Austin | ATX Tower (325 West 6th) | 675 Feet | 58 Floors | U/C

[urbancore]

Originally Posted by gillynova

Heh, and the skyline 10th largest city in the US is currently building their tallest towers at.... 298'...

Wait, what city is this?

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by urbancore

Wait, what city is this?

San Jose.

[gillynova]

Originally Posted by the Genral

And they should be ashamed of themselves.

I'm ashamed for them tbh. All I can hope is for huge density of 200' but I seriously don't see that happening other than Google's plan to build with the land they bought over the past 3 years.

Austin will definitely be an amazing change for me when I go there next year

[jowens]

It is what is in San Jose. The downtown skyline will always be "squatty" due to its close proximity to the SJC airport. It's less than 2 miles south of the runways and the northern landing approach is directly inline with the downtown area.

[Sigaven]

Also, downtown San Jose is quite quaint and historic. There are some great shopping streets that would make Austin jealous. I'd say it's much more pedestrian-friendly than most of Downtown austin.

[Syndic]

San Jose seems like a suburb that benefitted from the San Francisco sprawl rather than a city unto itself. I consider it part of Greater San Francisco.

Anyway, we're getting off track.

[myBrain]

Page posted some 3d printed models on their insta story. Here it is compared to 70 Rainey and 44 East:



This looks like a NE angle of the building:

[ahealy]

wowwwww that's narrow! Build it nowwww

[We vs us]

That podium's out of control.

[Jdawgboy]

Originally Posted by We vs us

That podium's out of control.

I agree, I always get concerned by overly tall podiums. That is just ridiculous.

[The ATX]

The podium is tall because it is only 1/4 block. It would be half as tall if it was 1/2 block.

[Sigaven]

Originally Posted by We vs us

That podium's out of control.

I believe several stories of that podium is office space. Residential starts directly above the podium.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by Sigaven

I believe several stories of that podium is office space. Residential starts directly above the podium.

That would definitely be interesting. It's not that I hate the parking or not-parking element of it, just for the most part it looks weird and unbalanced to me. It's like a pencil with an extra long eraser. Just . . . kind of off.

[Syndic]

From @walkableaustin on IG:

[gillynova]

Wow. I would love to see the 3D model from different angles

[Jdawgboy]

Whatever goes on the old post office block needs to be a signature supertall, hopefully in the 900 to 1,050 foot range. It would make for a nice centerpiece with the tall cluster centrally located in the skyline overall.

[freerover]

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

Whatever goes on the old post office block needs to be a signature supertall, hopefully in the 900 to 1,050 foot range. It would make for a nice centerpiece with the tall cluster centrally located in the skyline overall.

Hasn’t it been established the FAA has issue with DT buildings over 850’?

[Sigaven]

Originally Posted by freerover

Hasn’t it been established the FAA has issue with DT buildings over 850’?

I think it varies from place to place in downtown....at least the 850' thing was for 6xguad. maybe they'll change their minds for another block...

[Sigaven]

This model is awesome! I wonder if these is 3D printed or made of cardstock?

Oh and someone should add little poles to the top of the independent

[We vs us]

Love it! It's the best holiday tabletop game ever!

Are we missing the Molar, though? Maybe it's just hard to see behind the Republic.

PS. thanks for the good IG suggestions, y'all -- you've got my follows.