located in the |
| the homes are newer, with manicured lawns and | | | | neighborhood are the Riverside Golf Course, |
| a more suburban feel. | | | | and the Krieg Field Softball complex. |
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| Both Oltorf and Riverside offer an abundance | | | | This area provides both an urban feel, with |
| of restaurants, from Vietnamese at Hai Ky, | | | | the shopping, restaurants and businesses |
| Indonesian at Java Noodles, Middle Eastern at | | | | located on Riverside and Oltorf, and an |
| Jerusalem, Italian at Aljohn's, or the many | | | | idyllic, quiet, residential feel, with |
| great Mexican places in the area, including | | | | winding streets and hills tucked away from |
| La Tapatia, Taqueria Vallarta, El Regio, and | | | | the hustle and bustle. With businesses |
| many more. Rapidly becoming the cultural | | | | looking more and more to Southeast Austin for |
| center of the area is Café Ventana, an | | | | development opportunities, this area is on |
| expansive coffee shop with a wide range of | | | | the verge of becoming one of the hot-spots in |
| offerings and a large area for relaxing, | | | | town. |