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[gillynova]

Thanks for taking pictures from different angles!

[clubtokyo]

Great shots of the building!

[The ATX]

The crane is really sticking out now. It is probably at its final height.

[Geckos_Rule]

While this building certainly isn't bad, and I like how well they hid the parking podium, I had kind of hoped for more black. I remember seeing the renderings, as well as the earlier pictures of construction, and thought that the black accents would be more pronounced...

[Speculator]

Looking forward to that Del Frisco's Grille opening up.

[urbancore]

Originally Posted by Speculator

Looking forward to that Del Frisco's Grille opening up.

Totally forgot about that. Hell yeah!

[corvairkeith]

[Sigaven]

This thing is going up fast! Could see it poking up from behind the Hobby building from the future Republic Tower parking lot as I was walking to the bars last night.

[gabetx]

I was in Denver over the weekend and they have nicer towers in their suburban office parks than this one. I still hate it.

[urbancore]

Originally Posted by gabetx

I was in Denver over the weekend and they have nicer towers in their suburban office parks than this one. I still hate it.

I was there over Christmas for the first time in 6 years, and the skyline was --yawn--.......compared to ours over the same time.

Not sure what they have in the dt pipeline or what they have in the subo parks, but.....downtown was underwhelming.

I do like the Union Station...pretty cool....though Austin clearly will never have the history to support something so cool. Denver like many other cities has SO much history Austin will never have.

[paul78701]

Originally Posted by urbancore

I was there over Christmas for the first time in 6 years, and the skyline was --yawn--.......compared to ours over the same time.

Not sure what they have in the dt pipeline or what they have in the subo parks, but.....downtown was underwhelming.

I do like the Union Station...pretty cool....though Austin clearly will never have the history to support something so cool. Denver like many other cities has SO much history Austin will never have.

Downtown Denver is rather sleepy.

[clubtokyo]

I found the Denver skyline to be boring. Please don’t attack me! Lol
As far as history my fav city for that is Boston.

[gabetx]

Not to veer completely off topic here, but I wasn't talking about the Denver skyline in general. It is pretty boring skyline and sleepy downtown, (although much cleaner and far less transients). I was just saying that some of the suburban towers there are better than the Parsley Energy HQ. It is an extremely boring building.

BTW, Denver has a much better urban experience overall than Austin, and their light rail network is amazing. We really need to approve the Cap Metro Project Connect bond that will be coming up, not only to alleviate traffic, but to enhance and promote urbanity in central Austin and along major thoroughfares.

[Jdawgboy]

Originally Posted by gabetx

Not to veer completely off topic here, but I wasn't talking about the Denver skyline in general. It is pretty boring skyline and sleepy downtown, (although much cleaner and far less transients). I was just saying that some of the suburban towers there are better than the Parsley Energy HQ. It is an extremely boring building.

BTW, Denver has a much better urban experience overall than Austin, and their light rail network is amazing. We really need to approve the Cap Metro Project Connect bond that will be coming up, not only to alleviate traffic, but to enhance and promote urbanity in central Austin and along major thoroughfares.

DT Austin not clean??? Aside from E.6th and the area around the Arch, I'd say DT Austin is pretty clean. There's always Downtown Alliance people picking up anything off the sidewalks, trash and recycle bins just about at every corner. I wouldn't call that dirty by any means.

[Vexal]

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

DT Austin not clean??? Aside from E.6th and the area around the Arch, I'd say DT Austin is pretty clean. There's always Downtown Alliance people picking up anything off the sidewalks, trash and recycle bins just about at every corner. I wouldn't call that dirty by any means.

Compared to places like Tokyo, or many cities in China, and even Seattle, downtown Austin is pretty grimy and dirty. The roads are very unkempt, there are weeds growing out of the sidewalk cracks, many of the older buildings look like they haven't been maintained in decades, the sidewalks all need power washing.

[mercury6]

Originally Posted by Vexal

Compared to places like Tokyo, or many cities in China, and even Seattle, downtown Austin is pretty grimy and dirty. The roads are very unkempt, there are weeds growing out of the sidewalk cracks, many of the older buildings look like they haven't been maintained in decades, the sidewalks all need power washing.

You can't be serious right now...Seattle has one of the filthiest downtowns I've ever seen.

[Vexal]

Originally Posted by mercury6

You can't be serious right now...Seattle has one of the filthiest downtowns I've ever seen.

Sorry, I meant the parts of seattle people actually live, like Redmond and Bellevue. But my point stands about Tokyo.

[myBrain]

Originally Posted by Vexal

or many cities in China

That's completely absurd, and I've lived in China and traveled a fair amount of the country.

Certainly much of China is newer, and there are definitely places that the government keeps super-clean, but the majority of any Chinese city is going to be dirtier than downtown Austin.

And Tokyo does a great job with litter, but there's a lot that needs to be powerwashed there too.

[Vexal]

Originally Posted by myBrain

That's completely absurd, and I've lived in China and traveled a fair amount of the country.

Certainly much of China is newer, and there are definitely places that the government keeps super-clean, but the majority of any Chinese city is going to be dirtier than downtown Austin.

And Tokyo does a great job with litter, but there's a lot that needs to be powerwashed there too.

I'm just talking about Tier 1 cities in China. My point is, there is much room for improvement, as I frequently am a bit put off by what I see when I am in downtown Austin. I often facetime with my friends who live in China while I walk around the city and they walk around their city, and I am embarrassed for them to see the streets of our downtown. Compared to what they show me of Shenzhen, or Hangzhou, or Shanghai, America, and Austin, just looks dirty. Many people think that Asian cities countries are less developed than America, but most of our cities probably look like undeveloped countries to them.

The problem here is that no one wants their tax dollars going to things that aren't "necessary". A polished sidewalk is not necessary for a functional sidewalk, so no one cares to pay to have it cleaned. But it's disappointing. The government should be taking care of things like this for us. Or it should be required that the owners of downtown property touching a sidewalk should directly handle the logistics of keeping it shiny. Something should be done. Just having developers put money into a "city improvement" just adds more indirection to actually having an effect or accomplishing something.

[the Genral]

I heard if you spit out your chewing gum on the sidewalks of Singapore, they'll pull your tongue out through your butthole. I hate gum on sidewalks. We should try that here.