Yuck. I wish the windows were more than just squares on the side of a yellow building (the color, by the way, makes the building look like it's constantly under construction--I hope they change that?). Otherwise, a dissapointingly ugly building for such a prime location on the River Walk, in my opinion.
Yuck. I wish the windows were more than just squares on the side of a yellow building (the color, by the way, makes the building look like it's constantly under construction--I hope they change that?). Otherwise, a dissapointingly ugly building for such a prime location on the River Walk, in my opinion.
Well thats good since it is under construction.
And we decided to get rid of that yellow color for you.
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It's time again to kindly ask my SA compadres for some new photos. Anybody have one from a distance that shows the building in its surroundings?
Didn't forget you Jack, got a few from different angles.
Before
After
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while still remaining a city. It is urban society trying to eat its
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- Harlan Douglass, The Suburban Trend, 1925
The building is a great infill and adds so much density to that area!. And I think once the facade is complete it will look great! Now if we could just get rid of that surface lot right next to the building...http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/imag...ies/cheers.gif
Great pics!
If you don't mind Miahjt82 I'm going to post these on San Antonio main projects page. I't often gets neglected.
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You're right, not much else. Well, the South Texas Building now has about half of its windows missing, but not much else. Snapped this earlier this morning.
It is the city trying to escape the consequences of being a city
while still remaining a city. It is urban society trying to eat its
cake and keep it, too.
- Harlan Douglass, The Suburban Trend, 1925
hmm, I didn't think that brown was going to be so dark.
I think the lighter brown is what we're getting actually. Not the way dark stuff to the right, but that strip in the middle of the two darker ones. That's not too bad.
I think you're right, Kevin. Judging by the fact that the dark is covering the white (which was there first) and they're clearly painting the dark over the white downward from the top, I'd say the same is true for the light brown covering the dark. Why so many different colored layers though? They couldn't make up their minds? It's like that episode of Gilligan's Island where Mrs. Howell keeps changing her mind and makes the men move a palm tree to a bunch of different spots.
I believe there are a few primer layers over the tyvek, then stucco is applied, then it is painted. The white stuff doesn't look like stucco from what I can tell--it might be an underlayer. The stucco looks like it's been tinted dark brown so as not to interfere with the final paint layer of light brown. I could be completely wrong, as I haven't been down to look at the site.
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