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Old Posted Feb 22, 2022, 8:26 PM
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I got word yesterday that this thing is a go
Good to hear, but not shocking.
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Old Posted Feb 22, 2022, 9:05 PM
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Just curious as to why there has been no public announcements yet. No hotel operator. No condo sales website or sales center opening. No lead office tenant. Etc...
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Just curious as to why there has been no public announcements yet. No hotel operator. No condo sales website or sales center opening. No lead office tenant. Etc...
The site plan has not been approved. Usually announcements happen right after that. Approval has seemed imminent for a long time, but they must be expecting it to be finally approved soon because they filed for the right of way construction closures for April.
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Old Posted Feb 25, 2022, 6:02 PM
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Old Posted Feb 25, 2022, 8:14 PM
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I think it looks like a giraffe neck. Hence, The Giraffe.
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Supposing you are a fan of another city's sports teams, Austin having a team in the same league would still be a plus for you.

The Rangers, or Cowboys, or Spurs, or whatever would ome and play games in Austin if it had a team in those leagues.
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Old Posted Mar 3, 2022, 6:40 PM
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FYI, walked past the site today and they've already started placing the retaining walls of the new Waller Creek path, where it emerges from the Cesar Chavez bridge.

There's a good chance that we'll see a much improved creek experience well before we see height.
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Old Posted Mar 3, 2022, 9:17 PM
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The off topic nonsense went on too long. It was dumped in the Misc. thread.
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The off topic nonsense went on too long. It was dumped in the Misc. thread.
Thank you, ATX.

Any updates on this beast, peeps?
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Old Posted Mar 3, 2022, 10:24 PM
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Thank you, ATX.

Any updates on this beast, peeps?
Just what We vs us said about the wall. It's a very substantial wall, and it's going up rather fast.
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The fence is the dividing line between Travis and 98RR site prep.


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What I would love to see is a rendering of the tower in the context of the overall skyline. Something that can convey a good sense of scale compared to our current tallest buildings.

The closest I have seen thus far was from this rendering, albeit with the older design.



https://imgur.com/N14NBwh
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What I would love to see is a rendering of the tower in the context of the overall skyline. Something that can convey a good sense of scale compared to our current tallest buildings.

The closest I have seen thus far was from this rendering, albeit with the older design.



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What could have been.
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Old Posted Mar 4, 2022, 7:50 PM
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That rendering seems undersized to me. It should be taller up against the Fairmont, IMO.
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I think the Fairmont is taller in the rendering than in real life also; more floors than it really has and minus the mast.
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The Fairmont's glass is extended to the height of its spire in that rendering. The height is technically accurate, but the look isn't.
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Old Posted Mar 4, 2022, 8:42 PM
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What Echostatic said. Looks like the artist probably just looked up the height and designed some generic version of it, without realizing the tower doesn't actually reach to the tip of the "spire".
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Old Posted Mar 4, 2022, 8:55 PM
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Now that makes more sense. I await grand renderings and official start.
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I believe that once this is topped out, it will look every inch of its 1022 feet. My neck is already aching from looking up from the base...or as close as I can get to it. The renderings will never get close to properly give us the true perspective of its height. It begs us to be patient to see the end results. A lesson I learned a while back. While I may be a tad disappointed with the overall design, I think in a few years, most of us will be raving about this thing. The same can be said for 6th and Guad.
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Old Posted Mar 5, 2022, 4:48 AM
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I'm fine with it purely on the basis that it is a supertall that will also be the tallest in Texas, but we desperately need a few others like it that are better designed IMO, because a fairly average tower being the tallest one is kind of lame.

Based on how hot Austin has been and will continue to be, we deserve a supertall that is world-class in the way it looks and feels.
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