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ahealy · #**1741** Posted **Feb 15, 2022, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

"More prominent" is relative. The Library Tower in LA (US Bank) is a gorgeous building. This design is very different, and not as good as the original proposal (in my and many others' opinions). It may end up being four feet taller, but its prominence is dependent upon one's criteria to judge it so.

Yeah, with you on all that. I was a little too excited on the prominence part. lol...

Library is one of my fav American skyscrapers for sure. If only we had something in that vein

urbancore · #**1742** Posted **Feb 15, 2022, 6:18 PM**

Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul…….

Strayone · #**1743** Posted **Feb 15, 2022, 8:28 PM**

Notice that it widens from the 2nd pedestal to the top. It would need a big redo of the upper/condo tower portion in order to get a pointy crown. But yeah that would be great if it were to have a sharp point, then just add a beautiful spire and it could top out at 1200 feet!

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Originally Posted by ahealy

I wonder if they have the funds to add such a crown....that would totally be iconic forever. Even if something taller came along, the location would always be front and center.

I think that's it, it just needs something sharp OR a flat beveled / lit crown.

JACKinBeantown · #**1744** Posted **Feb 15, 2022, 10:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by ahealy

Yeah, with you on all that. I was a little too excited on the prominence part. lol...

Library is one of my fav American skyscrapers for sure. If only we had something in that vein

Don't get me wrong; this one won't be bad. It will look like something out of Toronto.

migol24 · #**1745** Posted **Feb 16, 2022, 1:23 AM**

This tower is going to be prominent whether it's ugly or not. And I am still confident that it's going to look a lot better than the actual renderings.

myBrain · #**1746** Posted **Feb 16, 2022, 2:15 AM**

I would imagine the major renderings are yet to be released. So far we've only really seen the base in high detail, and that was to win approval with the city. We haven't seen all that much of the tower itself.

This is a supertall from one of the most prominent architecture firms in the world, and they're going to need to market both the office and residential components. I think we're going to get some high quality renderings from more angles and more opinions will come around to it.

Jdawgboy · #**1747** Posted **Feb 16, 2022, 4:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by myBrain

I would imagine the major renderings are yet to be released. So far we've only really seen the base in high detail, and that was to win approval with the city. We haven't seen all that much of the tower itself.

This is a supertall from one of the most prominent architecture firms in the world, and they're going to need to market both the office and residential components. I think we're going to get some high quality renderings from more angles and more opinions will come around to it.

I agree... Aside from the base, we have not seen any cleaned up graphically detailed renderings of the tower yet. I think the final renderings are coming at some point hopefully within the first half of this year.

The ATX · #**1748** Posted **Feb 16, 2022, 4:49 PM**

This photo from a couple days ago shows how close the Travis, 80 RR & 98 RR projects are. That would be ~600', ~800' & ~1,000' towers lined up like dominoes. That will make for a nice skyline photo Op.

It looks like the 98 RR site is in full on site prep mode. When I went by the site yesterday, there was an excavator that would probably be out of view in this photo due to an increasing pile of dirt digging at creek level.

https://twitter.com/TheATX1/status/1493644784421978117

agsatx88 · #**1749** Posted **Feb 18, 2022, 2:22 PM**

Permit for gravity wall construction at 98 RR. Part of site prep?

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=249656

The ATX · #**1750** Posted **Feb 18, 2022, 3:01 PM**

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Permit for gravity wall construction at 98 RR. Part of site prep?

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=249656

It also says limestone wall. To me that may be more of a decorative wall - maybe the wall/embankment between the newly widened Waller Creek and the tower?

Geckos_Rule · #**1751** Posted **Feb 18, 2022, 3:47 PM**

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It also says limestone wall. To me that may be more of a decorative wall - maybe the wall/embankment between the newly widened Waller Creek and the tower?

That's what I'd imagine it must be. There's no real need for a specific wall elsewhere, and with the excavation they did around Waller Creek recently, I wouldn't be terribly confident that the dirt has the structural stability to support a building otherwise...

Either way, hopefully this will be part of their effort to make that area of Waller Creek a nice place to walk around and an extension of town lake trail.

sewaneetigers · #**1752** Posted **Feb 21, 2022, 3:49 AM**

How is this not approved? We know who is building the other two on 80 and where; the site is pretty much a Lincoln shrine with major demo underway.

sewaneetigers · #**1753** Posted **Feb 22, 2022, 7:38 PM**

I got word yesterday that this thing is a go

StoOgE · #**1754** 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.

ILUVSAT · #**1755** Posted **Feb 22, 2022, 9:05 PM**

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 ATX · #**1756** Posted **Feb 22, 2022, 9:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

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.

The ATX · #**1757** Posted **Feb 23, 2022, 8:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule

That's what I'd imagine it must be. There's no real need for a specific wall elsewhere, and with the excavation they did around Waller Creek recently, I wouldn't be terribly confident that the dirt has the structural stability to support a building otherwise...

Either way, hopefully this will be part of their effort to make that area of Waller Creek a nice place to walk around and an extension of town lake trail.

I just noticed that there is a rather far a long decorative limestone wall being built near Cesar Chavez in the newly excavated area near the creek.

gillynova · #**1758** Posted **Feb 25, 2022, 6:02 PM**

the Genral · #**1759** Posted **Feb 25, 2022, 8:14 PM**

I think it looks like a giraffe neck. Hence, The Giraffe.

Lobotomizer · #**1760** Posted **Mar 3, 2022, 6:37 PM**

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.