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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
I haven't posted these in a long time, but they are linked in a photo album in my signature line below.
...The Empire State Building is 1,250 feet tall to the top of the dirigible mast/spire, and 1,414 feet to the antenna. The Chrysler Building is 1,046 feet to the spire.
Anyway, this is the Chrysler Building at the corner of 3rd & Congress. I plopped the Empire State Building on the civil courthouse block. That really would be an incredible location for a supertall. The big blue tower next to the Frost Bank Tower is T. Stacy's never-to-be-built "Gumby tower", and the two tall blue towers on the left side are what Novare had been planning for Block 51 and 52, including the post office block. IBC Bank Plaza is being built where the shorter tower had been planned. That large blue tower is where the post office is, and Novare is still supposedly planning a big development there with up to 800,000 square feet.
I have updated my model since then, but it needs more work. I really need to overhaul it because the block widths aren't quite accurate just yet. |
The Empire State...even with a spire is too tall for Austin. The Chrysler would look awesome in Austin! A building that tall with floor space all the way up to 1000', would be too tall for my liking. The scale would be too much that high over the other building in town. However, Bring it on developers...build a super-tall in Austin...just make it narrow, light colored and with a great spire on top!
Thanks Kevin for the post.
