SAN ANTONIO | Urban Core Development Thread - Page 50

kornbread · #**981** Posted **May 22, 2008, 4:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by ydoc14

^^^ Come on dude, just because San Antonio doesn't have 700'+ buildings doesn't mean it's lame. There are many cities w/ 700'+ buildings in this country that would love to have the vibrancy and life that SA's downtown has, heck there's even cities in this state that would. Your user name, in all honesty, is ridiculous.

You got it all wrong. That's just means they are comfortable with the city the way it is, and if some see it as lame, then keep it lame.

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/..._antonio_lame/

Also, having a little fun with a city that loves to give itself slogans.

ydoc14 · #**982** Posted **May 22, 2008, 5:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by kornbread

You got it all wrong. That's just means they are comfortable with the city the way it is, and if some see it as lame, then keep it lame.

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/..._antonio_lame/

Also, having a little fun with a city that loves to give itself slogans.

...whoops...looks like I jumped the gun...my apologies "KeepSanAntonioLame"

But let this be a warning to all of you, don't talk bad about San Antonio, or I will come after you

KeepSanAntonioLame · #**983** Posted **May 22, 2008, 9:51 PM**

actually I love San Antonio. keep san antonio lame is supposed to be like keep austin weird.

alexjon · #**984** Posted **May 23, 2008, 12:06 AM**

It will turn lame if they keep upping the price on drinks downtown!

ydoc14 · #**985** Posted **May 23, 2008, 3:47 AM**

Taken by jgarcia134 @ Flickr

jaga185 · #**986** Posted **May 23, 2008, 8:45 AM**

Yeah, the name is all in good fun.

Awesome pic! Vidorra stands out a lot in that location.

KeepSanAntonioLame · #**987** Posted **May 23, 2008, 12:53 PM**

that bridge is such a cool structure.

sakyle04 · #**988** Posted **May 23, 2008, 2:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wattleigh

I don't think so. The main studios still need to send the signal to their larger towers outside of town. I think for SA, that would be around Elmendorf. Those larger towers should already have the components installed to broadcast the HDTV signal so it should be relatively seamless when the transition occurs.

my wife and i just moved into our new house...and we don't have cable. but we bought a new HDTV and plugged in the rabbit ears and - voila - we have crystal clear HDTV for free. So, I don't know about the towers, but whatever they're doing is certainly "seamless".

sakyle04 · #**989** Posted **May 23, 2008, 2:16 PM**

morning of 05.23.08

found at: http://thevistana.com/vistanacam/LVT...081800000N.jpg

oldmanshirt · #**990** Posted **May 23, 2008, 3:22 PM**

Wow, that thing is huge!

sirkingwilliam · #**991** Posted **May 23, 2008, 4:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by jaga185

Yeah, the name is all in good fun.

Awesome pic! Vidorra stands out a lot in that location.

That area east of 37 and downtown (where the picture is taken from) is so ripe for urban development.

I really hope this made the Arts and Entertainment District and not the at&t center area as well as along Commerce which seems to be the first choice for the city.

The Model · #**992** Posted **May 23, 2008, 5:01 PM**

Vistana only gots two more floors to go before work on the tower starts.
The tower will be at the corner of Commerce and Santa Rosa, I really think
that there should also me another tower at Houston street and Santa Rosa.
The people at the Vistana would make more money on another penthouse to sell.

The Vistana has more floors then the Santa Rosa Hospital, but it still hasn't passed up in height.

As far as the Vidorra goes, its looks good when your close by, but from Alamo Stadium, its harely noticeable, and looks small. To bad the plan didn't stay to make the Vidorra 25 floors.
I'm on the Vidorra email list, and they have officially topped out. Crane will come down in mid June.

adtobias · #**993** Posted **May 23, 2008, 5:34 PM**

to bad it could not have been about 14 15 stories higher

KeepSanAntonioLame · #**994** Posted **May 23, 2008, 9:01 PM**

It looks really good if you look west on Commerce, almost like the emily morgan hotel on Houston.

ydoc14 · #**995** Posted **May 24, 2008, 2:28 AM**

Taken by tonysix00 @ Flickr

oldmanshirt · #**996** Posted **May 24, 2008, 3:22 AM**

The clouds in the second pic look amazing

KeepSanAntonioLame · #**997** Posted **May 26, 2008, 11:36 PM**

Is the vidorra supposed to look like this

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/197...ingsvidda3.jpg

or this

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2...dingvi1yk1.jpg

I know its supposed to be two towers, but the design is different in the two pictures.

alexjon · #**998** Posted **May 26, 2008, 11:56 PM**

^^^ The first

oldmanshirt · #**999** Posted **May 27, 2008, 12:58 AM**

Can't you tell, K.S.A.L.?? The second one is way to cool to ever have a place in San Antonio's skyline

KeepSanAntonioLame · #**1000** Posted **May 27, 2008, 1:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by oldmanshirt

Can't you tell, K.S.A.L.?? The second one is way to cool to ever have a place in San Antonio's skyline

My bad. I shoulda known the cardinal rule of San Antonio high rises: If it's insanely tall/awesome, build it in Houston.