Austin | Historic Images & Postcards

[the Genral]

I watched those buildings go up with the same enthusiasm I have now with the current construction. At the time it seemed those were about as good as we were going to get and we were happy to get them. I like the split facade on the rendering of 100 Congress. It would have given it a slightly more interesting visual. When we talk about all the cranes in Austin now, I can remember cranes all over the city back in the 80's building boom. I'm witnessing my 3rd building boom in Austin. I wonder if I'll to see a 4th or perhaps 5th. I sort of feel this will be the last boom of this scale and future construction will be steady but spotty.