AUSTIN | 5th + Colorado | 242 FEET | 18 FLOORS | Complete

[ChrisBBradford]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

It's completely vacant. Previously there had been one or two small buildings. Those were torn down a few years back to make way for that 1Hotel project. That project never happened, though, and we've been stuck with the parking lot ever since.

You can see the lot from the JW Marriott web cam. It is the vacant lot across 5th Street from the Chase Bank Tower garage.

Here's me complaining about the parking lot in 2010, with photo.
http://www.austincontrarian.com/aust...velopment.html

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by ChrisBBradford

Here's me complaining about the parking lot in 2010, with photo.
http://www.austincontrarian.com/aust...velopment.html

I loved your sarcasm. Sarcasm is becoming a lost art on the internet.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by Hill Country

I loved your sarcasm. Sarcasm is becoming a lost art on the internet.

Ditto that...

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by the Genral

Ditto that...

You seem to be on an Avatar changing frenzy of late.

[NYC2ATX]

Originally Posted by Hill Country

You seem to be on an Avatar changing frenzy of late.

Hill Country, I miss your old avatar with the "I love you so much" written on the wall! I hope that picture was recent because, funny enough, I took a picture of exactly that wall on South Congress when I was in Austin two years ago and I'd be overjoyed to know that it's still there.

[alwaysmiling]

Originally Posted by Hill Country

You seem to be on an Avatar changing frenzy of late.

Glad the demon is gone. Scary... And congrats on being in the black on fb. The NASDAQ is a joke!!!

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by alwaysmiling

Glad the demon is gone. Scary... And congrats on being in the black on fb. The NASDAQ is a joke!!!

The NAZ had their biggest technical glitch today since the infamous Facebook IPO.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by Hill Country

You seem to be on an Avatar changing frenzy of late.

Whatever are you talking about?

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by the Genral

Whatever are you talking about?

There! You did it again! Sorry about your weed.

[lzppjb]

All this talk of changing avatars made me want to mix it up.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by lzppjb

All this talk of changing avatars made me want to mix it up.

Nice. Having avatars based on Austin icons (or the "Round Rock" that the General is currently using) would be a great idea. Maybe I should go back the the "I love you so much" one. What's lost with the small size of my current avatar are all the bullet holes.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by Hill Country

Nice. Having avatars based on Austin icons (or the "Round Rock" that the General is currently using) would be a great idea. Maybe I should go back the the "I love you so much" one. What's lost with the small size of my current avatar are all the bullet holes.

Looks like we're starting an avatar revival. It seemed like our skyline was changing faster than our avatars.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by the Genral

Looks like we're starting an avatar revival. It seemed like our skyline was changing faster than our avatars.

I see a lot of nice paintings and large framed photos of the Austin skyline in local galleries. As nice as they are I would never buy one because they get outdated so fast.

[migol24]

Originally Posted by Hill Country

I see a lot of nice paintings and large framed photos of the Austin skyline in local galleries. As nice as they are I would never buy one because they get outdated so fast.

It be a wise thing to collect them... that way in the future when Austin's skyline truly outgrows itself you'll have them to remember and pass them on to your kids, and they to their kids, etc.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by migol24

It be a wise thing to collect them... that way in the future when Austin's skyline truly outgrows itself you'll have them to remember and pass them on to your kids, and they to their kids, etc.

No. We got that internet thing to go down to memory lane on and visit times gone by.

[migol24]

Originally Posted by Hill Country

No. We got that internet thing to go down to memory lane on and visit times gone by.

C'est vrai. I'm thinking of those photos posted of Austin downtown from way back when. There's something timeless about those photos. I wonder if people in the future will look at ours and think the same about them.

[KevinFromTexas]

One of the things I wish is that I had a couple of nice big skyline photos of Austin from the year I was born. I have a few small ones that I've saved on the internet, but nothing grand. The tallest building that was under construction at the time was the Wells Fargo Tower. It broke ground the year I was born. I only have one photo showing it under construction in the background and kind of blurred.

There was also a forum member who passed away last year - Robert Pence. He had family in Austin and visited here once in 1981 during the Memorial Day flood. He had been photographing cities since the late 60s. He took a bunch of photos of the skyline from his visit in 1981. Since his passing his website and photos no longer show up in his photo threads, unfortunately. I did save those photos back when he posted the thread.

[AusTex]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

One of the things I wish is that I had a couple of nice big skyline photos of Austin from the year I was born. I have a few small ones that I've saved on the internet, but nothing grand. The tallest building that was under construction at the time was the Wells Fargo Tower. It broke ground the year I was born. I only have one photo showing it under construction in the background and kind of blurred.

There was also a forum member who passed away last year - Robert Pence. He had family in Austin and visited here once in 1981 during the Memorial Day flood. He had been photographing cities since the late 60s. He took a bunch of photos of the skyline from his visit in 1981. Since his passing his website and photos no longer show up in his photo threads, unfortunately. I did save those photos back when he posted the thread.

Mike do you have any photos of the skyline in 1963? That is how old I am.

Nice avatar! I am keeping mine for awhile...even though someone else used it in the past and another new forum member has posted with it too.

[AusTxDevelopment]

Yesterday Bury, who are the engineers for Lincoln Property Company, submitted AULCC transmittals for both this building (5th & Colorado Tower, 190,000 square feet) and a second office/retail building at 4th & Colorado (90,000 to 100,000 square feet). The AULCCs say that construction is estimated to start as early as 7/1/14.

The documents are on the City's FTP site here:ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/131121/

There is also a combined map showing the 2 locations here: ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...orado%20St.pdf

No site plans, renderings, elevations or construction drawings yet. I'm sure that will follow.

There's also an AULCC for a hotel at 7th & Congress (621 Congress). I can't remember off the top of my head which hotel this is, but there is a map included: ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...20Congress.pdf Feel free to move this part of my post to whichever thread is tracking that.

For those of you not familiar, AULCC stands for Austin Utility & Location Coordination Committee, and one of the early steps in preparing to develop a commercial building in Austin is to submit a request to this committee to locate and confirm the utilities in the area you plan to develop. They are they guys that spray-paint those orange (telecom), green (sewer), blue (water) and yellow (gas) arrows and lines on the roadways, showing where the utilities are. They also handle right-of-way disputes, crane approvals, etc.

[lzppjb]

Looks like dirt moving on the JW Marriott cam. I'll be at Frank tonight, so I'll take a quick look. Probably just checking for utilities or something.