AUSTIN | Photos & Videos Thread

[hookem]

I was not a fan of the show. Seemed really, really corny and cringe worthy enough that we ended up turning it off about half way.

However I haven't watched any network TV show in many years (except Fox animated stuff) for pretty much that exact reason, so maybe it is par for the course. I've never watched the original 911 show, perhaps it is the same.

[Sigaven]

Originally Posted by Mopacs

Great screen caps! I caught those as well. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the scenery and the show itself. You have to take it for what it is. Though I was half expecting them to portray Austin as a flat, shrubby desert, which they didn't (for the most part)

The cover art shows Austin in the middle of a mountainous desert though

[the Genral]

The shots of Austin are excellent and quite flattering. The show itself is somewhat disappointing script wise. I can handle the liberties Hollywood takes but I can do with more action that's not sexual. That's what ruined 'The Good Doctor' for me. They could have crammed in more medical action and story lines if they didn't spend so much time in each episode exploring the romance between the sexually challenged Autistic doctor and the way out of his league lab tech. Same here, less smooching, more fires and car wrecks and rescues. No need to cram character development in at one time. The vast amount of reviews have been negative so far and why not?? An infant in a car seat gets thrown from a car during an accident, lands 20 feet up in a tree, gets rescued by a Captain who should have delegated someone lower rank to retrieve the body or severely injured child only to find a victim with narey a scratch practically smiling after being rescued and handed directly to the mother without so much as a quick medical evaluation or fitted with a C Collar which is standard procedure when a airbag is deployed, much less thrown from a vehicle 20 feet into a tree. And the EMT Captain intubating a patient non call, on her own...this just just pure fantasy land, And the guy holed up in his apartment with a gun, there's NO WAY the fire department would go back after him and risk getting shot. APD would have been the protocol. At least the shots of Austin are legit until they decide to add the Alamo Dome, Statue of Liberty, and the Golden Gate Bridge...

[Mopacs]

Oh it can be a very very corny show, just like the parent 9-1-1 series, which we watch for mindless entertainment. So I kind of expected the same from Lone Star. In that respect, you just take it for what it is and laugh at the ridiculousness.

[Urbannizer]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/munna82/49417107896

[the Genral]

Wow! that's an amazing photo. Love that angle. Austin looks really large. That photo would make a good platform for someone with good photoshop skills, and you know who you are, to add in the buildings u/c or proposed.

[KevinFromTexas]

Nice. That shows how massive the Indeed Tower is going to be. It really is a big building.

[Echostatic]

This shows how much smaller south Austin is compared to the north. Those two office buildings on the big hill towards the right of frame are, by Austin standards, relatively far South. They look super close to downtown.

[hequals2henry]

Originally Posted by the Genral

Wow! that's an amazing photo. Love that angle. Austin looks really large. That photo would make a good platform for someone with good photoshop skills, and you know who you are, to add in the buildings u/c or proposed.

Good call The Genral hahaha! I haven't had much time lately, I'll try my best...

[Tyrone Shoes]

Originally Posted by the Genral

Wow! that's an amazing photo. Love that angle. Austin looks really large. That photo would make a good platform for someone with good photoshop skills, and you know who you are, to add in the buildings u/c or proposed.

I miss the Austin skyline made outta legos.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by hequals2henry

Good call The Genral hahaha! I haven't had much time lately, I'll try my best...

Ok, if you must Really miss your genius.

[KevinFromTexas]

instagram.com/jtype - https://www.facebook.com/loewylawfir...type=3&theater

[jowens]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

instagram.com/jtype - https://www.facebook.com/loewylawfir...type=3&theater

This pic is not from the recent "snow dusting" we received this past week. The Ashbel Smith Hall (white building) on the corner of Colorado and W.Seventh was imploded in March 2018 to make room for the Indeed tower that is now well under construction.

[KevinFromTexas]

Ah, hell. I missed that. The snow had all my attention.

[jowens]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Ah, hell. I missed that. The snow had all my attention.

Thats alright.....you still rock!

[austlar1]

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[austlar1]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

https://www.flickr.com/photos/munna82/49417107896

The two buildinggs are located on the south side of MOPAC about 2 1/2 miles from downtown. Maybe not even that far. The picture really distorts distances. All of those low to midrise buildings are along MOPAC from just south of the river to 360 around Barton Creek Mall. There are actually several million square feet of Class A office space in those buildings along MOPAC. 360 between Barton Creek Mall to just past Bee Caves Road also has a fair amount of high end office space. South/Southwest Austin is a player in the office market.

[Echostatic]

Hardly any of this was here just 15 years ago. The next 15 are going to be crazy.

[Urbannizer]

austin sunrise by abohw, on Flickr

[The ATX]

I like how the West Campus cranes are lined up for duty.