Abbott is just going to be an ornery critter with a lot of ideas that may or may not gain traction in the legislature. It is not clear that the state can currently pass laws that would forbid municipalities from enacting regulations pertaining to plastic bags, etc. I think the impacted cities would have redress in the courts, but I could be wrong, as I have no idea what the state constitution has to say about that. At any rate, his pet peeves don't necessarily translate into policy unless there is enabling legislation to create that policy. I am impressed that he sounds gung-ho (at least at this juncture) to investigate one of the probably crooked crony deals implemented by the Perry administration. I am speaking about the alleged fraud in the 21 CT contract with the state Department of Health and Human Services. One rather hopes that any irregularities might lead back directly to Rick Perry and his sleazy no-bid crony (donor) handouts. Abbott may have a little "pay back" in his heart with regards to Perry and Co. More will be revealed.
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Hello fellow skycraper lovers! First time poster, loooooong time lurker on this forum. Thought this would be an excellent opportunity for my first comment on this forum to call BS on mklunder13's absurd post here. You guys have already nailed it with your responses about why this is a ridiculous concept, and I'm in full agreement.
I will say that after having been back and forth from San Antonio since the mid 90's and observed the growth there and here, I'd wager that if there is one thing about Austin versus San Antonio that might discourage more businesses or people from moving here it would be our roads and traffic. San Antonio's freeway system most definitely tops ours, due to reasons that are too lengthy to entertain in this thread, however Austin is attempting, slowly, to address that issue. That said, so far our traffic issues haven't stopped people from moving here in any sort of measurable or noticeable numbers that I'm aware of currently. I would also bet that that one reason mklunder13 doesn't want to see The Independent built is because he/she probably has very high hopes that the proposed Frost tower in SA gives that city a new tallest, and possibly tops Austin's current tallest, depending on how that project develops. If The Independent does come to fruition as we all hope it does, we'll have a new tallest that will hold up against potential new SA competition. The growth of our entire region is fantastic however, and I'm all for new tallest buildings and hi-rises wherever they can put them up in a sensible fashion. :cheers: Quote:
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I really hope we hear more about this project soon. I don't like it when some news comes out about a proposal and then it's months before we hear anything more. I guess it's really down to the individual developers and such. There are those like Manchester that get a roller-coaster of articles between months of silence over a 2 or 3 year period. Then there are the projects like 5th & West that seem to pop up out of nowhere with little to no extended wait time before construction begins.
99 Trinity and Waller Park Place are also good examples of a long drawn out hear some news then hear nothing. The only thing that may be a legitimate reason why neither has moved is that they are waiting for the waller tunnel to be finished which according to the most recent news should be in June. |
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I don't know what to think about the 99 Trinity proposal. I have always wondered whether they have the financial muscle to pull this off, and it could be that they are arriving at the party kind of late in the current development cycle, maybe too late to put together the financing needed to proceed. |
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I'm sorry...I thought this thread was pertaining to The Independent. My mistake!??!
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As long as it doesn't go too overboard with off topic chit chat. By the way, I saw Greg hovering over the model of this building with a big grin on his face. :haha:
Hopefully once this baby gets going we'll have a good source for info. I can't wait to see what the final height is. |
This could be a rough idea of what The Independent might look like:
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...y-block-9.html |
That would be absolutely f*ing awesome.
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But then again, it can't be all bad that we are competing with San Francisco instead of, say, Oklahoma City! And add another 200-300 feet on top of it, and it might not just be that bad!:deal: |
So I'm assuming this is all office space but here is SF tallest with the same exact floor count as the Independent. 1,000+ footer....
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...rce_tower.html Even if the Independent is all residential, I still don't see how a 61 floor tower would be shorter than the Austonian. It just doesn't add up and I hope I'm wrong but watch the final design end up being fewer floors if the height is indeed 675 or whatever. I am aware the Austonian is actually 60 floors including mechanical levels. So then is the Independent going to be 61 habitable floors or is the 61 count including mechanical as well? The Austonian was announced as a 56 story tower so I would think the floor count would be habitable only. |
scraperwill said it'll have 61 occupied floors, plus an amenity level, which I take as meaning it'll be the gym facility. He also said it'll have one more level - and that is the mechanical one.
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Speaking of new San Francisco skyscrapers - have you guys seen this one? It's going to be America's Bank of China. :slob:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=137164 |
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It just goes to show that someday fairly soon, we all might be laughing about the time we were wondering about when we would ever get out of that 400 foot time warp!:tup: Because you know that the time is coming soon where there will only be one way to go, and that is UP, hopefully starting soon with the Independent and Waller Place! I'm kind of getting excited that the Greenwater, Seaholm and North Shore developments are going to look nice along the lakefront with a lot of other buildings rising even taller behind them. |
https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/...90075456_o.jpg
From The Independents Facebook page. getting ready to open the sales center. |
This is from their Facebook page:
https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hp...4b&oe=554F2FE4 The Independent Austin - https://www.facebook.com/independent...type=1&theater |
"Iconic design".
Oh Lord, that's the kind of language people who build eyesores use. I'm equal parts nervous and excited about this one. I really hope they don't fuck this up. They need to build something that fits in with Austin. |
Just curious...iyo, what does "fits in with Austin" mean?
I agree with you about the use of the term "iconic." However, I truly hope this is an iconic, non-conformist tower. AND, Austin's new tallest at over 750'. :) |
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