AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II - Page 127

The ATX · #**2521** Posted **Oct 21, 2015, 2:13 PM**

Community Impact has a story about sky bridges Downtown:

http://communityimpact.com/2015/10/2...ng-to-skyline/

paul78701 · #**2522** Posted **Oct 21, 2015, 3:57 PM**

Should former Palm School site be sold to developers or preserved?

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news...ety-cen/nn6PR/

_Matt · #**2523** Posted **Oct 21, 2015, 9:31 PM**

Sell!

priller · #**2524** Posted **Oct 21, 2015, 9:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Community Impact has a story about sky bridges Downtown:

There's another joining the Hilton Garden Inn and Sabine on 5th. It crosses Waller Creek.

lzppjb · #**2525** Posted **Oct 21, 2015, 11:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by paul78701

Should former Palm School site be sold to developers or preserved?

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news...ety-cen/nn6PR/

I say preserve it. My grandpa went there in the 1930s.

KevinFromTexas · #**2526** Posted **Oct 22, 2015, 6:15 AM**

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Site plans (with elevations) for a few projects.

This first one is planned for the lot between East 8th & 9th at I-35 where that single old house is sitting and falling apart. It looks like the house will be demolished since the elevations show the complex fronting both 8th & 9th.

800 Embassy Drive - 93 feet 9 inches with 5 floors of residential over 2 floors of parking.
ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...rive_PLANS.pdf

Bluebonnet Studios - 2301 South Lamar
ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...dios_PLANS.pdf

I couldn't get this one to load all the way. Maybe someone else will have better luck.

East MLK Boulevard & Alexander Avenue Mixed Use -
ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...0Use_PLANS.pdf

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Originally Posted by The ATX

This will be a big improvement over that bombed out house that has been an eyesore for decades:

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Tower crane plans for this one, so I guess it's moving along.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...rane_PLANS.pdf

KevinFromTexas · #**2527** Posted **Oct 22, 2015, 6:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

A site plan was filed today for a mixed use building at 501 W. 6th St. - the Miller Blueprint site. I don't recall what this project is, but I know this site has been talked about for a long time. Maybe I just had a brain fart and forgot.

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11432659

EDIT: This would be next to the proposed 32-story 6th & Nueces hotel.

Here's the consolidated administrative site plan. No building elevations, just some info about it, but on page 12 it does note that the proposed building is a 3-story building, but it also mentions that the max building height is 535 feet. Back before 360 was built, Novare had been planning a 35-story tower on this block along with a 40-story 550 foot tower on the post office site.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...reet_PLANS.pdf

The ATX · #**2528** Posted **Oct 22, 2015, 3:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

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Tower crane plans for this one, so I guess it's moving along.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...rane_PLANS.pdf

Here's a rendering of what is now being called The Tyndall captured from their promo video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrqM4Xrb_w

austlar1 · #**2529** Posted **Oct 22, 2015, 6:59 PM**

I remember when that whole hillside above the freeway was more or less a campground for crackheads. The police used to sweep through there and beat the bushes to get the drug addicts out of there. This is a definite improvement over the old downtown,

GoldenBoot · #**2530** Posted **Oct 22, 2015, 10:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Community Impact has a story about sky bridges Downtown:

http://communityimpact.com/2015/10/2...ng-to-skyline/

Isn't the Hilton Hotel-Convention Center skyway/sky bridge a bit further along in the process than this article suggests?

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Tech House · #**2531** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 2:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

I say preserve it. My grandpa went there in the 1930s.

No, you can't shape the world to reflect your personal sentiments. This type of reasoning is what creates endless headaches for anyone interested in doing anything, anywhere, at any time. Someone else is always affected. "My grandpa went there" isn't a reason for anything whatsoever, period.

Instead of preserving something that isn't remotely worthy of preserving on an exceptionally prime piece of real estate, why not work toward seeing that something grand is built there in its place? That way you get to honor your grandpa while encouraging the optimal use of precious land in central Austin. It's a win-win as far as I can tell. How long should schools be preserved to honor everyone's grandpa? Nothing would ever change in a world where we're all attached to the preservation of every building ever accessed by our ancestors.

lzppjb · #**2532** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 2:58 AM**

It was 2 different thoughts. I say preserve it as a historical site. As an aside, my grandpa went there.

I'm not so self-centered to say save something just because my grandpa was one of thousands to pass through those halls. I just place importance on history. They could repurpose it like the power plant.

Tech House · #**2533** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 3:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

It was 2 different thoughts. I say preserve it as a historical site. As an aside, my grandpa went there.

I'm not so self-centered to say save something just because my grandpa was one of thousands to pass through those halls. I just place importance on history. They could repurpose it like the power plant.

Aha! Understood. I've never checked the place out up close and only know how it appears from the freeway and a couple of other brief views-in-passing. What's historic about it, and do you really think it's worth sacrificing the potential of that property in order to keep Palm School? I guess the big question I'm asking is if it's in a CVC, because if it is then I have no opinion, but if it is unrestricted then there better be a fairly dramatic reason for keeping it as is, like it needs to be Alamo level of historic value. [my opinions, while always expressed as if held passionately, are relatively easy to change --- see the Courthouse thread for evidence.

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The ATX · #**2534** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 3:19 AM**

I have no vested interest in whether or not the school is preserved. But I believe in property rights and think the entity that owns it should be allowed to develop it as they see fit.

lzppjb · #**2535** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 4:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tech House

Aha! Understood. I've never checked the place out up close and only know how it appears from the freeway and a couple of other brief views-in-passing. What's historic about it, and do you really think it's worth sacrificing the potential of that property in order to keep Palm School? I guess the big question I'm asking is if it's in a CVC, because if it is then I have no opinion, but if it is unrestricted then there better be a fairly dramatic reason for keeping it as is, like it needs to be Alamo level of historic value. [my opinions, while always expressed as if held passionately, are relatively easy to change --- see the Courthouse thread for evidence.

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https://www.wallercreek.org/archive/...f-palm-school/

I guess I just like to have ties to the past remain in the present. A good mix is essential.

Cd1076 · #**2536** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 4:51 PM**

Did anyone else see a crew drilling for core samples at I-35 and Riverside yesterday? They were on the northwest corner of the intersection.

corvairkeith · #**2537** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 5:00 PM**

It's most likely for the I35/ Riverside overpass improvements that were posted on here a few months back.

clubtokyo · #**2538** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 6:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Here's a rendering of what is now being called The Tyndall captured from their promo video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrqM4Xrb_w

I like the blue lighting shown in video! Excited to that lot filled!

MichaelB · #**2539** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 7:12 PM**

re: above rendering.

Note the small house on the corner of the lot is still there in the rendering!

I love it! The elderly woman who lived there refused to sell years ago when that whole area was to be a Mall! LOL!

Oh the power of one determined old lady! Gotta love it!

The ATX · #**2540** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 9:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by MichaelB

re: above rendering.

Note the small house on the corner of the lot is still there in the rendering!

I love it! The elderly woman who lived there refused to sell years ago when that whole area was to be a Mall! LOL!

Oh the power of one determined old lady! Gotta love it!

They plan on using that house as the construction HQ during the construction. But I was surprised to see still standing in the rendering.