They're starting to raise the crane today guys. Yesterday they had a piece in place on the tray, but today they've actually raised it up three sections starting at 7:14 am. I think the rain yesterday threw a wrench into the process. Downtown and South Austin had some heavy rain for about an hour.
Web cam.
http://novare.oxblue.com/austin360/index.html
Notice that the crane raises a few times just a tiny bit. That's actually the jack lifting up. They a new section is moved into place, secured, and then the jack moves up another level and they bring in a new section. Pretty cool stuff.
Does anyone have the ability to make animated images? I had a free trial program, but it's expired now. It would be sweet to loop all the images and see the crane raise up and down.
Anyway, this should put the crane up to around 450 feet high, easily making it the 2nd highest point on the skyline currently.