Beautiful morning today. I walked around town for almost 3 hours while the wife was doing girly things with her daughters for Mother's Day. Very nice outside.
First off, the W. I think I remember the plans showing 3 floors of parking underground, almost the entire block, so they'll be digging for quite some time.
I think these beams will be used to shore up the walls as they dig down:
This will be a pretty good angle once the building starts rising. Note you can also see Altavida and Legacy and Austonian crane.
More later...
Yes, there will be three levels of parking underground. Look for the hole to be done around the first of August.
Altavida has continuously amazed me regarding the amount of time it has taken to get...first above ground, due to the subfloors, and now to it's current height. I think it has been under construction since around the time 360 broke ground. Is there something about it's type of construction that made it a slower process than other buildings? If I'm not mistaken the renderings look like it is to be clad in brick. Any ideas as to why it has been such a slow project?
I suppose the brick laying takes some of the man power as well as the pure amount of people working must be less than was on 360. Also would it have to be built more sturdy thus taking more time? The Austonian is rising slower than the Altavida did at the same point. At this rate the base 8 floors will be done around Aug 1st. The tower portion I hope will go at a floor a week thus topping out around The middle of july next year. Also these maybe tall buildings however they are not really what I consider major skyscrapers. Why is this, look at the consruction pics or wachovia tower on the Charlotte thread that is huge. Look how sturdy it is comming up seems to have tons of concrete. IT is not a smaller skeleton rising like 360 was but its like the whole thing just slowly rises from the ground. Bet at 830 feet Stacys project if built will look simmilar.
It looks like they've topped out the Legacy. I noticed this evening when I was coming home that the top looked different, without the usual tunnel forms they've been using. So I stopped and took a few photos.
That was really funny. But seriously it is leaning a little and what is up with that. Could the ground be softer or something the planners did not see. OR was this to be expected and correctable. IF not will people live in a condo that leans. (pretend it is the Titanic) or will Austin see one hell of an implosion.
I don't think it's leaning. But I did notice a few days ago in someone else's photo that the crane did look like it was leaning a bit, at least bowed out some. Tower cranes do sway in the wind of course to take off the pressure. They also sway as the boom swivels around. If you've ever watched a time lapse clip of a tower crane swiveling, you'll notice the entire shaft moves a bit.
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It's just the lens on my little compact has some distortion in it. When zoomed all the way out, like in the last photo, it has some "pincushion" distortion. That's what you're seeing.
Hmm, I kind a see it too, but I was thinking it was more of the slight angle of the pic since it is not straight on to the building and the little bit of the base area is larger.
As far as the cranes go look at 21 Rio, it looks like it bends out quite a bit up the shaft and then the boom itself is tilted up too. So I would think at Max load on the boom at the farthest point the crane would likely be close to vertical and the boom level. Just my idea.
Driving down Riverside today from 71 to I-35, I noticed that the skyline looked incredible from that angle. I drive down this road almost everyday but only today did I truly notice it. Legacy makes a massive impact from this angle and really adds to the overall skyline. And, looking at where cranes are, this angle is going to get even better. From this view you are basically looking up the river so the buildings look much closer together, adding to the effect. I would go far as to say that it is probably one of the best places to view the changing skyline, IMHO.
Driving down Riverside today from 71 to I-35, I noticed that the skyline looked incredible from that angle. I drive down this road almost everyday but only today did I truly notice it. Legacy makes a massive impact from this angle and really adds to the overall skyline. And, looking at where cranes are, this angle is going to get even better. From this view you are basically looking up the river so the buildings look much closer together, adding to the effect. I would go far as to say that it is probably one of the best places to view the changing skyline, IMHO.
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