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Old Posted Aug 16, 2009, 7:52 AM
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Great shots Kevin. I am so ready for this heat wave to be over so I can get out more.

Here's a few while speeding down Mopac




Just think - six years ago, none of the skyscrapers from this vantage point (below) had been built yet:




     
     
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Old Posted Aug 16, 2009, 8:32 AM
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Nice. I like how you can see 360's spire peeking over Spring. The W is really going to fill in nicely between 360 and The Austonian.
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Old Posted Aug 16, 2009, 3:58 PM
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Nice to see some photos from you, Mike! That's a great view from the Zilker Clubhouse, isn't it?

Mine from yesterday:





     
     
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Old Posted Aug 16, 2009, 5:20 PM
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priller,

I love that first picture of yours. It boggles my mind that that is Austin. Without knowing the buildings so well, you'd think it was Chicago or Miami with the amount of density it looks like. I also like how so many different buildings you get with one shot.

As the Austonian tops out and W keeps rising, please get more pics from that angle!
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 17, 2009, 8:50 AM
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That's a great view from the Zilker Clubhouse, isn't it?
It is, but mine were taken from the freeway. And my neighbor was driving f-a-s-t-

These are some taken on foot August 16, 2009.







     
     
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I really like that shot from the Capitol grounds.
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I agree with you Kevin. Nice shot from the Capitol. I really like 816 Congress.
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Old Posted Aug 18, 2009, 9:34 AM
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Some more neighborhood views around South Austin from Friday and Sunday. I went and grabbed a few new ones I've noticed recently. The Austonian is really sticking up in some places now.

This is from behind the baseball fields at Garrison Park. It's on the backside of the park near the train tracks. The view is looking north of course, towards Stassney Lane.


360 and Frost show up here too, but 360 hardly ever does, and you really can't see it with your naked eye. It does show up nicely at night though. Frost you'll notice, is just about hidden from view now by The Austonian. There's a street that runs off of Manchaca Road along side the park (Parkside Road). It's a really nice neighborhood. Some of the houses that back up to the park have this for their view.




Zoomed out, in real life it appears bigger than this. I just wanted to show the lights.


That is Crockett High School to the left. My old school.


This is a first. A view of a downtown building from the jogging track at Crockett. It sure would have made things more interesting if the building had been there when I was in school. lol




I spotted this view a couple of weeks ago on Woodhue Drive near William Cannon.


From the railroad overpass on William Cannon.







This is from the Shell station at South First and William Cannon. This is across the street from Bedichek Middle School, which was my middle school, and the filming location of Dazed and Confused! You can see Frost of course too, and I hadn't ever noticed it, but if you look to the left on the horizon, that looks like 300 West Sixth. 360, One American Center, Frost and now The Austonian all show up there, but I didn't realize anything shorter than that would.


This was taken at Turtle Creek Boulevard and Cougar Drive. You can see Frost at this spot too, but it wasn't showing up. The Austonian partially blocks it, and the trees do too. It's quite noticeable at night, and in the winter the view is even better. This is right next to Odom Elementary School, which was my school. It's funny, but all three of my schools that I went to now have some pretty noticeable skyline views right next to them.


This last one is from Emerald Forrest Drive.
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Great shots Kevin. I am so ready for this heat wave to be over so I can get out more.

Here's a few while speeding down Mopac




Just think - six years ago, none of the skyscrapers from this vantage point (below) had been built yet:




That is just, wow...nice job! I only wish San Antonio would look like this. May be in 20 years Austin is such a beautiful city. It has the innovative thinking of construction from Houston, without it being too big of a city.
     
     
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Nice to see some photos from you, Mike! That's a great view from the Zilker Clubhouse, isn't it?

Mine from yesterday:





I havent been to Austin since May of 2008 and I did not know this was being built, must less known it was going to be, till now. I am in awe. What a perfect looking, eye pleasing building. I may just drive up there this weekend just to see it. Why cant SA have something like this?!
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 19, 2009, 4:04 AM
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Hey, shanny, would you take your range finder and measure the height of the crane? You first measured it before the jump at 676 feet, and with the new sections they added, we guessed it was 736 feet, but it sure looks close to the top of the building. I'm thinking it may be lower than that.
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I havent been to Austin since May of 2008 and I did not know this was being built, must less known it was going to be, till now. I am in awe. What a perfect looking, eye pleasing building. I may just drive up there this weekend just to see it. Why cant SA have something like this?!

Yeah, this has been a great project from the beginning. Could have done a whole lot worse for our new tallest in Austin.
     
     
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If this was 500 feet taller than the rest than flah...
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Crown

off subject as usual BUT...

Does the Austonians new render show blue neon lights on the crown??? Not sure I really like that. It appears in this new render the crown will be an occupied space, rather than an illuminated/mechanical one
     
     
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I haven't seen a new rendering.
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 20, 2009, 10:59 PM
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there is the link:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/the%20austonian/JDawgboy/77403-Austonian_night_L.jpg[/IMG]
     
     
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I never noticed the blue horizontal lighting before. It looks like it will be internally lit as well. Doesn't look bad.
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 20, 2009, 11:22 PM
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That rendering isn't really new, I already had it saved on my computer. By the way, that was JDawgboy's Photobucket account!
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