"Informal knowledge", nice loophole

He sure is incorrect. According to an article today on The Rivard Report, Fry is very wrong!:cheers:

No more baseless comments please:tup:

Hey people!
Just noticing the slight slanted roof line on the Thompson from atop my residential building!! Love it! I hope the slanted roof line will be lit up at night!! It will make a UNIQUE addition to the already UNIQUE SA skyline!!:cheers::tup::yes::cheers::tup::yes:

Thanks for the update. Any pix?

https://i.postimg.cc/020MkrXW/20191124-172847.jpg

I've got this photo here that I took yesterday (11/24/19). They added the stucco on the side next to hotel indigo. I'll try to get more pics later today if I can of the rest of the building.

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8e72d21a_b.jpgThe Arts Thompson Construction by Raul Medina III, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e805c8e7_b.jpgThe Arts Thompson Construction by Raul Medina III, on Flickr[/IMG]

The slightly slanted roof line! Just hope it is lit at night!:cheers::tup::yes:
Thank you The Model!!

SA Express News- 11/27/19


DC Partners’ luxury hotel and condominium tower

Construction of The Arts Residences at the Thompson San Antonio hotel is expected to wrap up in the second quarter of 2020.

The $116 million project at 123 Lexington includes 59 luxury condominiums and 162 premium hotel rooms along with a restaurant, spa and other amenities. Eighty-five percent of the condos have been sold.

The high-rise, developed by DC Partners, received a $10 million incentive package from the city through the Center City Housing Incentive Policy, a program intended to spur downtown development. The initiative offers developers property tax rebates and construction loans, forgivable under certain conditions, to build housing downtown.

The package for DC Partners was the largest ever awarded under the policy before it was overhauled by City Council last year. Changes to the program are intended to expand the program’s reach beyond downtown and establish affordable housing requirements for developments that receive incentives.

Although not all glass with this one, the glass that's going on is pretty sweet. It is something that we need ALOT...ALOT...ALOT... more of. The future is bright y'all.

This building has made a big impact on the skyline and even driving on 410 near Fredericksburg, it shows its presence.

The view from the top.

https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram...ce&oe=5E92AECF
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6qttTsHqAa/

Great view!

I need those parking lots turned into residential buildings stat.

They seem like prime locations for 20-story residentials to me (or taller). They're facing Travis Park which provides for unblocked views of downtown and has become a really nice city park with a lot of events. Put in a diner at street level and it's a perfect place to live downtown.

https://i.imgur.com/ysehABC.jpg

(it's behind that tree branch, on the left is the nearly complete CPS headquarters)
https://i.imgur.com/MlKQK9q.jpg

I got the first photo online taken by Mario Aldava
Second photo is from the construction Cam. I'm hoping it doesnt stay yellow
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0c2afeab_k.jpgScreenshot_20200113-011132_Google by josephg_16, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c7bce41d_b.jpgScreenshot_20200113-011431_Chrome by josephg_16, on Flickr[/IMG]

I thought the building was going to be yellow at first too, but it isn't. I'm not sure why they painted it yellow but i'm assuming it's some type of sealing membrane that they then covered over with some blue type of foam board or sheathing, then they covered it over with some stucco.They're just working their way up with the stucco right now.

The yellow is the air barrier system (appears to be fluid-applied) which is required by the energy code. In the past, people would use "waterproofing" or "tar paper", but these items have all been replaced with water-based liquid or (shudder) sheet air barriers.

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5b8f3b60_k.jpgThe Arts Thompson on skyline by Raul Medina III, on Flickr[/IMG]