Had dinner at Peacock last night ((Vaccine hollah!) I highly recommend it - really good Mediterranean food)) the view is absolutely *fantastic* of this building and the canyon is very real.
I remember like 10 years ago when we were all seeing renders of the Green Water Treatment plant proposals + the old power station and I have to say from Mayor Wynn and everyone involved at the outset of this plan its really neat to see the end-result of a long term vision come to fruition.
2nd street was absolutely hopping last night with great foot traffic everywhere ranging from tourists to residents walking home from Trader Joes.
A little trip down memory lane, to a younger Austin aspiring for greatness. From the orginal plan, it looks like we only got one of those buildings basically unchanged. But I think we can live with the results!
Whenever I think about this building, Independent, Proper, Northshore or Google 1, I think about this commercial for Kathie Tovo's mentor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM-w4Fcn6z0 And yes, that's the 360 with the spire and the podium chopped off copied and pasted
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How long will Austinites tolerate NIMBY politicians?
Ha, I'd forgotten about that. That was hilarious. I also remember the pitiful "renderings" and LEGO model of Spring that someone did that was most definitely not to scale. And that was around the time the developer of 7Rio contacted me to do a model for them before the project changed and became "Seven".
Whenever I think about this building, Independent, Proper, Northshore or Google 1, I think about this commercial for Kathie Tovo's mentor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM-w4Fcn6z0 And yes, that's the 360 with the spire and the podium chopped off copied and pasted
The building's "top" is getting skinny enough now that they only need one crane to cover the area. So, despite being a ways off from actually topping out, one crane is enough to cover it. I'm betting the one that gets removed is the western crane. That's the side where the sail comes to a peak.
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