I think the very best view of the skyline from the west side is on 360 between the mall and Bee Caves Road. I can't remember the name of that intersection but there are a couple of office buildings there. If you look east there's a valley and the entire city skyline from the river past UT just spreads across the horizon.

Go to the Land and Cattle/Ihop location on NB Mopac, and go to the parking garages, I go to the closest to the city, its open and you can park low and walk up or just drive to the top. I have only gone on weekends when no ones there.

This spot 30.264440, -97.778999

Best vantage points:

Zilker clubhouse
Barton Creek Mall
East Riverside driving in

Jdawgboy is correct...Loop 360 between Westbank Dr. and Lost Creek Blvd. (above Valley View Elementary School).

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...owntown/nkWMs/

Hotel Van Zandt

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8616/...560c4abc_b.jpg

Millenium Rainey

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7584/...67ff4193_b.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8688/...f94a2098_b.jpg

Just took these (yesterday and today).

Colorado (on the right)- beautiful shot
http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/...pskpcfwgmw.jpg

I forgot what's going up here. A hotel and something else...and apparently the hotel is still a dirt field
http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/...psxg5cv9nz.jpg

Greenwater project
http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/...pswjrkwv5a.jpg

I nice view from the convention center. Austin is shaping up nicely.
http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/...psl50goeyx.jpg

^Cranes galore!

Green Water and Seaholm at sunset

http://i.imgur.com/bGtLcC0l.jpg

(click for full size image)

Looks like they raised the crane on the Seaholm, I was wondering when that would happen.

Very sweet... wow.

Austin is truly a forest of cranes!

More cranes are coming. Two crane bases are on site for an office tower that is going up directly behind the U/C tower on the right in this photo.

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/...pswjrkwv5a.jpg

The higher it goes, I'm really liking the step-back on this one. It'll be great once they start the final step-back also.

That view will have a nice sunset vista between a slight canyon of buildings...very nice!

New 99 Trinity renderings. Looking sleeker! X-posted from the 99 Trinity thread in the Austin sub-forum:

Seaholm district rising with Market district in back.
http://imgur.com/mQKi50Kl.jpg

Visited Austin for the first time this weekend.

WOW! Your city is booming.

Stayed at the JW Marriott (which was just completed). Very cool hotel.

Will be watching this thread with envy from now on :)

That's a lovely building. Really like the curved front and back and especially that curved glass facade at the top of the river-facing side. It would look good clustered with the Bowie and Monarch.
Sure hope it doesn't go through a budget fitting redesign and become a short shapeless block.

I suspect those 99 Trinity renderings were the original ones before the site plan was withdrawn for resubmittal. I hope any changes are not a downgrade.