AUSTIN | Projects & Construction II

[jowens]

Originally Posted by LA311

From South Congress, or as you guys call it "SoCo"

I see you have my favorite Austin pizza joint in this shot; Home Slice!

[priller]

From this morning, 7/2:

I was just thinking as I took this photo that all these tall buildings are new. Quite a change over the last year or so:




I believe the Spring is up to the 17th floor now, adding about a floor each week:




I think only about 4-5 floors remaining for "Ashton":







Four Seasons Residences, still with the forest of 2x4's:






Austonian is starting to look big, and it's just the pedestal (and even that's not finished):








The 360 building often looks a little unreal to me:

[MichaelB]

Originally Posted by StoOgE

Actually they could build a stadium on the lake near waller creek.

Please tell me you are joking.

[jowens]

Originally Posted by priller

I believe the Spring is up to the 17th floor now, adding about a floor each week:

I noticed tonight that Spring is going to dominate the view on Lamar in front of Alamo Drafthouse. It will be very imposing, driving north at that spot.

Great Pics as usual Priller!

[shanny]

one floor to go before the tower!

also, if you to theashton.com, youll find the dallas equivalent with the same logo as altavida. i guess yall were right.



the building looks the same too...



while going through the site, if you flip through the pictures, you will find that the lobby looks exactly the same as altavida's. unbelievably similar building.

[Myomi]

Originally Posted by StoOgE

Besides, UT's stadium is far bigger than any NFL stadium.

Actually, DKR is tiny in comparison to most NFL stadiums (except maybe Lambeau). They might cram more fans into DKR, but NFL stadiums are built with far more features and amenities which make them significantly bigger from purely a square footage standpoint.
That being said, it is interesting to think about where Austin could put a major sports complex like a baseball or football stadium, or even a arena. I might of said right on the east side of the highway, but that area is starting to develop. The structure and parking facilities would take up such a huge amount of space, especially if you want to do it right and not make it the fiasco that the area around DKR is on game day. Its an interesting question. My best answer, imho, might have to be the south of 71 and I-35.

[zx14]

True statement if our football stadium had seats instead of bleachers it would hold maybe 60,000 so yes. I was in nashville and the Titans stadium is bigger by far and would hold well over 100000 if it was bleachers. cincinnati too. mopac and 183 area would be where I would build a new stadium. Also is the Austonian pedestal 9 or 10 floors?

[priller]

Originally Posted by zx14

Also is the Austonian pedestal 9 or 10 floors?

10. They started moving up the platforms for the 10th floor yesterday. Man, they need a web cam!

[427MM]

Originally Posted by priller

10. They started moving up the platforms for the 10th floor yesterday. Man, they need a web cam!

We don't need a webcam, we have you Priller Great pics!

[zx14]

Are they putting windows on the Legacy yet?

[hismasterplan]

Oh how I wish my camera wouldn't have broke because I got to watch the 4th of July fireworks from the top floor balcony of the 300 West 6th St tower. Amazing view. A family member works there so has access to it. Anyway I gotta go get a new camera, this is unacceptable. Anyone go see the fireworks and get some good pictures?

[Kingofthehill]

Austin lookin' nice.

[KevinFromTexas]

I took some pictures of the fireworks from St. Ed's. I made a video also, but it's still uploading to Youtube. I'll post it tomorrow along with a few more pics.

Here's a few of them.

[danny1010]

I'm so glad they moved the show back to Auditorium Shores. Seeing the fireworks with a clear view of our evolving skyline is awesome. Zilker was alright, but I'm glad it's back to stay.

One unexpected but pleasant surprise was seeing the reflections off of 360 of the firework shells going up and exploding. And the weather was great with that light breeze and cooler temps. Probably the most perfect Austin 4th of July show I've been to.

[bofways]

Originally Posted by priller

The 360 building often looks a little unreal to me:

I agree. Your photo makes it look like a rendering.

[Jdawgboy]

The fireworks were great. Me and a friend were sitting right on the south first street bridge and got a great view. I also noticed the reflections on 360 and also the people that were all on the balcony's. You could see camera flashes from the Monarch, 360, and AMILI.

[OU812]

Originally Posted by Myomi

it is interesting to think about where Austin could put a major sports complex like a baseball or football stadium, or even a arena.

I've always felt that the southeast intersection of highways 183E and 290E would be an excellent spot. Right now it's completely undeveloped. That area is also kind of sloped upwards into a hill, so a stadium right there would be quite noticeable from a distance and a bit 'majestic'. So with easy access to 2 major highways, undeveloped land, fair proximity to downtown and the airport, it would be an ideal spot. I wish I had a couple billion dollars lying around, I would just buy that land and build a stadium right now. Sooner or later Austin will need it. I would assume that someday Austin will get a pro sports team.

[Myomi]

I noticed this a few days ago but forgot to post about it, but you can now clearly see "The Ashton" or whatever it is being called now poking up from behind 100 Congress when looking from down the east side of Riverside. It's pretty incredible to think that another major addition to the Austin skyline is so close to topping out.

[AusTex]

A friend asked, "How many residential units are under construction downtown right now?" So I did some math and came up with these figures;

2738 vertical feet
1252 residential units
250 hotel rooms
236 floors
6 buildings: [Austonian, W, Spring, Ashton, 4 Seasons, Legacy]

And this does not count the recently opened 360, Monarch and Shore. Amazing figures for such a small city. Do these numbers look right guys?

[KevinFromTexas]

21Rio also, though it's not technically in downtown. It'll still add to the central skyline.