AUSTIN | Projects & Construction III - Page 97

The ATX · #**1921** Posted **Apr 4, 2013, 6:45 PM**

Damn. Even all that ran we got couldn't clear off the lens on the JW Marriott Webcam:

http://oxblue.com/open/tournee/jwmarriottaustin

KevinFromTexas · #**1922** Posted **Apr 4, 2013, 11:26 PM**

Austin Skyhouse - 264 feet - 23 floors - working on the 18th floor.

Gables Park Plaza II - 223 feet - 18 floors - topped out (left)

The very top of the building is visible at left. The two cranes are for 3 Eleven Bowie.

RiverView Apartments - 138 feet - 11 floors (right)

ivanwolf · #**1923** Posted **Apr 5, 2013, 2:29 PM**

The Southeast corner of 18th and Guadalupe St is being torn down the last few days. The old Sonic I think. West Campus Apts with 80 units would go here. Site plan has yet to be approved though.

JACKinBeantown · #**1924** Posted **Apr 5, 2013, 8:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

That's my old office window, right above the point of that tree (22 years ago). I imagine the view has changed just a little.

The ATX · #**1925** Posted **Apr 5, 2013, 9:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

That's my old office window, right above the point of that tree (22 years ago). I imagine the view has changed just a little.

I guess that you are in the newspaper business. Is that why you moved to NYC then Boston?

hookem · #**1926** Posted **Apr 6, 2013, 4:43 AM**

Awesome photos Kevin. Really love the twilight shots. The mid-rise infill is quite photogenic, and you got some great angles I don't ever see.

JoninATX · #**1927** Posted **Apr 6, 2013, 5:22 AM**

Thanks Kevin, those are some awesome pictures.

JoninATX · #**1928** Posted **Apr 6, 2013, 9:54 PM**

Glass is now going up at the Gables tower, & also at the Callaway House.

KevinFromTexas · #**1929** Posted **Apr 7, 2013, 1:50 AM**

The crane base is set at Streetlights at Barton Springs. I'm betting they'll be putting up the crane next weekend, no doubt postponing it this weekend. South Congress is a madhouse right now with the Lone Star Rod & Kustom Roundup.

JACKinBeantown · #**1930** Posted **Apr 7, 2013, 2:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hill Country

I guess that you are in the newspaper business. Is that why you moved to NYC then Boston?

Advertising, actually. I was an intern at the Statesman.

lzppjb · #**1931** Posted **Apr 7, 2013, 2:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

The crane base is set at Streetlights at Barton Springs. I'm betting they'll be putting up the crane next weekend, no doubt postponing it this weekend. South Congress is a madhouse right now with the Lone Star Rod & Kustom Roundup.

Are the hot rods all over the place? Or just people?

KevinFromTexas · #**1932** Posted **Apr 7, 2013, 7:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

Are the hot rods all over the place? Or just people?

Cars and people. There was a ton of traffic on South Congress between the bridge and Oltorf. People were sitting out in lawn chairs with coolers watching the cars. Others were walking on the sidewalk and spilling over into the bike lanes taking photos of the cars parked along the street.

I think the show is only Friday and Saturday. I went last year and it was closed on Sunday. If you're wanting to just see the cars, check out the actual car show at the Travis County Expo Center. They also have more to see there and more types of cars. I saw a school bus from 1936 that had been fully restored. And they also have dragsters that they even start up. That was really something to see. You can also have more time to talk to the owners and get better photos if that's what you're into.

But the scene on South Congress was neat. There were all kinds of cars. I saw people sitting out with music from the 50s and 60s playing, and of course there were some pretty cool lowriders. I saw a Lincoln parked on South Congress with hydraulics, and they had the front left wheel about 2 feet off the ground.

I tried getting photos until my battery died. I'll have to post them.

lzppjb · #**1933** Posted **Apr 7, 2013, 11:51 PM**

I did end up driving down Congress last night around midnight. It was almost like I was in a badass car parade, but I was just in a regular ol' Silverado. Saw a ton of old cars. People were enjoying themselves. Seeing all those amazing hot rods and muscle cars on South Congress brought a tear to my eye (well almost).

KevinFromTexas · #**1934** Posted **Apr 9, 2013, 1:24 AM**

This still lists 416 Congress as under development.

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...in-area/nXGXL/

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Posted: 6:01 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2013

4,000 new hotel rooms on the way to Austin area

By Gary Dinges
American-Statesman Staff

The Austin area is in line for more than a dozen hotels in the next two to three years, potentially putting an end to a shortage of rooms that tourism officials say has kept the city from landing many lucrative conventions in recent years.

Combined, the hotels could make 4,000 or more additional rooms available for out-of-towners, also easing space crunches that occur during the Austin City Limits Music Festival, South by Southwest, Formula 1 events and University of Texas football games.

The city currently has about 30,000 rooms, according to figures from the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau, while nearby San Antonio, a longtime favorite of event planners, has an estimated 40,000 rooms.

ahealy · #**1935** Posted **Apr 9, 2013, 4:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

This still lists 416 Congress as under development.

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...in-area/nXGXL/

Yea, and today the Statesman also reported that Trader Joe's @ Seaholm will open in 2014..............................................................

We mostly know more than they do about developments.

StoOgE · #**1936** Posted **Apr 9, 2013, 1:27 PM**

Most likely they are pulling their info from the emerging projects report which is less than up to date.

Excited to be coming back to Austin in June. Looks like a lot of change has happened in the few months I've been gone.

Austin1971 · #**1937** Posted **Apr 9, 2013, 5:31 PM**

Doug Manchester's quote wasn't as emphatic as I would have liked! Man I hope the Fairmont gets built. It's a game changer......

Also Apple's new 5 billion HQ is crazy!

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/bl...rs-swells.html

austin242 · #**1938** Posted **Apr 9, 2013, 8:16 PM**

Austin will have google fiber in 2014 why not just make our headquarters bigger.

WestAustinite · #**1939** Posted **Apr 10, 2013, 1:46 AM**

That small retail development with a huge parking garage above it on the east side of Lamar just south of REI and Book People broke ground today. It's just north of the
Nokonah.

ROCrot · #**1940** Posted **Apr 10, 2013, 5:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by WestAustinite

That small retail development with a huge parking garage above it on the east side of Lamar just south of REI and Book People broke ground today. It's just north of the
Nokonah.

What? Where? How can something be both north of the Nokonah and south of REI and Book People? (Unless it covered the whole area, that is.)