AUSTIN | Avenir (Formerly Dorsey) | 170 Feet | 15 Floors | Complete - Page 21

Sigaven · #**401** Posted **Jan 13, 2020, 5:39 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by urbancore

exactly, and lost a grocery store, additional retail, and units for the elderly if I recall correctly. It's a disaster....as someone who considered myself "progressive" most of my life, I'm ashamed of our "progressive" council. "No it all" politicians make me sick. They have no guiding force, ethos, point of view....other than....."no".

"No!"

"Why?"

"...because...my views!!!"

Fuck off, you don't own a view, unless you own the air rights and/or land between your house and whatever it is you're viewing.

And don't even get me started with the "but traffic" excuse...

Slappy · #**402** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 12:40 PM**

The Dorsey will be a forever reminder of NIMBY blowback.

Geckos_Rule · #**403** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 3:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sigaven

"No!"

"Why?"

"...because...my views!!!"

Fuck off, you don't own a view, unless you own the air rights and/or land between your house and whatever it is you're viewing.

And don't even get me started with the "but traffic" excuse...

Not to mention, a lot of the signs about "something, something, don't add traffic and build this building in the area" came from those cookie-cutter townhomes around 11th and 12th street that are no more than 3-4 years old....and are terrible for urban development....

This could have been as good as Plaza Saltillo in a way, and even then, Plaza Saltillo could've been even better if they'd been granted more license to build higher. I remember talk of a movie theater going in there at some point.

urbancore · #**404** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 4:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sigaven

"No!"

"Why?"

"...because...my views!!!"

Fuck off, you don't own a view, unless you own the air rights and/or land between your house and whatever it is you're viewing.

And don't even get me started with the "but traffic" excuse...

I swear to God, if I was the developer on this....I would plant and, over time, shape a bush like a giant middle finger facing East. I actually liked that it was called Huston for a minute....just because CM Houston fought it so bad....the irony was sweet.

KevinFromTexas · #**405** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 7:36 PM**

They also could have called it Doozy. Instead of two slender taller buildings that would have allowed more light and air into the neighborhood, they're getting a block long stump with considerably less, considering it was going to have a grocery store.

They should have listened to Willy.

urbancore · #**406** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 7:55 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

They also could have called it Doozy. Instead of two slender taller buildings that would have allowed more light and air into the neighborhood, they're getting a block long stump with considerably less, considering it was going to have a grocery store.

They should have listened to Willy.

best comb over of all time.

Echostatic · #**407** Posted **Mar 11, 2020, 7:16 PM**

Shorter crane was jumped today. The main tower is about one story above ground, but the parking is just now surfacing.

The ATX · #**408** Posted **Apr 15, 2020, 4:22 PM**

GDA posted some construction updates last Friday.

https://www.instagram.com/gda_architects/

Urbannizer · #**409** Posted **Apr 30, 2020, 8:03 PM**

The Dorsey by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

Echostatic · #**410** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 10:51 PM**

Zoomed in view of construction from The Alexan's webcam:

corvairkeith · #**411** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 11:23 PM**

Street view from last weekend.

Syndic · #**412** Posted **Jun 10, 2020, 8:05 PM**

Damn, I haven't been down there in months due to COVID. I bet I'd be blown away by this progress.

Urbannizer · #**413** Posted **Jun 14, 2020, 7:08 PM**

Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives by KUT Austin - 90.5 FM, on Flickr

Echostatic · #**414** Posted **Jun 27, 2020, 8:37 PM**

This tower seems to have made more progress in the last two months than the year and a half before it. You can see a small amount of the site from the Alexan Capitol webcam, but it's very blurry and small.

urbancore · #**415** Posted **Jun 27, 2020, 9:49 PM**

Drove by yesterday. Holy moly. This will look impressive in comparison, from the highway.

Echostatic · #**416** Posted **Jun 30, 2020, 6:02 PM**

From the corner of the Alexan Capitol webcam:

This is my favorite project in the city. I don't talk about it much, but I think it'll be one of the more impressive towers going up right now. The floorplates are the size of city blocks, and it'll be the tallest thing East of I-35 for several years to come.

Currently it looks like they're pouring a floor a week. It's pretty much the same height as Eleven right now. This should top out in early Fall.

urbancore · #**417** Posted **Jun 30, 2020, 6:41 PM**

https://austin.towers.net/wp-content...on-cam0012.jpg

thanks to Jude and James at Towers

Syndic · #**418** Posted **Jul 1, 2020, 4:37 AM**

Sheesh. This thing already looks hulking in the pic posted above by Urbannizer. Just imagine 10 more floors on top of that. It's going to be a goliath. Will definitely add a lot of density downtown.

corvairkeith · #**419** Posted **Jul 3, 2020, 6:26 PM**

We vs us · #**420** Posted **Jul 3, 2020, 6:45 PM**

Wow, it really is moving quickly. It probably won't be long till it tops out. It's only 15 floors.