They really should have incorporated bike lanes into the plans.
Yeah, that's dumb. I take Red River on my bike pretty much every time I'm on the east side of the UT campus. Part of is hilly going up and down, so not having a bike lane is going to suck. Are they going to have on-street parking there anymore?
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Yeah, that's dumb. I take Red River on my bike pretty much every time I'm on the east side of the UT campus. Part of is hilly going up and down, so not having a bike lane is going to suck. Are they going to have on-street parking there anymore?
Dunno... I'm still irked that the city allowed UT to interupt one of our few N/S corridors in this area of town AND reduce it to two lanes.
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You can also see the mobile crane in the background in the middle of the photo (to the right of 360 Condos) erecting the tower crane for 5th & Colorado. It's going to be a 19-story office building.
You can also see 5 or 6 of the 8 tower cranes that are working on the medical school just to the right and behind the Capitol.
This photo shows the crane for 5th & Colorado as it was being assembled.
^Yeah, the transformation on the west side of downtown has been incredible, and there's more to come. I can count where there's at least 7 more towers above 200 feet planned just in that view and just nearest to the camera in addition to what you see there. Only two of those are below 300 feet, and the others are considerably taller. One of them will be 61 floors. On the other side of downtown there's one more 200 footer, and the rest (5 more) are above 400 feet.
Here's another aerial with a drone. This one was taken this morning.
That is a fantastic photo and view. It doesn't even show the residential tower cluster outside of the photo to the left and Downtown is still looking good.
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I know right? Watch your back Charlotte, lol.
We've got a ways to go before we catch up to Charlotte. I've seen their skyline in person (many times, in fact, since all the good shopping near where I live is in Charlotte) and it is substantially more impressive.
I agree with wwmiv. While Austin skyline is impressive, Charlotte takes it up a notch in terms of height. Although I would argue that Austin skyline is more comparable with Kansas City.
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I agree with wwmiv. While Austin skyline is impressive, Charlotte takes it up a notch in terms of height. Although I would argue that Austin skyline is more comparable with Kansas City.
Oh Austin is better than Kansas City or St. Louis. Both of those cities are comparable to San Antonio.
Austin's skyline is not really comparable to another U.S. city.
It's in this middle ground between those cities and Charlotte.
Kansas City does have a nice skyline, though. It might not have tons of height, but the buildings go great together, and you can't beat the old skyscraper stock they have. It's a treasure trove of old tall buildings and neat architecture, but I know what you meant.
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on Thursday and sent to a friend and he mentioned it kinda looks like a bug lol. It does actually.
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