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Originally Posted by ahealy
Not to steer more off topic, but Austin lacking some form of a public observation deck makes me so mad.
We're definitely in a place now where only the upper class/connected can really enjoy the city from a higher perspective. I'm not saying tickets for Tower of the Americas are cheap, but when you go to SA you'll see an array of folks enjoying the view and admiring architecture--some visit the bar up there on a regular basis.
I just hope we can reconnect tourists and locals alike to some elevated point for appreciation of this beautiful city. Wilson would be awesome for that, but yeah, way too narrow for individual elevator bays. Let's just continue the TX tradition and build an observation tower here too (yes I am counting spindle-top in Houston).
Perhaps we can stick out more and do something like Tokyo Tower:
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower |
The Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Sapphire Tower in Istanbul, Palm Tower in Dubai, and the Q1 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia have observation decks open to the public despite being purely residential otherwise. Shows you why the Wilson Tower should have had an observation deck open to the public. Also, Waterline would have been a good building for an observation deck as well.
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