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