1955
In this photo, you can see the old Austin City Hall at the head of the South First Street Bridge, but at that time that building housed a lumber company. That whole area is Austin's warehouse district. Back then it was legit light industrial, but today it's mostly bars and restaurants, surrounded by office towers and residential buildings. Austin City Hall at that time was a few blocks north of there. The Capitol building was still the tallest building in Austin at the time this was taken, and it would remain Austin's tallest until 1974. Today there are 34 buildings that are taller than the Capitol that either complete or under construction, and there are at least 20 more planned that will be taller than the Capitol. The UT Tower was also the only high rise north of the Capitol back then.
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This photo from 1997 shows the Palmer Auditorium before it was transformed into the Long Center. That's the South First Street Bridge. The small yellow building at the head of the bridge is Austin City Hall. To the left you can see the Tom Green Water Treatment Plant. That whole area now is covered with towers. The old city hall was demolished and replaced with a new one in 2004. The Green Water Treatment Plant was demolished and more than 2 1/2 million square feet of office space, hotel and residential replaced it.
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2017 - You can see the new City Hall surrounded by development, as well as the Green Water Treatment Plant site being redeveloped with towers.
Austin, TX Aerial November 2017 by
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2014
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2018
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2014
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2018
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The view from the UT Tower in 1951.
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The view from the UT Tower in 1969. The Capitol was still the tallest building in Austin, but only for another 5 years. This photo also shows the construction of what would become only Austin's third 300 footer. The Dobie Center, a private dorm, was under construction here, seen on the right. You can also see the first of the big state office buildings going up in the Capitol Complex.
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2018
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1968 and 2015
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1882
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