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NThomas · #**4521** Posted **Jan 10, 2009, 11:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

I believe I remember it is going to be lit on the inside.

I wonder if it could be lit orange...

arbeiter · #**4522** Posted **Jan 10, 2009, 11:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by LoneStarMike

I remember the other cold Christmas that page referenced - December 1983. I was working at a two-story Lamar Savings in that shopping center at Spicewood Springs & 183. Christmas Day, the alarms went off and when the manager went to check on things she found that the pipes in a second floor restroom had burst and there was a lovely waterfall cascading down onto my (brass) teller counter. Thank God I didn't have to clean up that mess!

At the time, the Austin Public Library had a branch in our building. They were the only other tenant. They occupied all of the second floor (all books) and about a third of our lobby on the ground floor (more books and the checkout desk.) Luckily, no books were damaged. Just the restroom upstairs, my teller station and all the carpet in the lobby.

I grew up right off Spicewood Springs and 183, just a little bit past the shopping, about where it drops into the canyon. That bank had the same exact design as one at Northcross Mall and I think one down near Manchaca. I remember Tom Thumb Page! Page!

That shopping center that bank was in was always so weird and spooky to me as a kid - the little courtyardish area was my hide and go seek area while my mother paid for Little Caesars. LOL

Dan Denson · #**4523** Posted **Jan 11, 2009, 5:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by arbeiter

I grew up right off Spicewood Springs and 183, just a little bit past the shopping, about where it drops into the canyon. That bank had the same exact design as one at Northcross Mall and I think one down near Manchaca. I remember Tom Thumb Page! Page!

That shopping center that bank was in was always so weird and spooky to me as a kid - the little courtyardish area was my hide and go seek area while my mother paid for Little Caesars. LOL

Interesting coincidence...a friend of mine and I owned a rent house on Wexford for a while, right in the area you grew up in. Do you remember that street? We sold it pretty quickly...being a landlord was no fun and the renters wanted to buy it.

austin242 · #**4524** Posted **Jan 11, 2009, 3:03 PM**

The Building is being renevated to become condos
Website: http://www.brazosplacecondos.com/#1

Mopacs · #**4525** Posted **Jan 11, 2009, 3:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by arbeiter

I grew up right off Spicewood Springs and 183, just a little bit past the shopping, about where it drops into the canyon. That bank had the same exact design as one at Northcross Mall and I think one down near Manchaca. I remember Tom Thumb Page! Page!

That shopping center that bank was in was always so weird and spooky to me as a kid - the little courtyardish area was my hide and go seek area while my mother paid for Little Caesars. LOL

Oh yes, I spent many of days at the Spicewood/183 shopping center. I can say for certain that it has never been remodeled in its 34 year existence (built in '75). A mess of a center, but strangely appealing. A hodge podge of tenants, including Asian markets and used book stores.

Back in the day, the shopping center featured a Weiner's department store, Revco Drug store, Winn's five&dime and a Safeway, among many others. Chances are, I ran into you a few times waiting to pick up a Little Caesars Pizza too. Either that or we'd be scooting down to Oak Knoll for some Dunkin Donuts or Schlotzky's.

Myomi · #**4526** Posted **Jan 12, 2009, 5:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by austin242

The Building is being renevated to become condos
Website: http://www.brazosplacecondos.com/#1

Actually, I know about brazos place. That is on the Northwest corner of 8th and Brazos. It is pretty much done actually and people already live there. The building i'm actually talking about is on the Southwest corner of 8th and Brazos. It is a reddish building that they have already done a lot of work on. I haven't been able to find any information about it. Is it condos? Office? Any one know?

KevinFromTexas · #**4527** Posted **Jan 12, 2009, 5:58 AM**

The reddish, orange tower at the southwest corner of 8th and Brazos is the Perry Brooks Building. 12-story tower? It's an office building. It was renovated a few years back for several high tech companies who occupy it. They also added a few office floors atop the adjacent parking garage along Brazos.

By the way, the building is owned and managed by Tom Stacy's company actually. Here's their page on it at their website. Greg and I had actually met with someone there one day asking about the future of Tom Stacy's 501 Congress project.
http://www.tstacy.com/portfolio_detail.php?building_id=21

Myomi · #**4528** Posted **Jan 12, 2009, 5:49 PM**

Hey thanks a lot Kevin. Well, it might have been renovated a few years ago, but it looks like they are doing some major work to it now. They are redoing the exterior and im pretty sure they are doing some major work inside too. They link you gave me says they sold they building in Feb. 2008, so maybe they are doing something to it. But from the outside, you can clearly see they are doing a lot of work to it. I'm surprised no one else has seen this happening downtown. I am still wondering what exactly they are doing.

Aiphanes · #**4529** Posted **Jan 12, 2009, 9:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

My parents saw Dune in the theatre as it came out that year. My mom said that the snow storm hit while they were inside. She said it was funny to be watching a movie that took place in the desert and then to come outside and find the biggest snow storm in years. I believe we got about 4 or 5 inches.

I remember seeing this on TV, Austin\San Antonio getting pounded by Snow. I use to live in Clovis, New Mexico back then...we got no snow from that storm.

Aiphanes · #**4530** Posted **Jan 12, 2009, 9:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by MichaelB

I remember that! Crazy. Friends were living at the RailYard.... their pipes burst! Disaster!

I use to live in Austin from 1986 to 1993...I remember December 1989! Brutal. I remember I bought some gold fish and they died before I could get home because it was so cold. I remember walking to class on UT campus and the wind was blowing so hard and it was so cold, i just went home.

It has not been that cold since then in both Austin and San Antonio. Heck where i live now (up in the high 1100 feet plus parts of Stone Oak) I have yet to see a hard freeze in the last two winters. So far 33 degrees for a low this winter. I still got bougainvillea growing. Stone Oak is like a big heat island now since there are so many houses, hospitals, offices and retail.

Dan Denson · #**4531** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 4:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by Aiphanes

I use to live in Austin from 1986 to 1993...I remember December 1989! Brutal. I remember I bought some gold fish and they died before I could get home because it was so cold. I remember walking to class on UT campus and the wind was blowing so hard and it was so cold, i just went home.

It has not been that cold since then in both Austin and San Antonio. Heck where i live now (up in the high 1100 feet plus parts of Stone Oak) I have yet to see a hard freeze in the last two winters. So far 33 degrees for a low this winter. I still got bougainvillea growing. Stone Oak is like a big heat island now since there are so many houses, hospitals, offices and retail.

Yeah...there are a lot of microclimates in the Austin area because of the topography. Not sure where Stone Oak is (west Austin?).

The valleys in the Austin area have been in the low 20s several times this winter. Bergstrom is usually pretty much representative of the low spots (they were 21 yesterday morning). I live in Allandale, right below the escarpment, and I usually track real well with the airport. I used to live up on the bluff above Far West Blvd, and the morning temperatures on clear, calm mornings were much warmer than in the low areas across Mopac.

shanny · #**4532** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 4:47 AM**

Since my vacation is over and I'm going back to Nebraska tomorrow...I thought I would take some photos before I leave. I had never been to the zilker clubhouse before...great view.

Austonian and Ashton

360 Condominiums

Frost Tower

The Four Season's Residences

View from the zilker clubhouse

Frost is gone...

how awesome is the Austonian going to look when its done? Wow!

KevinFromTexas · #**4533** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 4:57 AM**

Nice pictures. What day did you take those? Are they really still on the 30th floor on the Austonian?

The view from the Zilker Clubhouse is unrecognizable.

shanny · #**4534** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 5:07 AM**

they were taken this afternoon. the austonian is at 31 now.

KevinFromTexas · #**4535** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 5:40 AM**

I thought this was neat. A cover from the Austin Chronicle.

Nick Derington on flickr - http://flickr.com/photos/nickderington/2693507145/sizes/o/

arbeiter · #**4536** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 6:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dan Denson

Interesting coincidence...a friend of mine and I owned a rent house on Wexford for a while, right in the area you grew up in. Do you remember that street? We sold it pretty quickly...being a landlord was no fun and the renters wanted to buy it.

Wexford was near where I lived, that is Barrington Oaks. I lived just past that, probably 7 blocks further in.

charlie.enders · #**4537** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 9:34 AM**

what is the circled building??

charlie.enders · #**4538** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 9:41 AM**

http://www.picamatic.com/view/1735312_building/

I can't get pic to show up for some reason so click link here

this reply is related to the one above.

Raining Inside · #**4539** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 10:02 AM**

That's the Austonian. It's the building pictured up close in the first picture of Shanny's post.

KevinFromTexas · #**4540** Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 2:35 PM**

Yes, it's the Austonian. It will be Austin's new tallest once its finished. It'll be 683 feet tall with 56 floors. It's all residential, and will be the tallest residential building in Texas.