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Originally Posted by The ATX
You apparently have an updated Google Earth view that not everyone has. In my view of the MACC the Hotel Van Zandt is barely above ground.
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Both the one on my Mac and the one on my phone are updated to, I think, February 2016 now. Definitely within the past few months in any case. I can't see a date on my phone, but I know it's the same image.
Edit: Finally got back to my computer. The GoogleEarth Pro is updated to February 4, 2016, for much of the Austin metro area. The GoogleEarth app on my iPhone is updated to the same imagery. Van Zandt is finished, Fairmont is well above ground, Millennium Rainey looks mostly finished (cars parked on the top level of the garage - probably workers), there are a couple small projects on Rainey Street, one on East Ave. (facing I-35), 70Rainey is beginning to be cleared but the food trucks are still around...etc. It's really cool to see this view of a lot of the projects as they have a greater impact on the density of the area - as well as other parts of downtown.
I just wanted to check to see if it was indeed an enlargement of their surface lot. Technically, it's their land and they can do what they want, I suppose...but it's a double standard because they're complaining about traffic and growth in the neighborhood - all while bringing more traffic by encouraging more folks to drive to their place. I'm all about the MACC preserving cultural heritage and bringing awareness to the history of the area. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of hypocrisy.