[KevinFromTexas]

Also the lowly Hotel Van Zandt will make a fairly noticeable impact there being located immediately north of The Shore. It'll more or less fill the gap between The Shore and the Four Seasons Hotel and the rest of the pack north of the river. If we get more buildings south of The Shore between it and Austin Skyhouse, the Rainey Street area is going to fill in the southern end of the skyline; and the "south shore" skyline will no longer be distinguishable as a separate skyline. And not to mention the Fairmont will sit kind of in the middle of that area. And then there's the Waller Center development. If that happens it's going to shift the focal point of the skyline farther south in this view. And it's crazy to think that with that view we'll be hiding two 500 footers on the skyline. Frost Bank Tower is already hidden behind Spring and this new 5th & Brazos tower will be mostly hidden behind The Bowie. I'm also curious to see what the JW Marriott will do to that view. I'm betting its width will straddle the W and The Austonian and be about level with the roof of One Congress Plaza. Shoal Creek Walk/Whole Foods expansion tower will also stick up nicely here just on the other side of the first Whole Foods building on the left.

And I was also thinking there are going to be some buildings going up in downtown that we won't even see in this view. The 5th & Colorado office tower and Hotel ZaZa will both pretty much be completely hidden. And Hotel ZaZa is a 305 foot building. From this angle, it'll pretty much be exactly behind Spring.