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Originally Posted by MichaelB
Nicely scaled for Warhouse district. Larger but not way out of scale! Yeah!
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I like the scale and the presentation to the street is good. Austin could use a ton more infill like this. Personally - I'd rather see 50 projects of this scale in the CBD rather than a 1000'er. Austin has far far too much dead blocks, blighted lots and super low intensity building in the CBD to develop cohesive urbanism.
Nice progress in a few years, but a long ways to go and high-rises alone won't accomplish it. We need more projects that aren't as capitol intensive and can happen in less than ideal market conditions.
I think the major obstacle in the past to developing truly cohesive urbanism in the CBD has been (at least in large part) due to onerous parking requirements. Hopefully that problem can be alleviated.