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pvah · #**241** Posted **Feb 19, 2015, 4:23 PM**

Not sure if this is the right place for this. Have you guys seen https://flux.io/? It's a free sign up for the basic version. Pretty cool mapping of downtown Austin, Capitol View Corridors, etc.

Demo Video:

http://youtu.be/iosoYZ_4uwE

IluvATX · #**242** Posted **Feb 19, 2015, 4:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by pvah

Not sure if this is the right place for this. Have you guys seen https://flux.io/? It's a free sign up for the basic version. Pretty cool mapping of downtown Austin, Capitol View Corridors, etc.

Demo Video:

http://youtu.be/iosoYZ_4uwE

The demo looks real cool, but the signup page keeps crashing on my iPad. Am I the only one?

smith_atx · #**243** Posted **Feb 24, 2015, 11:28 PM**

Seems like these would do awesome around campus and downtown:

Target Shrinks the Big Box to Woo City Dwellers
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos...-city-dwellers

PartyLine · #**244** Posted **Feb 28, 2015, 3:26 AM**

Looks like the PGA Tour is coming to Austin next year

http://kxan.com/2015/02/27/report-pg...ing-to-austin/

_Matt · #**245** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 1:18 AM**

Sadly, Austin is not on the list for Target Express.

urbancore · #**246** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 1:24 AM**

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/bl...nds-venue.html

Great News.....Clifford would be proud.....RIP my friend.

cvalkan · #**247** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 5:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by _Matt

Sadly, Austin is not on the list for Target Express.

Kind of weird the way that map has Minneapolis and St Paul in Wisconsin.

The ATX · #**248** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by cvalkan

Kind of weird the way that map has Minneapolis and St Paul in Wisconsin.

That is really surprising since Target is headquartered in Minneapolis.

jngreenlee · #**249** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 8:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by cvalkan

Kind of weird the way that map has Minneapolis and St Paul in Wisconsin.

It's a Bloomberg graphic, not Target-provided

lzppjb · #**250** Posted **Mar 7, 2015, 5:53 AM**

I drove up Lamar the other day with my dad, and as always, we lamented the money wasted by the city on that "art" on the walls as you go under 3rd Street. I'm always entertained by the art on the wall just before you go under, and it's constantly changing. This trip I thought they should allow the walls of the underpass be painted by local artists. Funky and fun. Maybe even make it like the art scene at Castle Hill.

Tech House · #**251** Posted **Mar 7, 2015, 6:41 AM**

Fabulous street art! This is what is presently visible on Lamar? I'm very impressed, I had no idea it had evolved into something like this. I agree, let artists who want to work for free create fun things to look at rather than spending a lot of money on some dreary, serious, official "artwork" that eludes all but the inner circles of the cognoscenti. The city should announce open-season on those stupid blue metal rectangles that look like organized litter. Let them be turned into colorful creatures or recycled into a small fleet of impractically heavy bicycles.

lzppjb · #**252** Posted **Mar 7, 2015, 7:06 AM**

The blue metal things are the worst, but a close second are the random squares on the wall painted light green.

drummer · #**253** Posted **Mar 9, 2015, 12:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

The blue metal things are the worst, but a close second are the random squares on the wall painted light green.

Haha, it actually took me a minute to realize which "art" you were talking about. Those blue signs don't really qualify for anything other than ugly reflectors marking the walls...

lzppjb · #**254** Posted **Mar 9, 2015, 9:50 PM**

Exactly. We paid for an artist to put those up. Such a waste of money.

KevinFromTexas · #**255** Posted **Mar 9, 2015, 11:15 PM**

Until someone mentioned it here a while back that those were art, I had automatically assumed those blue metal panels on the underpass were something goofy like sound dampening devices or something. They look like some transportation sign or something. It's funny, I have never thought of them as being art. The sterile feeling of them (to me) always excluded the possibility that they could be art. Art should feel more random than that, and those have never felt that way. I always assumed they were some kind of sign or something. lol

lzppjb · #**256** Posted **Mar 9, 2015, 11:48 PM**

I only know they're art because my dad has complained about them since they were announced and installed.

lzppjb · #**257** Posted **Mar 9, 2015, 11:50 PM**

Found this from a city-date thread about the art:

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This was not the artist’s original concept. The Railroad Commission was supposed to provide electricity for blue lighting under the bridge and the walls were to be painted blue and green but time and money ran out. The concept for the project was to seem like you were going under water when you drove under the bridge. The artist was not pleased with the results...

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/austi...#ixzz3Tw4HMurs

The ATX · #**258** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 12:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

Found this from a city-date thread about the art:

OK. The State (RR Commission) got involved. That explains what went wrong.

drummer · #**259** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 12:23 AM**

Yeah, the graffiti in that area is pretty cool though. It makes up for the traffic reflectors.

The ATX · #**260** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 12:39 AM**

The Lamar bridges (both the river crossing and RR under pass) are major fails in my opinion for multiple reasons:

1. Aforementioned "art" installation

2. Extremely narrow and dangerous posted for "Emergency Use Only" sidewalks (Who in the F' thought that was a good idea?)

3. A large curb protrusion that juts out at the beginning of the bridge that has f'ed up many a front bumper and/or wheel

Didn't somebody post city plans a while back for pedestrian walk ways similar to those added for the S. 1st street bridge? That would really improve this engineering/design disaster.