The area on the middle left is slated for a huge makeover involving towers, but I think the neighborhood will remain the same.

Are you serious? NYC? You're asking why can't NYC have beautiful towers? Have you been sleeping under a rock the past 10 years? NYC has been building the most beautiful scrapers... Good God I could go on but I will lay this to rest :haha:

I do agree with this. Just when I thought NYC would never bust out of safe mode (see: WTC 1) ... it’s gone increasingly daring.

In my opinion I think NYC takes the crown, but I believe Austin is the second city as far as new development goes.

If possible, even more impressive than NYC, given its modest population.

The new skyscraper architecture in say downtown Brooklyn is hideous for the most part

Also

432 park - the big stick
Weird super tall skinny buildings
Multicolored buildings
Etc

Just too much out-there architecture

I much prefer the new towers in Chicago or Austin

Chicago? Miami? San Francisco? Seattle?

I feel like this is a subjective question. In terms of sheer number of new high-rise projects, Seattle or NYC could take the tops. In terms of the mass added to the skyline profile, you might consider San Fran or Miami. In terms of filling in the built environment and increasing density, Chicago, Minneapolis or Denver come to mind. Austin to me tops the list in terms of night-and-day transformation.

Isnt there something that looks like a futuristic chandelier in the works? I remember the architect did some work on some buildings in manhattan?

+1

I love how you selectively left out Hudson Yards - which alone blows everything happening in Austin - as well as the numerous other non-skinny towers sprouting up all over Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Jersey City.

But yeah - YAY AUSTIN!

This thread has taken a strange turn. It's the Austin projects compilation thread, not a NYC vs Austin thread. Comparing a Metro of over 20 million to one of 2.2 million is ridiculous. Future posts related to NYC will be deleted.

Thanks! We're getting there. haha... I just wish Austin could donate some of it's height to us... we seem scared to go over the 600 foot mark for some reason. lol

This is also a direct result of development under a 35 year old land use code. We're trying to update it to allow for more/smaller housing but NIMBYs... To protect single family zoning from change directly next to a thriving downtown makes as much sense as a bag of hair. Such zoning in the urban core now averages over $500k and is climbing fast. New construction is often $1,000,000+. Knock on wood we allow for responsible land use starting sometime in 2020.

No it doesn't. Too many window frame clad buildings.

I live in Allandale (north central). In the last year, more of the 50-60 year old homes are coming down and being replaced. The first houses to come down are the ones that would cost too much to repair or upgrade. There's a home on my street that came down a couple of weeks ago. My realtor friend told me that the piping under the house had leaked and pretty much ruined the house. So a developer paid the owner about $470K for a house that couldn't be repaired. The home that will replace it will be on the market for $1.3 M. There's a similar one on the street behind me, and there's a street a few blocks from me where there have been four tear-downs. The homes in Allandale that are in good shape are going for astronomical prices, even those that haven't been updated. It's all location. We're now considered central. The Anderson Lane/Burnet commercial districts are very close and have just about everything. My understanding is that Crestview is even more expensive.

You're jumping the gun, but what Austin has going on is definitely impressive.

looks good!

It took Austin years to get over the 400-500' plateau. It'll happen in due time.

Just a few years ago, nobody would believe that 15 towers over 500' would be under some level of development at the same time (8 of those over 600', 4 of those potentially over 700' & 6XGuadalupe at 848')!

Do you think the height will break the 1,000 foot mark?