That Marriott crane base arrived on site ~9:30 AM Friday morning per the Webcam.

Speaking of the JW Marriott, the website has some new renderings. Or, at least, some renderings that I hadn't seen before.

http://i.imgur.com/UJrb5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/EheH3.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/8eQV0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2y1oq.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/1iMh3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0ovLT.jpg

http://www.jwmarriottaustin.com/

:previous: One little thing I'm going to miss is the view of this on the side of the buildging just to the north of the hotel:

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...gressAve14.jpg

I know it's not a great work, but I always thought it was cool piece of Austin's past. I guess that's the price of progress, though.

Hopefully a little crevice will be left there for us to see a piece of Austin's history.

Looks like a tight fit to squeeze through, plus there will be no direct sunlight to actually see the mural. Reminds me of all those tight highly dense areas you see in New York.

Glad to see it has street level retail. Good for the neighborhood.

They aren't removing the tree at 311

They are most definitely moving the tree...maybe to a different location on the same site but it's moving. They have it all dug up, roots wrapped and ready to lift out of the hole.

yeah.. that is really cool. I need to re-photograph it too!

Here are some updates. Sorry for the shitty iPhone quality.

311 Bowie

http://i.imgur.com/uB6awh.jpg

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

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

Calloway House

http://i.imgur.com/OCZ32h.jpg

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

RiverView Apartments

http://i.imgur.com/m8jsTh.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/k7WgNh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WU0rRh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5ynFXh.jpg

Austin SkyHouse

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/LhI88h.jpg

Whitley Printing Tower and Hyatt Place

http://i.imgur.com/1bsY2h.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/msMI4h.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/C8nSgh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uqZZ4h.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/H0pU4h.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QN6dfh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zZPo2l.jpg?1

Nice pics. Callaway House is huge.

Gables Park Plaza II

http://i.imgur.com/Twxt4h.jpg

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/q0qOJh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Gfj34h.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/Wd6R0h.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ln59Ch.jpg

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

Yeah, I was really surprised by Calloway House and really that whole area in general. It' becoming very dense and walkable and urban over there. Austin, as a whole, is seeing a lot of infill and it's really paying off. It's turning into a real gem of a city.

I also went to Mueller (I like to keep an eye on it) and saw that they're starting construction of the Austin Children's Museum and they've added a lot of new streets and houses since I've been there. It's really coming along nicely. That neighborhood is going to be a great place when it's finished. I just think if they want to keep it having a trendy feel they have to add more mixed-use retail.

Absolutely. Unfortunately, that is not a popular sentiment on this forum.

Great photos. I really like that little side street that runs between Gables Park Plaza 1 & 2. I was over there the other night and on the Gables Park Plaza 1 side, it was all retail and looked really nice. If the other side of the street has that much retail, that's going to be really nice little shopping street - especially with the Monarch looming at the north end of it.

Great update Syndic, I'm kind of skeptical on how The Callaway House will turn out, hoping it will come out better than the rendering. Also 311, Seaholm will change once again the western edge of the skyline... Can't wait!!!

One thing that I am mostly excited about is bringing more pedestrian traffic on the western part of Downtown. I always thought it was odd how the Pedestrian bridge has a lot of people walking, and jogging through but once you get to W 2nd St its completely dead. I hope the Seaholm development will change that dramatically.

Also, will they ever do something with that patch of grass (park?) that's on the right to the bridge once you exit? It be cool if they converted that into a more welcoming park. Those little benches are cool but I feel a bit more can be done to make it more attractive.

And oh yeah, the Riverview Apartments look pretty freaking epic from that angle.

Whatever happened to the Villa Muse Studio?

Was it canceled or put on hold? I'm having a hard time finding any searches for it's updates.