Austin | RiverSouth (425 Riverside) | 234 Feet | 15 Floors | Complete - Page 11

H2O · #1 Posted **Oct 30, 2020, 1:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by lonewolf

-east west traffic is in a bad way just south of lady bird, probably always will be. bc it all gets shoved onto a small number of roads. the piddly two lane we have is a nightmare bc it goes through middle of park and isn't big enough to relieve traffic!

okay now back to riverside..

Riverside used to be 4 lanes through the park. The Alliance of Neighborhoods that pushed for a park masterplan surrounding the re-envisioned Palmer Auditorium wanted to completely eliminate it or put it in a tunnel! The compromise was to do a road diet in the middle, between the roundabout and the parking lot near Lee Barton Drive. I definitely prefer it as a calmer park road rather than a traffic sewer cut-through between S 1st and Lamar.

Jdawgboy · #2 Posted **Oct 30, 2020, 2:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by H2O

Riverside used to be 4 lanes through the park. The Alliance of Neighborhoods that pushed for a park masterplan surrounding the re-envisioned Palmer Auditorium wanted to completely eliminate it or put it in a tunnel! The compromise was to do a road diet in the middle, between the roundabout and the parking lot near Lee Barton Drive. I definitely prefer it as a calmer park road rather than a traffic sewer cut-through between S 1st and Lamar.

Right... Also the segment between the Butler parking strip and Lamar is closed currently and has been so for a little while now so it's use is limited to park and trail goers.

corvairkeith · #3 Posted **Nov 23, 2020, 2:57 AM**

We vs us · #4 Posted **Nov 23, 2020, 3:29 AM**

Nice snap, corvairkeith. Looks like we’re about 1/3 of the way done with this one.

the Genral · #5 Posted **Nov 23, 2020, 5:54 AM**

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Nice snap, corvairkeith. Looks like we’re about 1/3 of the way done with this one.

But still just barely oozing along like refrigerated honey from a squeeze bear bottle, but it appears to be moving along faster than the Great Wall of China which took more than 2000 years to complete, so we are at least a little ahead of that albeit on a slightly smaller scale.

corvairkeith · #6 Posted **Dec 16, 2020, 2:40 AM**

the Genral · #7 Posted **Dec 16, 2020, 2:47 AM**

Must suck to be the crane operators having have to climb all those steps for so long for no reason. They could have given them a break with at least three crane lifts during this marathon construction.

AusTxDevelopment · #8 Posted **Dec 28, 2020, 4:45 AM**

A few pictures of RiverSouth. A few more here: https://imgur.com/a/JalqaGX

oberthewhat · #9 Posted **Dec 28, 2020, 4:16 PM**

This building seems to be taking forever. Am I wrong?

the Genral · #10 Posted **Dec 28, 2020, 5:18 PM**

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This building seems to be taking forever. Am I wrong?

I'm betting Block 185 will be almost topped out before this one is.

StoOgE · #11 Posted **Dec 28, 2020, 9:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by oberthewhat

This building seems to be taking forever. Am I wrong?

My wife and I joke about this whenever we drive by it. I am assuming every floor plate being a different funky shape is a cause of slowness.

The ATX · #12 Posted **Dec 29, 2020, 12:26 AM**

Nice photo updates AusTxDevelopment!

Urbannizer · #13 Posted **Jan 6, 2021, 1:44 AM**

First sign of the facade.

Jdawgboy · #14 Posted **Jan 6, 2021, 5:41 AM**

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First sign of the facade.

What the heck is that thing on the 4th level in the zoomed in picture??!!! Looks like some sort of robotic spider or scorpion... When did those start working on highrises??

Urbannizer · #15 Posted **Jan 6, 2021, 6:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

What the heck is that thing on the 4th level in the zoomed in picture??!!! Looks like some sort of robotic spider or scorpion... When did those start working on highrises??

I did not notice the object when viewing the building nor when posting (I’ve been uploading and on SSP via mobile today).

Here’s a larger image size for a better look:

https://i.imgur.com/rS00EL8.jpg

LoneStarMike · #16 Posted **Jan 6, 2021, 12:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

What the heck is that thing on the 4th level in the zoomed in picture??!!! Looks like some sort of robotic spider or scorpion... When did those start working on highrises??

I Googled "spider crane" and this is what popped up.

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