Ok, I've taken the skyline image and drawn a line for everyone to see. It either comes right where the pyramids peak, or a little bit higher. Not as high as the spires though, but it really doesn't matter to the eye.
Good work with that ydoc14. I'd say that sounds about right with that 472 foot height for the Weston. The Bank of America Center is 387 feet tall. I've always thought the Weston Centre looked more than 57 feet taller than the Bank of America Center.
Great angle there, Schertz. I've never seen that angle before.
After doing some measurements on pictures of the Weston Centre, the box on top is the same height as a setback like I thought. If I knew the height of a window on the Weston Centre, then I could figure out how tall the building really is. I'm thinking 472' could be the height of the small antennas on top of the box.
What if we emailed Cambridge Seven & Associates, the architecture firm that did it? Think they'd give us the heights?
They could, yes. I've had some luck with that before. I've even been able to view the actual blueprints of buildings in Austin during their construction. Most of the new highrises in Austin that I've gathered heights for, either came through email exchanges with the developer, construction company, or the architects. On a few occasions, I even set down in their construction office and was allowed to write down all the heights straight from the blueprints. If you do happen to send them an email asking for the heights, be sure to ask for the height to the roof and to that "table" structure at the top. And make sure the heights are from the street.
Funny picture. I'm always used to being up in the tower with the tower shadow being over I-37, so it's funny seeing it there. I take it that was a morning shot, with the sun farther to the east, behind the tower. When you think about, that really is the best place on the skyline for the Tower of the Americas. Had it been on the other side of downtown all those gorgeous skyline photos we see would be looking into the sunlight instead and messing with the exposure.
You can see that the Hyatt is topped out here, except maybe another level or two on the mechanical penthouse. The main roof is finished however. Notice the thin roof above the building on the right side? That's the cabana level.
And it's really hard to say with the Marriott height. The mechanical penthouse on the Hyatt, and the roof of the Marriott look mighty close there. The Hyatt mechanical penthouse top is supposed to be 424 feet. The Marriott roof height 441 feet. I think 17 feet is probably too close to be able to eyeball it. You'd be surprised, 10 to 20 feet on a skyscraper isn't much height, which is the height of one to two floors. The Marriott height very well may be correct. Really the height that I question is the one for Weston Centre. I'm thinking it's taller than the 444 foot height we've been using. That 472 foot height I had seen seems more correct for that table structure on the roof.
Also I'm really glad the hotel was planned in such a way that it doesn't block the view of the Alamo from the Tower of the Americas. You'd be surprised how many times I hear tourists on the observation deck asking "Where is the Alamo?" Then someone would point it out. Good planning on their part for keeping that view.
The Hyatt's mech house is taller than the roof of the Marriott. Driving down from N281 today, you can see the mech above the Marriott. The 441ft measurement is wrong, or 424ft for the mech house is incorrect and they went too high or something...
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