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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
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This is amazing
At first, I was like "aw, this is weird, I don't like it" due to the awkward winding shape of it and the angle that it comes out of Sandra Muraida Way (why not come out at the middle instead all the way to the right like that?), but as I went on, I started to like it more and more.
For one thing, the stairway up to the street at the corner of 3rd and Seaholm Dr. is going to go a long way toward establishing real connectivity. Secondly, the funky design they're going to put in the pathway (with three different types of concrete) is really cool:
Third, they're going to be using a lot of cool decorative elements like these granite bat designs in (on?) the walls...
...and concrete blocks with guitar designs on them, and fence paneling that looks like piano keys:
On top of that, I think the excavating and landscaping will look really good (in about 10 years when the trees are fully grown). Maybe the whole thing is corny but I'm a sucker for cheesy Austin-themed crap like this. We have certain themes we identify with Austin, so we might as well accentuate them.