AUSTIN | Photos & Videos Thread - Page 119

austin242 · #1 Posted **Jul 31, 2020, 8:53 PM**

Agreed.

. There will never be enough park space. You can always tear down a strip center to build a Stadium. If they had built the stadium in the park for a minimum of our lifetimes we would loose on valuable park land. As the city grows parkland will be the most precious part of this city. Agreed however that they need to change the park space by getting rid of some of those baseball fields. Baseball really isn't the sport for Austin. Heck make them a quidditch pitch and I wouldn't be surprised if they get used more often lol.

JACKinBeantown · #2 Posted **Aug 1, 2020, 1:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by austin242

Agreed.

. There will never be enough park space. You can always tear down a strip center to build a Stadium. If they had built the stadium in the park for a minimum of our lifetimes we would loose on valuable park land. As the city grows parkland will be the most precious part of this city. Agreed however that they need to change the park space by getting rid of some of those baseball fields. Baseball really isn't the sport for Austin. Heck make them a quidditch pitch and I wouldn't be surprised if they get used more often lol.

Yeah, nerdy sports have gained in popularity and macho sports seem to have waned a bit. I'm all for it. Throw a frisbee or fly a kite. But you need park space to do it.

Riverranchdrone · #3 Posted **Aug 4, 2020, 9:17 PM**

urbancore · #4 Posted **Jul 30, 2020, 5:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbancore

anyone ever notice how many rarely used baseball fields are along LBL from Austin High to Longhorn Dam? I heard a long time ago it was something like 12. If that is true, seems like a huge waste. Keep it park land, but 12 is overkill for a game/sport Austinites are not known for.

thoughts?

I just counted 28 on google earth. wow

austlar1 · #5 Posted **Jul 30, 2020, 9:00 PM**

The baseball fields closest to Austin High are controlled by the West Austin Youth Association and the YMCA in an arrangement with the city. The area has been designated as Lamar Beach in recent years and there are (were) plans to renovate and improve the area leaving most ball fields mostly intact. The link dates from 2016. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...ts/1049774034/

the Genral · #6 Posted **Aug 1, 2020, 3:16 AM**

Its my understanding that you can't just hop on any of those ball fields and just start playing, or can you?

gillynova · #7 Posted **Aug 1, 2020, 11:03 PM**

Saw this drone video in a Facebook group

https://vimeo.com/442511198/79461dda...8et4qrSZscFAo0

the Genral · #8 Posted **Aug 4, 2020, 9:38 PM**

Awesome pics! Thank you! I live about 5 minutes from both of these and have never seen them from above. The Dell Diamond is a beautiful ball park. Kalahari is going to be a game changer for Round Rock. I'm looking forward to checking out their restaurants when they open. Next to the Dell Diamond is a Salt Lick BBQ and next to that is the new Nolan Ryan Butcher Shop. Got some unbelievable 1 3/4 inch steaks there and some other goodies. Its pretty cool what's going on in that area.

KevinFromTexas · #9 Posted **Aug 5, 2020, 3:44 AM**

Nice. The Domain needs a point tower of significant design. The "skyline" over there is starting to look like Ayers Rock.

austin242 · #10 Posted **Aug 5, 2020, 6:03 PM**

Uluru is beautiful in it's own right though. Plus Australian seem to like Austin so maybe it will make them feel less homesick.

gillynova · #11 Posted **Aug 7, 2020, 10:28 PM**

Drone shot of the Apple Campus from June to August

• Video Link

We vs us · #12 Posted **Aug 8, 2020, 12:51 AM**

Wow, that thing is going to be so so huge.

There’s construction fencing all along Parmer which blocks any actual street view of excavations. Hard to tell from day to day what’s actually happening back there.

the Genral · #13 Posted **Aug 8, 2020, 2:35 AM**

Its was interesting to see the Domain "skyline" in that video. I mean, it appears to actually have one.

gillynova · #14 Posted **Aug 13, 2020, 5:56 PM**

gillynova · #15 Posted **Aug 23, 2020, 5:26 AM**

From Austin Drone Pilots group on Facebook

Riverranchdrone · #16 Posted **Sep 7, 2020, 6:12 PM**

Took my drone to a new location yesterday.

• Video Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HyEndPWPeI

gillynova · #17 Posted **Sep 9, 2020, 4:05 AM**

N90 · #18 Posted **Sep 12, 2020, 6:28 AM**

https://mediad.publicbroadcasting.ne...l_1024x683.jpg

deerhoof · #19 Posted **Sep 12, 2020, 2:13 PM**

https://twitter.com/justinbaudoin/st...041690113?s=20

https://twitter.com/justinbaudoin/st...003433474?s=20

urbancore · #20 Posted **Sep 12, 2020, 8:20 PM**

Looking at our skyline now, I feel like this forum WILLED this to happen.

It exceeds my wildest dreams. I honesty felt I would have to move away one day to experience “city life”. Now, I’ll never leave.

Gobsmacked.