:cheers: I hope everyone had a Happy New Year.

Since it's been so long since we've had any photo updates here's a whole bunch from today.

J.W. Marriott

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The Westin Hotel is still digging.

http://i.imgur.com/xh65pZ4.jpg

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The Colorado Tower is working on the 9th parking level, 3 more to go before the office floors start.

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IBC Bank Building is getting close to topping out.

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7th and Rio Grande will be making an impact on the skyline soon.

http://i.imgur.com/KTKc3gk.jpg

The Corazon on East 5th and San Marcos is getting pretty big.

http://i.imgur.com/Cn12Roh.jpg

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The Bowie is already making an impact on the skyline.

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Some nice new graffiti on the rail road bridge keeping Austin weird.

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The Catherine as seen from 2nd Street.

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Great update. It's good to see glass being installed on the Bowie. The "Never Give Up" graffiti on the train bridge has been replaced. :(

The "Never Give Up" graffiti is still there it's a bit farther South on the bridge, out of my shot.

Awesome. For some reason I find inspiration in it.

Excellent update Corvainkeith! 2014 is gearing up to be a big year. Projects that will most likely start this year will be the Aspen Heights tower,The Fairmont, 99 Trinity tower, Hotel ZaZa, Rainey Street Apartments ,Block 1, & Waller Creek. Just keep us posted when you see dirt moving. :)

And possibly the Magellan tower on 5th.

Exciting year ahead of us.

Thanks, Keith, for the great photos!

Of all the big projects mentioned so far, I'm still skeptical that the Waller and Magellan towers will break ground in 2014. In order for construction to start in 2014 everything needs to fall into place on time, and big projects like that tend to get delayed for a variety of reasons.

I doubt Magellan will ever even happen tbh. And that waller project is so ugly i hope it never happens.

Well I haven't actually seen any files on the city's website associated with the Magellan project on 5th Street, so I'm not real confident of that project either. Unless some have been filed very recently. Since the Waller project is at least going through that process, I do feel better about it. If they're actually spending money on the process of getting it approved and getting the utilities and street work done, then that's a good sign. I don't think the T. Stacy Project on Congress even did that. The only files I only saw for that project were for the parking garage across Brazos. They even had the elevations up for it.

Magellan is the new T. Stacy. I will never again hold my breath for a high rise off Brazos :hell:

Magellan is a huge developer with a lot of capacity. I put way more stock in them than I would ever in T. Stacy. Just because there hasn't yet been any movement on that project doesn't mean that it won't happen.

Magellan is a very big and successful high rise developer in Chicago, so they have a lot of credibility. They have only recently started working on projects outside of Chicago. Prior to their Austin project they announced plans for a residential tower in both Minneapolis and Nashville. I don't know the status of the Minneapolis tower, but the one in Nashville is scheduled to start construction in February.

I know I know! I'm just sayin, I'll believe it when I see it :D

Corvairkeith, your updates are always on point. Thanks dude.

x-posted from the Fairmont forum. New renderings of our favorite building!

Very very nice! I REALLY like that! I never really cared for the previous Fairmont renderings but I couldn't be happier with this updated design. Good for you, Austin! :cheers:

I'll probably have to see it built to judge fully (yes, do build it). I liked the smoothed edges of the previous design a lot. This is good, too, though. It reminds me of some of Minneapolis' towers, and that is a VERY good thing. One of my favorite buildings anywhere is Minneapolis' Wells Fargo Center. That east/west view of it (the skinny end) will be interesting to see. And it's so good to know they'll light that crown.

Great pictures, Keith. That view along 2nd Street with the podiums lining up is getting intense. Colorado Tower is going to add to that also.

wowwwwwwwwwwwww omg

Personally I don't think the new Fairmont design looks better. It's not bad, but I find it to be less elegant than the previous design. Still, I'll be very happy to see it built.