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Originally Posted by verybadgnome
I live a block away from this one. Some of the homes here date to the first decade of the 20th century as my neighbors are 1909 and 1910. AFAIK this block has always been all/mostly residential so someone must have been thinking this was a good spot. Now that you mention it they could have put it 2 blocks to the north at Cesar Chavez (former East 1st St). That being said many of the towers have been moved over the years with the wiki article claiming only 6 of the 17 remaining are at their original locations.
I think there has been a large tree canopy here for generations, but it does block the views from some angles. I can see it through my east facing windows.
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Curious to know how bright it is, if its a nuisance. I'm all about preserving as much history as possible, the cost to renovate and reinstall this where it is, basically lost to the rest of Austin seems a bit of a waste since as far as I can tell, and correct me if I'm wrong, you would need to be in the neighborhood to see it, even though its probably the tallest structure in that area.
Still, if I lived there, I'd think it would be pretty cool to have. Now if they can keep the kids from climbing it. I have a friend who said he climbed a few and got high while taking in the view, and got busted for doing it once.