I think it’s cool that the city leaders in Austin (unlike a near by city), are thinking big when it comes the transit. They are not going to settle for Bus Rapid Transit or street level Light Rail through the downtown area. They are thinking full on subway.
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“We can go small and fail or we can make the right investment for the future of our city,” council member Jimmy Flannigan said. “We’re talking about rail in a tunnel. That’s a subway. I mean, wow. That’s what real cities do.”
I think that is the correct choice for a city like Austin. Do not look at Houston or San Antonio for inspiration, if you are going to look at a Texas city look at Dallas but you should really draw inspiration from rail systems like DC Metro. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kxa...wn-subway/amp/
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g-man435 took a lot of incredible drone photos around downtown shortly after sunrise this morning. Most of them are posted in the individual project threads in the Austin subforum.
Here are some of g-man's skyline shots. Austin has ~45 towers in development between 300' and 1,000'. Almost 1/3 (14) of them have already started. The skyline will be seriously ramping up over the next five years - as long as the economy doesn't tank.
Great pics by g-man! I think Austin always looks best mid-spring, when leaves are lush but still fresh and bright green. Hopefully we will see another round of amazing aerial pics then!
A user added some of the upcoming projects to show what it will look like. (There are a couple 600+ footers that aren't shown here because they haven't given us quality renderings yet.)
If Austin decided to do big things transit wise, it'd definitely make it a potential leader in transportation in the south/southwest.
Austin actually has enough buildings over 600 feet in the pipeline to eclipse the number Dallas has completed at the moment including at least one that could end up being a supertall.
600+ feet:
Austin - 13
Dallas - 11
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Is that 1000 footer just a concept? That would be surreal if it happened.
If all these projects go through Austin will be kicking Houston and Dallas's ass in terms of development. Hard to believe those massive cities barely build anything.
Is that 1000 footer just a concept? That would be surreal if it happened.
If all these projects go through Austin will be kicking Houston and Dallas's ass in terms of development. Hard to believe those massive cities barely build anything.
?? Are we thinking of the same Houston? Houston is going vertical at an astronomical pace. Houston and Austin are my cities and I want them both to compete and thrive, but Houston has many more buildings under construction. No supertalls though :/ I think Austin will take the crown pretty soon considering there's only one urban core compared to Houston's five.
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