AUSTIN | Projects & Construction II - Page 204

MichaelB · #**4061** Posted **Oct 17, 2008, 4:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by priller

No, they're not quite finished with the retail build out at AMLI II.

It's funny, they have store called "Kirk" there, and if you go in the retail elevator it has a definite Star Trek look to the numbers, and even a female voice announcing the floor you're on.

Oooooh, Kirk.....Star Trek..... I never put that together...... moan, moan!!

KevinFromTexas · #**4062** Posted **Oct 17, 2008, 4:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by priller

No, they're not quite finished with the retail build out at AMLI II.

It's funny, they have store called "Kirk" there, and if you go in the retail elevator it has a definite Star Trek look to the numbers, and even a female voice announcing the floor you're on.

'Kirk' - Isn't that the vintage furniture store? Or was that the men's clothing store? Funny. Oh, and elevators on Star Trek are called 'turbo lifts'. I'm such a nerd.

By the way, I sent an email to the architects of the W, so we'll see what they say about it. I would say there's 37 floors in the building already.

MichaelB · #**4063** Posted **Oct 17, 2008, 5:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

'Kirk' - Isn't that the vintage furniture store? Or was that the men's clothing store? Funny. Oh, and elevators on Star Trek are called 'turbo lifts'. I'm such a nerd.

By the way, I sent an email to the architects of the W, so we'll see what they say about it. I would say there's 37 floors in the building already.

Kirk is a furniture store. A very high end "vintage" furniture store. He has some incredible collectable and rare pieces.

And Gold Gnomes!

KevinFromTexas · #**4064** Posted **Oct 17, 2008, 9:11 PM**

Ok, here's the skinny on the W Hotel height. I got an email reply from Anderson-Wise, the architects of the project.

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There is no current plan to add additional floors to the building. The building's numbered occupied floors go to 37 (there is no 13th floor, so the actual top-most occupied floor is the 36th). As you mentioned, there are several intermediate floors that occur in various locations in the building. These are most typically located in the venue portion of the building - not under the tower. The building will rise to 476 feet at top of parapet of the tower.

JGFrisco · #**4065** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 3:14 AM**

476 it is.

Good. The higher the better.

LoneStarMike · #**4066** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 6:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

And I would imagine 21Rio is surely topped out by now. Does anyone know for sure?

I was up at Mount Bonnell Friday afternoon (Oct. 17) Here's a photo. Doesn't look like it's quite topped out, but almost.

I took a bunch of other photos from several locations, but I have to go to Dallas (for my 30th high school reunion - yeah, I'm old

) and haven't had time to go through and fix them and upload them.

Here's three others, though, as a preview, until I can finish the rest.

From S. Lamar Blvd:

2 more from the TMI Castle

KevinFromTexas · #**4067** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 6:37 AM**

^ Very nice, thanks. And Mike, please, post more. I love your pics!

LoneStarMike · #**4068** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 6:44 AM**

Thanks!. Here's one more before I go to bed.

priller · #**4069** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 12:24 PM**

Excellent photos, Mike, as always. Looking forward to seeing the rest.

OU812 · #**4070** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 9:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Ok, here's the skinny on the W Hotel height. I got an email reply from Anderson-Wise, the architects of the project.

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There is no current plan to add additional floors to the building. The building's numbered occupied floors go to 37 (there is no 13th floor, so the actual top-most occupied floor is the 36th). As you mentioned, there are several intermediate floors that occur in various locations in the building. These are most typically located in the venue portion of the building - not under the tower. The building will rise to 476 feet at top of parapet of the tower.

umm and why is there no 13th floor?

MichaelB · #**4071** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 9:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by OU812

umm and why is there no 13th floor?

Superstition. Many Highrises do not have a 13th floor. Especially Hotels. Crazy to me... but some people refuse to stay or live on "13".

KevinFromTexas · #**4072** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 1:31 AM**

Yeah, it's a superstition tradition. haha Really though, they just "skip" that floor. The elevator buttons and signs and marketing info don't show the floor as being the 13th floor. Instead, they skip it and label it the 14th. So yeah, it goes from 12 to 14 floors. There is a 13th floor, but they just don't count it as that, they skip it.

Strayone · #**4073** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 3:39 AM**

Saddle Man · #**4074** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by OU812

umm and why is there no 13th floor?

It's so stupid. In Las Vegas, buildings will skip floors with the number 4 in them, because 4 is unlucky in a lot of East Asian cultures.

bigdogc · #**4075** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 6:26 PM**

BigDogC got the chance to go visit 21 rio. The site is topped out. The developer is one cool mother-shut-your-mouth from dallas. he is developiong the apartments more like condos rather than student housing. The 21st floor facing south has some amazing views of downtown.

if only i had 2.5k/month to live there...lol

migol24 · #**4076** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 10:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by MichaelB

Superstition. Many Highrises do not have a 13th floor. Especially Hotels. Crazy to me... but some people refuse to stay or live on "13".

reminds me of the movie, the 13th floor.

OU812 · #**4077** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 10:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by MichaelB

Superstition. Many Highrises do not have a 13th floor. Especially Hotels. Crazy to me... but some people refuse to stay or live on "13".

LOL that's silly, people actually still hold that suspicion??? I thought that had been passé by now..

Geeze what do people born on the 13th day of a month do??

And what happens to all these number 13 phobic people do during the year 2013 heheh.

Me personally I think it's a GOOD LUCK number...

JACKinBeantown · #**4078** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 11:39 PM**

Friday the 13th became "unlucky" because that was the day, Friday October 13, 1307, that the catholic church arrested and killed the Knights Templar in a power struggle. They pretty much destroyed the order en masse, and ever since 13 had been considered an unlucky number by the superstitious.
http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa101306a.htm

KevinFromTexas · #**4079** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 11:59 PM**

More about superstition and skyscrapers. In Asian culture, especially in China, the number 8 is seen as a number of prosperity and wealth representing good luck. Most Asian skyscrapers, especially the really tall ones in China, have their highest floor ending in 8. Several of their tallest buildings even have 88 floors exactly. Even the Beijing Olympics started on August, 8, 2008 (8/8/8).

jowens · #**4080** Posted **Oct 20, 2008, 1:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by LoneStarMike

Thanks!. Here's one more before I go to bed.

Love this pic Mike. Is the from a balcony by the Drafthouse?