For the first time in its 85 years, an enduring icon of the rapidly transforming Austin skyline is getting a refresh.
As announced yesterday by the University of Texas System Board of Regents, the landmark 307-foot clock tower extending from UT Austin’s campus-anchoring Main Building will undergo an “ambitious” $26 million renovation and restoration. The effort will focus on restoring the Beaux-Arts tower’s limestone exterior to “its original brilliance” per the Board of Regents while additional revamps will be made to its popular observation deck and, above that, the 56-bell carillon topping the structure. The $26 million lead investment will also help to fund
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