AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II - Page 111

lzppjb · #**2201** Posted **Jun 18, 2015, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by wwmiv

Neither for me.

Thwarted thrice.

smt1 · #**2202** Posted **Jun 19, 2015, 1:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Digatisdi

Just a heads up, that link doesn't work (at least not for me)

Reuploaded it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s7ufsmkrsy...50327.pdf?dl=0

Urbannizer · #**2203** Posted **Jun 20, 2015, 5:22 PM**

Lamar Central

via webcam

http://www.lamarcentral.com/live-feed/

austlar1 · #**2204** Posted **Jun 20, 2015, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Lamar Central

via webcam

http://www.lamarcentral.com/live-feed/

I think this would have looked a lot better as a 12 story building perched on the corner. Just the same, that intersection has certainly bulked up in recent years with all the four story medical office buildings across the way.

Urbannizer · #**2205** Posted **Jun 20, 2015, 10:12 PM**

The Castillian

6/20

JoninATX · #**2206** Posted **Jun 20, 2015, 10:30 PM**

Thanks for the updates Urbannizer. The Castilian looks like a brand new building.

The ATX · #**2207** Posted **Jun 23, 2015, 5:05 AM**

By my count there are at least 27 tower cranes currently scattered around Downtown. University of Texas projects account for over 1/2 of them:

U.T. Dell Medical Center - 8
U.T. School of Engineering - 2
U.T. Rowling Hall Business School - 2
U.T. System Headquarters - 2
Seaholm Development Site - 2
Green Water Development Site - 3
Millennium Rainey Apartments - 2
Fairmont Hotel - 1
Hotel Indigo - 1
Aspen Heights Apartments - 1
5th & Colorado Offices - 1
East Side Village Apartments -1
University House Apartments - 1

Total = 27

hookem · #**2208** Posted **Jun 23, 2015, 6:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

Thanks for the updates Urbannizer. The Castilian looks like a brand new building.

It is pretty amazing & creative for what looks like a minimal cost update. Certainly not like the radical change of the Dobie facade back in the day, but it appears to have achieved the goal of updating the look of a very dated building. Wonder what the same firm might be able to do with Jester.

wwmiv · #**2209** Posted **Jun 23, 2015, 6:16 AM**

Can someone remind me of what it looked like before?

The ATX · #**2210** Posted **Jun 23, 2015, 6:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by wwmiv

Can someone remind me of what it looked like before?

You don't want to know. But if you insist just insert your finger as far down your throat as possible.

the Genral · #**2211** Posted **Jun 24, 2015, 3:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by wwmiv

Can someone remind me of what it looked like before?

I never thought it looked that bad

austlar1 · #**2212** Posted **Jun 24, 2015, 11:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

I never thought it looked that bad

Me either. It is a generic late 1970s highrise. We all just got used to looking at it, so the new color scheme seems like a big deal. It is what it is. I guess if Goodall-Wooten can last this long, The Castillian will be around for a good while longer dressed in blue/grey for now.

the Genral · #**2213** Posted **Jun 25, 2015, 12:52 AM**

I don't mind this one either. Its deep on the drag surrounded by ut students and ut minded businesses. It kind of looks like a party house. And the balconies have a great view of the drag. I do think the blank walls could use a good mural. For packing in as many students as possible without worrying about building materials or design, this
is minimalism at its best...or worst if it wasn't where it is. Out on its own as opposed to being tucked away on the drag, it would look far worse.

JACKinBeantown · #**2214** Posted **Jun 25, 2015, 2:25 AM**

The Woooooooo!

austlar1 · #**2215** Posted **Jun 25, 2015, 4:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

I don't mind this one either. Its deep on the drag surrounded by ut students and ut minded businesses. It kind of looks like a party house. And the balconies have a great view of the drag. I do think the blank walls could use a good mural. For packing in as many students as possible without worrying about building materials or design, this
is minimalism at its best...or worst if it wasn't where it is. Out on its own as opposed to being tucked away on the drag, it would look far worse.

I remember when Goody Woo first opened around 1962 or 1963. It was the shizzle. Everybody wanted to live there.

JoninATX · #**2216** Posted **Jun 26, 2015, 6:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by hookem

It is pretty amazing & creative for what looks like a minimal cost update. Certainly not like the radical change of the Dobie facade back in the day, but it appears to have achieved the goal of updating the look of a very dated building. Wonder what the same firm might be able to do with Jester.

True to that, for the longest time The Castillian was an eyesore. But glad they went all out.

KevinFromTexas · #**2217** Posted **Jun 26, 2015, 6:20 PM**

Here are the plans for the Sabine Street promenade.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...nade_PLANS.pdf

The ATX · #**2218** Posted **Jun 26, 2015, 6:28 PM**

This filing from today is for the Town Lake Holiday Inn. The attachment mentions interior remodeling and facade work. The facade could use an update, but I can't tell from the permit if they're going all Castillian or just fixing some cracks.

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11376879

lzppjb · #**2219** Posted **Jun 26, 2015, 10:12 PM**

Ha! I was just tinkering with a photo of that Holiday Inn last week. I think it would look cool with green led/neon light bars on the facade vertically between the windows, as well as outlining the crown.

lzppjb · #**2220** Posted **Jun 27, 2015, 7:10 AM**

Here's what I was talking about.