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Originally Posted by Syndic
Whoa, whoa, guys. Slow down. I need time to process all of this (awesome) information.
So, it looks like that Hotel Zaza won't be very charming from the outside. It seems as though all of their hotels leave much to be desired in the looks department and it's hard to tell anything from that rendering. I hope we're not just getting another bland-looking hotel. We've already got plenty of those.
This other hotel is one of my favorites, though. I'm not a big fan of the step-back, but it's a cool-looking building and will include a live music venue, which is different. I can't read the article because I don't have a subscription. But what are the chances of the City Council approving this?
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Yeah, my reaction to the Hotel ZaZa was just kind of meh. I do like the location, though. The 800-804 Hotel, though, is one of the nicer buildings planned in Austin. It really doesn't matter that the tower steps back from the street. What does matter is that the base is right up to the street, and it is. And I like the design. It reminds me of the Carnegie Tower in New York.
Anyway, both of these projects will do a lot of good for their neighborhoods. Both are going in kind of dead areas of downtown.