Old contstruction debris in Lady Bird Lake - Anyone know about this? - Page 2

KevinFromTexas · #21 Posted **May 18, 2012, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hill Country

Some man made islands with condo towers would be cool too.

That actually happened back in the 80s.

Creating islands would decrease the surface area of the lake, thereby raising the water level.

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Originally Posted by JAM

I'm diggin this idea, but would like to add that it should be reserved for a nude female colony

Yeah, but a lot of men would drown trying to swim over in the middle of the night.

The ATX · #22 Posted **May 18, 2012, 10:09 PM**

I vaguely remember that island/peninsula proposal for a tower. The NIMBYs were even more hateful towards development back then. I can't believe that was even proposed - unless maybe, the developers were not from around here.

the Genral · #23 Posted **May 20, 2012, 10:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by BevoLJ

Do these sorts of discussions happen on other cities forums?

I can't imagine anyone else is as cool as we are. I base this on the fact that we live in the coolest city in the USA IMO. I declare a new slogan..."Only in Austin".

KevinFromTexas · #24 Posted **May 30, 2012, 8:37 PM**

Hey, this should make Jdawgboy happy. I saw a police boat on Lady Bird Lake on Monday with a gas powered engine.

They were puttering along under the Pfluger Bridge. I tried to get a photo, but they never came out from under the bridge, but I could see its exhaust. I guess they were patrolling for Memorial Day. There were a ton of boats on the river that day.