Thanks. That's the Mellow Johnny's bike shop across the street from 360. I just happened to look up and Spring was perfectly lined up with the crane over the bicycle.
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seems like the four seasons res project has been almost forgotten. Great pics and from what i could see of the project in the picture it seems to be nearly topped out. Thanks again for all the pics.
Nice grab of the rainbow. I was driving to/from EZ's to pick up takeout with my 5-year-old at the same time you took that shot and we were trying to spot a rainbow but had no luck.
It was only there for a few minutes. I happened to be driving along 5th when I saw it and pulled over to take a few shots.
seems like the four seasons res project has been almost forgotten. Great pics and from what i could see of the project in the picture it seems to be nearly topped out. Thanks again for all the pics.
It has about 4 or 5 more floors to go, and about 70 feet (including the mechanical penthouse/crown).
Two views from my neighborhood from today. The Austonian is definitely above 400 feet now, taller than Ashton.
I took this one on the sidewalk right next to one house's backyard. Their fence wraps around the side of the house to the front. If they were to build some loft/treehouse, they'd have a decent view of downtown from it.
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Yep, I was up there during the construction of the Frost Bank Tower. The top floor of Frost is at 400 feet even. The main roof at the base of the mechanical penthouse (inside the crown) is 424 feet. It slopes downward towards the edge to 415 feet. The top of the mechanical penthouse is at 442 feet, of course you never see any of this stuff since the crown sits on and around the mechanical penthouse. The Frost logos sit above the main roof, but are below the roof of the mechanical penthouse, right around 420 feet above the street.
The thing to remember though, is that the elevation of the Frost Bank Tower's block is slightly higher than The Austonian's. Frost's block ranges from 483 to 484 feet above sea level, while The Austonian's is at 475 feet above sea level. Not a real big difference, but any point on the Frost Bank Tower will already be 8 feet higher than on The Austonian. You could have two people of the same exact height, let's say twins, one standing at a point 408 feet above the street on The Austonian, and another person standing at 400 feet on the Frost Bank Tower, and their heads would be pretty much level with each other.
The elevations in downtown increase obviously as you get away from the river. Closer to the UT Campus the elevation is almost 200 feet higher than that of the water level at Lady Bird Lake. That's why the UT Tower appears to be so tall on the skyline when you're viewing it from a distance. At some angles it looks to be as tall as Frost.
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Nice pics, Mopacs. Great catch with that view out north. I know exactly where that is. GoogleEarth says that's almost 14 miles from the Frost Bank Tower. That's gotta be one of the most far away views of downtown.
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in that last picture...that small whitish building (in front of the larger office building) is the conservatory. my grandparents lived in that very same building for about 6 months until they moved to seattle in december.
What is the elevation difference? Downtown is probably 300+ feet lower in elevation than from Mopacs' vantage point in that picture.
I'd say its closer to 400 feet... The elevation along Shoreline Drive @ Mopac is at appox 900ft. Its atop a small ridge known as "Martin Hill" There is a reservoir that sits just to the west of where I stood (Martin Hill Reservoir). You can literally see the structure from as far south as Ben White/35, Georgetown to the north, and Lago Vista to the west.
I can only imagine how much more of downtown would be visible if it didn't sit in a bowl. You would see it from much greater distances, from spots where there is no sight of it at all.
I can only imagine how much more of downtown would be visible if it didn't sit in a bowl. You would see it from much greater distances, from spots where there is no sight of it at all.
Very true. Compare us to Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, which sit on relatively flat terrain.
To put things in perspective, you can see the New Orleans skyline (on a clear day) from the opposite side of Lake Pontchartrain (@ Mandeville, approx 28-30 miles to the north )...and that's with the subtle curvature of the earth. The tallest building in New Orleans is roughly the same height as the Austonian will be.
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The 40th floor is a transition point and will take a bit longer as the 30th did to complete. You guys agree?
It's a different floorplate, but is it a mechanical floor? I don't know. Hopefully it won't take as long at the 30th, they were working on that one for what seemed like forever (to a skyscraper progress addict, anyway). I had actually expected a longer delay after the 10th floor (parking garage/tower transition) but they blazed right through that transition...
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