AUSTIN | Projects & Construction II - Page 317

AusTex · #**6321** Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 5:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mopacs

Ditto Ditto for me... fantastic!

I'm thinking the W may appear slightly taller from this vantage point (perhaps level with Frost), given its height and relative distance. I could be totally off, but just my impression.

I was thinking the same. The W has a taller roof than 360...so it might be taller. I look forward to the glass starting on the W. Again Thanks Priller, much appreciated,

MichaelB · #**6322** Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 5:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by brianpm14

Ranger excavating is removing junk from the Fed Courthouse site, the temporary fence has been removed. Looks like things are about to go.

Wonder if they will close San Antonio for the construction staging, since it will be closed permanently when the building is finished?

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Shoot... you beat me to it! I was riding my bike by the site today and saw the same. Several guys picking thru the weeds looking for stuff.

I would think they would indeed be closing San Antonio soon.

Happy this will get underway soon. It will help minimize the impact of the "god-awful" state garage to the South! Can't wait until that gets replaced someday!

jowens · #**6323** Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 9:43 PM**

Priller Rocks

Cool renders!!

JoninATX · #**6324** Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 10:13 PM**

Austin really lookin good

zx14 · #**6325** Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 10:25 PM**

It looks like with the addition to the W the Austin skyline will rival that of cincinnati. I was just there last night and it still looks a bit bigger than Austin. But with the addition of Queen City Square Austin will need the Stacy building to keep up. Check out the construction of it. The QCS buildings core is 7 floors ahead of the rest of the building. How wierd.

KevinFromTexas · #**6326** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 12:52 AM**

Great job. It looks great. And yes, I'm looking forward to seeing Green.

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

Austin really lookin good

Hey, I like your avatar.

Downtown_Austin · #**6327** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 1:03 AM**

Priller, great work on the renderings! Thanks for sharing!

JoninATX · #**6328** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 3:28 AM**

Thanks Kevinfromtexas

... I took that picture awhile back, Its one of my favorites, I decided to join cause I am so into skyscrapers... If only people could understand my dream

KevinFromTexas · #**6329** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 4:00 AM**

I'd love to see the full size pic. I really like that view.

It sure looks like my photo I took last year shortly after they lit the building.

migol24 · #**6330** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 4:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by priller

And the 21C will not show up in this view because it's further off to the right.

you sure? cause the 21c location is just a few blocks from four seasons.

OU812 · #**6331** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 4:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by zx14

It looks like with the addition to the W the Austin skyline will rival that of cincinnati. I was just there last night and it still looks a bit bigger than Austin. But with the addition of Queen City Square Austin will need the Stacy building to keep up. Check out the construction of it. The QCS buildings core is 7 floors ahead of the rest of the building. How wierd.

the last time i was in Seattle (summer of '05) there was a downtown high rise under construction and the elevator shaft was being built much faster than the rest of the bldg. very strange to see this tall skinny brick laden structure standing up high all by itself. looked like it could just topple over with a heavy gust of wind.

Scottolini · #**6332** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 4:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I'd love to see the full size pic. I really like that view.

It sure looks like my photo I took last year shortly after they lit the building.

It's really quite uncanny.

JoninATX · #**6333** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 5:20 AM**

That is wierd??? I was downtown that night when they where going to lit The Monarch up, me and a couple of my friends walked passed whole foods to the parking lot east of whole foods by Hut's hamburgers thats when I took a picture I think I might have saw you down there Kevin? I notice someone else taking pictures also....

I can erase it and put a different one up if I need to, I don't want to feel that I took someone else's picture either

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KevinFromTexas · #**6334** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 6:27 AM**

I'm pretty sure that was my photo in your avatar. It's ok though, I totally don't mind if you use it. I remember seeing a group of people walk by that night too across the Whole Foods parking lot. 3 people? It's been a while, there was at least one guy and maybe another or two girls? I don't remember, it was dark and it's been a little while. If you saw a guy on a bicycle with a tripod, that was me.

Here's a few more from that night.

The garage.

And a poor quality video I did of it. This was from the Congress Avenue bridge. There were several people there too taking pictures.

• Video Link

JoninATX · #**6335** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 7:06 AM**

Cool pictures Kevin, I really like the Orange and yellow also on top of The Monarch, I do apoligize if I did take your picture by mistake I get so caught up taking and uploading pictures I hit the wrong keys

... anyways I hope next year a better year so we can get the ball rolling with 7 Rio, T Stacy, Ovation, 21 C...

OU812 · #**6336** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 8:22 AM**

pardon the digression- check out this freaky new bldg in Chicago
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=99367&page=260

zx14 · #**6337** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 11:20 AM**

It is cool. If you want a big wave for a balcony it will cost you.

ATXboom · #**6338** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 1:11 PM**

Priller,

Killer stuff man... In addition to Green it would be really cool to see some of the more near term projects like Ovation, Marriot hotel, Seaholm hotel, Westin, 21C, museum office tower, Rio, etc in there...

thanks for all of your work!

priller · #**6339** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 2:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by migol24

you sure? cause the 21c location is just a few blocks from four seasons.

Yes, pretty sure. It will be few blocks east and maybe a block south. But that's enough to put it out of the view.

ON EDIT: You know, I looked at it again, and I think you're right. I had remembered it being in a slightly different spot, but it's actually right next to the old retirement tower. So yeah, it probably would show up.

priller · #**6340** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 2:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by ATXboom

Priller,

Killer stuff man... In addition to Green it would be really cool to see some of the more near term projects like Ovation, Marriot hotel, Seaholm hotel, Westin, 21C, museum office tower, Rio, etc in there...

thanks for all of your work!

You're welcome!

As for the new projects:

Ovation -- I'm not sure now if that will ever happen, with Novare having serious problems.

Marriott -- We haven't had a new rendering so we don't really know it will look like.

Westin -- Never seen a rendering.

Museum office -- that project is dead.

Rio and Seaholm, I could do. Also Phase II of the Gables.

Plus, once all the Green towers are in, the rest of these projects will be hard to see from that angle.