“You're going to raze a building down that does have some historical value, for football,” commission board member Lilia Garcia told UT officials then. “I mean, the optics are not good for ...

Edwin Bautista knew it was a last-ditch effort, a long shot to save the 91-year-old historic building that the University of Texas wants to bulldoze so it can build a new football practice facility.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Steve Hicks School of Social Work building on the University of Texas at Austin campus will soon be demolished to make way for a new Longhorns football training facility.

but now it’s football just versus history.” The grassroots effort to save the building is supported by University Junior High alumni, Austin’s Historic Landmark Commission and the Asian ...

UT plans to demolish it to build a football practice facility on the site. UT spokesman Mike Rosen confirmed the site-clearing work has begun and is expected to continue “during the next several ...