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Originally Posted by MichaelB
Yes, it is a closer to aforable place to live downtown.
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I think for a building that's nearly 50 years old, Cambridge Tower has held up well, and the exterior is pretty much the same as when it opened in 1965.
At any rate, I found this blog entry about Cambridge Tower to be pretty interesting. All kinds of things I never knew about the building
Cambridge Tower: Austin's Landmark of Luxury
I never knew there were restaurants there at one time, as well as room service for what was originally built as apartments. (Wish my complex had room service.)
I never knew that the building was originally going to be mixed use, and I never knew that the current design was radically different from the original building plans.
I also never knew that it was designed by the same architect who designed the First National Bank Buiulding in Dallas.