SAN ANTONIO | Urban Core Development Thread - Page 21

ydoc14 · #**401** Posted **Oct 11, 2007, 12:06 AM**

San Antonio on Google Earth has been updated. I could tell because TOA now has the black roof, parking garage cleared for Grand Hyatt, SBC Center now has AT&T Center on the roof, new UTSA construction, Shops at La Cantera is finished, and the grass isn't green lol. I know there are more changes, but these are the one's I've noticed right off the bat.

NBTX11 · #**402** Posted **Oct 11, 2007, 2:57 AM**

Here you go...

Sorry about the poor quality on these. Took with my 1MP camera phone, didn't have my good camera with me...

METALMiKE · #**403** Posted **Oct 11, 2007, 3:07 AM**

Thanks bro, any pics are good pics.

KevinFromTexas · #**404** Posted **Oct 11, 2007, 3:59 AM**

^ Agreed. I don't get down to San Antonio too terribly often, so anything is better than nothing!

kornbread · #**405** Posted **Oct 11, 2007, 4:28 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by NBTX11

How appropriate that the pedestrian crossing sign landed over that side of this building since it looks like a sidewalk.

Maybe they can do like Vegas and advertise there?

adtobias · #**406** Posted **Oct 11, 2007, 4:54 AM**

they are the 5th floor of which building

jaga185 · #**407** Posted **Oct 11, 2007, 5:23 AM**

^^^ Vidorra

adtobias · #**408** Posted **Oct 11, 2007, 8:22 PM**

there is a lot of growth to that area of d/t

Complex01 · #**409** Posted **Oct 15, 2007, 4:37 PM**

This past weekend, i went to SA. I have to say seeing the GH in person, it really is very substantial. The length of it really is massive. I am still not sure how the top portion (Facade) will play out, or the colors for that fact, but its noticeable on the skyline. Vidorra was about 4 floors i think, i kept forgetting to look at it as i drove by, as my attention was on the hyatt for the most part. Sorry no pics...

ydoc14 · #**410** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 3:54 AM**

Taken on 10/20 by gesualdo @ Flickr

I think it looks great from this angle. The mechanical penthouse really makes a difference height wise imo.

sirkingwilliam · #**411** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 4:34 AM**

Sorry but the flock of people running have my attention. WTF? Zombies?

KevinFromTexas · #**412** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 4:38 AM**

I know right? lol Bizarre. Concert maybe?

ydoc14 · #**413** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 6:27 AM**

Alright you two, the focus is supposed to be on the building

Maybe everyone's running from the Grand Hyatt hahahaha. Maybe it scared everyone with it's monstrous girth.

No, it's called Zombiewalk, some DT Halloween event.

sirkingwilliam · #**414** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 6:55 AM**

Did a little digging and found this.

http://www.myspace.com/sanantoniozombiewalk

Sounds[ed] cool. Sucks I missed it. I'd have loved to seen that.

KevinFromTexas · #**415** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 7:14 AM**

^ That's pretty cool.

chancla · #**416** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 9:47 AM**

Keep San Antonio...undead?

Paul in S.A TX · #**417** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 6:26 PM**

Why are they running not walking?

KevinFromTexas · #**418** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 10:47 PM**

I just noticed on our local news website that they did this in Austin today also. I had never heard of it. Keep San Antonio Undead, haha, I love Halloween.

ydoc14 · #**419** Posted **Oct 22, 2007, 12:26 AM**

Based on daytime views of MySA's web cam, it appears that the top of the mechanical penthouse is already at the same level as the base of the pyramids on the Marriott Rivercenter. I doubt it's because of the angle of the cam, because the Grand Hyatt is a block farther away from the camera than the Marriott Rivercenter, so technically if it was really shorter it shouldn't line up with the Marriott Rivercenter height wise right? So which is it? Is the Marriott shorter than thought? Is the Grand Hyatt taller than thought? Or is it just the web cam?

jaga185 · #**420** Posted **Oct 22, 2007, 1:58 AM**

No, the marriott roof is shorter than the mech house