AUSTIN | JW Marriott Convention Center Hotel | 408 FT | 34 Floors | Complete - Page 12

jngreenlee · #**221** Posted **Apr 15, 2013, 2:27 PM**

The two cranes on the eastern edge of the site, will they eventually be on the east or west edge of the main tower?

KevinFromTexas · #**222** Posted **Apr 15, 2013, 9:25 PM**

They'll be on the west side of the tower.

You can already see the first columns of the main tower section rising up in this photo of corvairkeith's. The large reddish rectangular structure is the elevator core.
http://i.imgur.com/vduiAh6.jpg

tie_guy · #**223** Posted **Apr 21, 2013, 7:29 PM**

Congress Ave. West view of construction. As of 19 April.

KevinFromTexas · #**224** Posted **Apr 22, 2013, 12:11 AM**

Whitley actually looks very nice there. I would have been ok with it staying in that view, but I'm so glad the Hyatt Place and Hampton Inn views are going away. Just yuck.

tie_guy · #**225** Posted **Apr 22, 2013, 7:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Whitley actually looks very nice there. I would have been ok with it staying in that view, but I'm so glad the Hyatt Place and Hampton Inn views are going away. Just yuck.

Agreed. I'd like for there be some use of that wall on the Hyatt, however. A banner of some sort. Hell, even an advertisement!

Mopacs · #**226** Posted **Apr 22, 2013, 7:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by tie_guy

Agreed. I'd like for there be some use of that wall on the Hyatt, however. A banner of some sort. Hell, even an advertisement!

How about a 15 story Willie Nelson? Or perhaps a large guitar, similar to the huge clarinet on the side of the downtown Holiday Inn in New Orleans (which is just awesome, 3D drop-shadow and all).

http://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Locati...Louisiana.html

jngreenlee · #**227** Posted **Apr 23, 2013, 2:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mopacs

...huge clarinet on the side of the downtown Holiday Inn in New Orleans (which is just awesome, 3D drop-shadow and all).

That's just a decal? I was really hoping it was a waterslide!

Mopacs · #**228** Posted **Apr 23, 2013, 5:44 PM**

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That's just a decal? I was really hoping it was a waterslide!

It's a painted mural. Of course the view of any such work of art on the Hyatt Place (or Plaza Lofts for that matter) would soon be lost!

Here's some background info on the artist

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gamb...nt?oid=1254447

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...My favorite Dafford mural is the 150-foot-tall clarinet painted on the side of a Holiday Inn hotel on Loyola Avenue. This mural was dedicated in May 1996...

KevinFromTexas · #**229** Posted **Apr 24, 2013, 11:41 AM**

Some screen caps of the renderings from this link:

Video Link

corvairkeith · #**230** Posted **May 1, 2013, 5:06 PM**

I few photos taken this morning.

KevinFromTexas · #**231** Posted **May 1, 2013, 5:41 PM**

They're making some good progress with it. The tower section is actually pretty skinny, so it'll rise fairly quick.

Syndic · #**232** Posted **May 1, 2013, 7:09 PM**

Thanks for the pictures, Keith. I was hoping someone would post some. I was tired of just looking at that webcam.

It's starting to look like an actual building now. This project is fun to watch.

I just noticed that they've never shown us any renderings of the northern side. We have no idea what it's going to look like from that angle. That worries me a little bit. What are they hiding?