SAN ANTONIO | Urban Core Development Thread - Page 57

JACKinBeantown · #**1121** Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 1:57 AM**

Still waiting for that one awesome photo that covers all of downtown SA in one shot. Maybe it's from the Trinity tower, maybe I-10 northwest of downtown, maybe somewhere else. Who's got it?

Boquillas · #**1122** Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 9:44 PM**

Hold yer horses! I'll be in town on the 10th! In the meantime, SA forumers get out there and snap! I know a lot of you take good pics-- I've seen 'em! You guys need to put us back in the My City Photos section!! I can't come in from MT twice a year now with the price of gas these days...

verbl · #**1123** Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 10:23 PM**

These were taken from my grandfather's penthouse condo lol..... Over by the VIA depot and SAC.

And another pic of the BOA from a cool angle. All photos were taken by me of course.

sakyle04 · #**1124** Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 10:52 PM**

Nice photos!!! G-ma has a sweet pad!!

You took these in the late afternoon/evening. Notice the color of the glass on the Grand Hyatt....? Cool greenish look. But notice the one unit that doesn't have the paper up on the window (second floor from top nearest the Tower)? Eventually, I think they will all be that much darker green/blue then.

ydoc14 · #**1125** Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 11:12 PM**

Awesome pics verbl!! Hey, how 'bout I take those two pics and try to stitch them together into a pano and repost them on here, they're just begging to be put together haha.

Boquillas · #**1126** Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 11:47 PM**

Nice shots verbl! Anyone else think the NW corner of DT needs some talls?

verbl · #**1127** Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 11:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by ydoc14

Awesome pics verbl!! Hey, how 'bout I take those two pics and try to stitch them together into a pano and repost them on here, they're just begging to be put together haha.

I have no idea how to do that but if anyone can do it and wants to you have my blessing. And to the other post...The NW side of DT surely does need some bigs lol

oldmanshirt · #**1128** Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 12:29 AM**

This is my first pano, btw, luckily I had some good material to work with

As for NW DT getting more development, I read in the E-N a couple of days ago that one of the hospitals downtown (can't remember which) is planning something like $500 million worth of expansion, including a new trauma tower. I can try to find the article if anyone's interested.

EDIT: Its actually $900 million http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/met...N.2f9c3f2.html

ydoc14 · #**1129** Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 2:01 AM**

^^^ Good, that's what mine came out looking like too haha.

ydoc14 · #**1130** Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 2:17 AM**

Taken by Danger Mouse 5 @ Flickr

oldmanshirt · #**1131** Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 2:36 AM**

^^I like that one. 3 years ago there would have been nothing in that picture except the ToA.

JACKinBeantown · #**1132** Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 3:22 AM**

Nice pics! Thanks for posting. Anybody have one with Vidorra prominently displayed in the skyline?

ydoc14 · #**1133** Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 5:47 AM**

You know what would be really cool verbl...if you had a night shot from your grandpa's penthouse

Complex01 · #**1134** Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 1:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by oldmanshirt

^^I like that one. 3 years ago there would have been nothing in that picture except the ToA.

That is very true. Crazy how cities change so quickly. Very Nice...

ydoc14 · #**1135** Posted **Jun 28, 2008, 3:41 AM**

D.E.N.S.I.T.Y.

Taken by Barry Pace @ Flickr

KevinFromTexas · #**1136** Posted **Jun 28, 2008, 3:49 AM**

I'll be in San Antonio next month also. Looking forward to visiting the Tower of the Americas and taking pics around downtown.

swissspice · #**1137** Posted **Jun 28, 2008, 4:47 AM**

Interesting story to go along with ydoc14's picture:

When they started that project, I thought for sure they'd demolish that tiny sliver of an empty building shell between the St. Mary's school and the Holiday Inn, but they never did. When they bought the school building, they paid $2.1 million. The guy who owns that building next to it thought there was no way they'd build without his land, and held out for $7 million. As we can see, he guessed wrong. It turned out to be cheaper to go higher to make up for the lost width. So, now I guess we're stuck with that vacant sliver.

sakyle04 · #**1138** Posted **Jun 28, 2008, 1:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by swissspice

Interesting story to go along with ydoc14's picture:

When they started that project, I thought for sure they'd demolish that tiny sliver of an empty building shell between the St. Mary's school and the Holiday Inn, but they never did. When they bought the school building, they paid $2.1 million. The guy who owns that building next to it thought there was no way they'd build without his land, and held out for $7 million. As we can see, he guessed wrong. It turned out to be cheaper to go higher to make up for the lost width. So, now I guess we're stuck with that vacant sliver.

we're still counting on that sliver becoming downtown's newest 1-lane bowling alley.

KeepSanAntonioLame · #**1139** Posted **Jun 28, 2008, 2:15 PM**

Downtown is really lacking in the one lane bowling alley department

sakyle04 · #**1140** Posted **Jun 28, 2008, 4:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by KeepSanAntonioLame

Downtown is really lacking in the one lane bowling alley department

ya, i don't think we can ever consider ourselves a legitimate major city until we have more stand-alone, 1-lane, downtown bowling alleys. forget light-rail...bring on the 7-10 split.

seriously - if you had to guess, what will that space become? i am going with a Subway or Starbucks - they seem to be able to operate in really tight quarters.