While everything was still green in Austin

KevinFromTexas · #1 Posted **Nov 30, 2008, 6:57 AM**

I took these on 11/1 just as the fall colors started popping up. I need to go back out for another round because the fall colors have been decent this year.

SoCo Lofts progress.

I was worried about those guys in the cherry picker.

Don Mar Motel site cleared.

Some 360 attention.

360 Condominiums - 563 feet - 44 floors (473 feet to the roof).

Four Seasons Residences - 394 feet - 32 floors. This building will have the highest rooftop swimming pool in Texas.

Spring - 427 feet - 43 floors.

The Ashton & 100 Congress.

The Ashton base.

The Ashton - 412 feet - 36 floors.

The Ashton.

The Austonian (left) and The Ashton (right) under construction.

The Austonian - 683 feet - 56 floors.

The Austonian.

The Monarch.

New esplanade along Cesar Chavez Street.

Cranes for the 476 foot, 35-story W Austin Hotel & Residences.

21Rio - 236 feet - 21 floors. An apartment tower north of Downtown and west of the UT Campus. It's ~22 blocks north of where I took this photo.

Cranes for the 476 foot, 35-story W Austin Hotel & Residences. Once complete, it'll have the 2nd highest roof in the city.

I was editing the photos for this thread on election night, and I kid you not, as I was working on this one, they announced Barack Obama's election for the presidency.

Thanks for looking.

Boris · #2 Posted **Nov 30, 2008, 3:54 PM**

Great photos.

This one was my favorite. What type of grass is that?

Jeeper · #3 Posted **Nov 30, 2008, 4:26 PM**

Damn Kevin, that's a wonderful set. One of the best I've seen from ya. What's your Flickr name so I can add you as a contact?

Edit: Nevermind, Kevinfromtexas seemed like the obvious choice.

LoneStarMike · #4 Posted **Dec 1, 2008, 12:43 AM**

Nice shots. You got a couple of good ones of 21 Rio. SoCo Lofts - are those the ones on S. Congress next to the post office just south of Ben White, or is that a different development?

I was going to try to get out this weekend to take more photos to add to the ones I already posted but I just couldn't get motivated.

Paul in S.A TX · #5 Posted **Dec 1, 2008, 1:25 AM**

Austin is looking awesome!!!!!

Austin55 · #6 Posted **Dec 1, 2008, 3:12 AM**

That 2nd 360 shot is frikin epic.

Texas Tuff · #7 Posted **Dec 2, 2008, 1:02 AM**

Very nice shots!

KevinFromTexas · #8 Posted **Dec 2, 2008, 3:39 AM**

Thanks guys.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

This one was my favorite. What type of grass is that?

I'm not sure. I like it though. There's some more of it on the other side of the park, and in the late afternoon the sunlight shines through it and it almst glows.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoneStarMike

SoCo Lofts - are those the ones on S. Congress next to the post office just south of Ben White, or is that a different development?

Yep. You can see the post office to the right in the first shot.