AUSTIN | Photos & Videos Thread - Page 138

wwmiv · #1 Posted **Jun 25, 2021, 10:00 PM**

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MACGA -- Make Austonian Crown Great Again

I’d love to see a shot of the Austonian rim lit orange with an orange full moon behind it but just slightly higher, that way the lit rim completes the circle of the full moon.

SproutingTowers · #2 Posted **Jun 30, 2021, 1:39 AM**

Looking down 4th Street from Hilton Austin.

We vs us · #3 Posted **Jun 30, 2021, 11:14 AM**

How bout those Railyard condos, ladies and gentlemen!

Also, the 5 floor parking garage right behind them, taking up a precious 1/4 block!

One of the things I admit to being puzzled by is why so many parking garages are still standing, and not being redeveloped. Seems like a great opportunity to turn a huge profit on underused land and air rights.

chinchaaa · #4 Posted **Jun 30, 2021, 12:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

How bout those Railyard condos, ladies and gentlemen!

Also, the 5 floor parking garage right behind them, taking up a precious 1/4 block!

One of the things I admit to being puzzled by is why so many parking garages are still standing, and not being redeveloped. Seems like a great opportunity to turn a huge profit on underused land and air rights.

Especially the one next to Republican Square! Ugliest garage ever.

kingkirbythe.... · #5 Posted **Jun 30, 2021, 1:03 PM**

Republic Square, and the state owns that one. It also has the chilling system for a portion on downtown. I bet it’ll be one of the last, if not the last, parking garages to be redeveloped.

corvairkeith · #6 Posted **Jun 30, 2021, 1:15 PM**

Many of the parking garages belong to office buildings built in the 80s. If they were to be redeveloped the workers would have nowhere to park.

chinchaaa · #7 Posted **Jun 30, 2021, 2:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by corvairkeith

Many of the parking garages belong to office buildings built in the 80s. If they were to be redeveloped the workers would have nowhere to park.

I hope garages built in the 80s that aren't utilizing their lot effectively are all taken down and replaced.

Urbannizer · #8 Posted **Jul 1, 2021, 5:04 AM**

Austin, TX by Grexsys, on Flickr

We vs us · #9 Posted **Jul 1, 2021, 10:50 AM**

Speaking of garages …

KevinFromTexas · #10 Posted **Jul 2, 2021, 4:28 AM**

I was looking at some new postcards this evening at HEB thinking maybe I might pick them up since I've collected postcards for almost 30 years, but I noticed they had the sunset with the sun's rays in a place northwest of the skyline - where it shouldn't be. And then they had one where it appeared to be a sunrise, but it just didn't look right. It did actually look like a sort of composite image of an evening and sunrise at the same time. I passed on them.

The ATX · #11 Posted **Jul 2, 2021, 4:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I was looking at some new postcards this evening at HEB thinking maybe I might pick them up since I've collected postcards for almost 30 years, but I noticed they had the sunset with the sun's rays in a place northwest of the skyline - where it shouldn't be. And then they had one where it appeared to be a sunrise, but it just didn't look right. It did actually look like a sort of composite image of an evening and sunrise at the same time. I passed on them.

I didn't know post cards were a thing any more. I guess I haven't shopped for them.

KevinFromTexas · #12 Posted **Jul 2, 2021, 4:34 AM**

I started collecting them when I was a kid. They were an easy get for aerial photos of the city. I hadn't bought any in a while until just a couple of years ago when they did a few with the Austonian and others. I still haven't come across any with The Independent yet.