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Originally Posted by myBrain
Ah yeah, they were just from an iPhone and I uploaded to imgur and didn't realize they'd be so big.
I was surprised how many people were walking around, the little park in between the FiveTwo buildings was especially active, I didn't realize a Bennu had moved in. A patisserie is apparently opening on the other side soon. Also I think the quality of much of what has gone in there has been better than in much of Austin, including the Domain. The FiveTwo buildings by Lake Flato are IMO possibly the best-designed mid-rises in the whole city. Excellent materials, I think it will age extremely well.
I agree with you about density, if the city were smart they'd drop any height limitations here and encourage developers to build as much as possible. This will be a transit center and could be so much more.
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That's truly amazing to hear about! For the longest time it seemed the only pedestrians were those walking from the Greyhound station up Middle Fiskville. Then Vivo reopened in Lincoln Village and the foot traffic picked up tremendously from people's cars in the parking lot to the restaurant, haha! We and our later neighbors at Rooster Teeth (we lovingly called them Chicken Tech) would walk 20 feet over for lunch several times a week at the bar.
*Funny asides, I remember when (to me the unknown) Greg Casar launched his first run for council at Vivo and one of the couples who showed up in support unfortunately had their vehicle stolen from the parking lot during the event. Another time, then-police chief Acevedo visited the center for lunch and hit a parked car while backing out of his parking spot - because it was a in an official vehicle some APD documentation crew had to come out and made it a small but slightly embarrassing affair! Then there was the time I sold Rick Perry luggage post-governorship; he was heading for a speech somewhere in Europe a few months before the 2016 election-cycle really started kicking off.*
A close friend at the time was taking courses at the relatively new ACC Highland campus, which I got to walk around quite a bit and sit in on a few classes. Crazy to see how much it has expanded now. After a few years I left the area just as construction was taking off (the first southern apartments were finishing out) to work at the Men's Wearhouse in Gateway for a while. Eventually quit to finish out my degree at Butler(UT).
The area was not what it was once upon a time when I worked there. Our members with fond memories of Highland Mall in the day can attest to that! The mental image of those endless seas of asphalt becoming active streetscape and parkland is truly inspiring. I loved that area then for what it was - can only imagine how many more people love and appreciate it now.
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