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Jdawgboy · #**4181** Posted **Mar 7, 2015, 9:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Best Forumer

From Mt. Bonell? Or is there a better vantage point?

I think the very best view of the skyline from the west side is on 360 between the mall and Bee Caves Road. I can't remember the name of that intersection but there are a couple of office buildings there. If you look east there's a valley and the entire city skyline from the river past UT just spreads across the horizon.

ivanwolf · #**4182** Posted **Mar 13, 2015, 7:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

I think the very best view of the skyline from the west side is on 360 between the mall and Bee Caves Road. I can't remember the name of that intersection but there are a couple of office buildings there. If you look east there's a valley and the entire city skyline from the river past UT just spreads across the horizon.

Go to the Land and Cattle/Ihop location on NB Mopac, and go to the parking garages, I go to the closest to the city, its open and you can park low and walk up or just drive to the top. I have only gone on weekends when no ones there.

This spot 30.264440, -97.778999

ATXboom · #**4183** Posted **Mar 13, 2015, 7:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Best Forumer

From Mt. Bonell? Or is there a better vantage point?

Best vantage points:

Zilker clubhouse
Barton Creek Mall
East Riverside driving in

GoldenBoot · #**4184** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 5:10 PM**

Jdawgboy is correct...Loop 360 between Westbank Dr. and Lost Creek Blvd. (above Valley View Elementary School).

KevinFromTexas · #**4185** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 10:20 PM**

http://www.statesman.com/news/business/google-to-lease-200000-square-feet-in-new-downtown/nkWMs/

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Google to lease 200,000 square feet in new downtown Austin tower

11:50 a.m. Friday, March 13, 2015 | Filed in: Business

Search engine giant Google Inc. is set to establish a major presence in downtown Austin, with plans to lease more than 200,000 square feet of a 29-story office tower being built as part of the redevelopment of the site that once housed the Thomas C. Green Water Treatment Plant.

Gerardo Interiano, public affairs and government relations manager for California-based Google, confirmed the lease in a written statement Friday.

Urbannizer · #**4186** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 10:26 PM**

Hotel Van Zandt

Millenium Rainey

wd4015 · #**4187** Posted **Mar 16, 2015, 12:50 AM**

Just took these (yesterday and today).

Colorado (on the right)- beautiful shot

I forgot what's going up here. A hotel and something else...and apparently the hotel is still a dirt field

Greenwater project

I nice view from the convention center. Austin is shaping up nicely.

Dariusb · #**4188** Posted **Mar 16, 2015, 4:54 AM**

^Cranes galore!

OtherKevin · #**4189** Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 3:01 PM**

Green Water and Seaholm at sunset

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corvairkeith · #**4190** Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 4:35 PM**

Looks like they raised the crane on the Seaholm, I was wondering when that would happen.

The Best Forumer · #**4191** Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 6:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by wd4015

Just took these (yesterday and today).

Greenwater project

Very sweet... wow.

Dariusb · #**4192** Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 6:39 PM**

Austin is truly a forest of cranes!

The ATX · #**4193** Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 11:25 PM**

More cranes are coming. Two crane bases are on site for an office tower that is going up directly behind the U/C tower on the right in this photo.

drummer · #**4194** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 6:24 AM**

The higher it goes, I'm really liking the step-back on this one. It'll be great once they start the final step-back also.

Strayone · #**4195** Posted **Mar 27, 2015, 6:09 AM**

That view will have a nice sunset vista between a slight canyon of buildings...very nice!

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Originally Posted by OtherKevin

Green Water and Seaholm at sunset

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Syndic · #**4196** Posted **Mar 27, 2015, 9:18 PM**

New 99 Trinity renderings. Looking sleeker! X-posted from the 99 Trinity thread in the Austin sub-forum:

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

http://gda-architects.com/gda-99-trinity.html

IluvATX · #**4197** Posted **Mar 28, 2015, 2:29 AM**

Seaholm district rising with Market district in back.

TimCity2000 · #**4198** Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 3:36 PM**

Visited Austin for the first time this weekend.

WOW! Your city is booming.

Stayed at the JW Marriott (which was just completed). Very cool hotel.

Will be watching this thread with envy from now on

Kotliz · #**4199** Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 4:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Syndic

New 99 Trinity renderings. Looking sleeker! X-posted from the 99 Trinity thread in the Austin sub-forum:

That's a lovely building. Really like the curved front and back and especially that curved glass facade at the top of the river-facing side. It would look good clustered with the Bowie and Monarch.
Sure hope it doesn't go through a budget fitting redesign and become a short shapeless block.

The ATX · #**4200** Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 7:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kotliz

That's a lovely building. Really like the curved front and back and especially that curved glass facade at the top of the river-facing side. It would look good clustered with the Bowie and Monarch.
Sure hope it doesn't go through a budget fitting redesign and become a short shapeless block.

I suspect those 99 Trinity renderings were the original ones before the site plan was withdrawn for resubmittal. I hope any changes are not a downgrade.