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IluvATX · #**1421** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 8:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mopacs

VERY impressive! Could you capture a few shots from the north? One I'd be interested in is from the 35 upper decks approaching downtown near UT. Distant shots should really capture the height of 6x and others.

Second that. And great shots all around. Thank you.

Speculator · #**1422** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 11:16 PM**

Echostatic · #**1423** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 11:44 PM**

Damn, that's a big hole.

clubtokyo · #**1424** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 12:24 AM**

What are the tiny buildings next to it? Lol

Jdawgboy · #**1425** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 2:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by Echostatic

Damn, that's a big hole.

That's what he said...

Okay on a serious note, the footprint is massive. I don't think anything else in terms of constructed towers in Austin can compare. One Congress Plaza used the whole block but that was to dig down to give it that lowered open area outside.

H2O · #**1426** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 1:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

That's what he said...

Okay on a serious note, the footprint is massive. I don't think anything else in terms of constructed towers in Austin can compare. One Congress Plaza used the whole block but that was to dig down to give it that lowered open area outside.

I can think of quite a few examples:

City Hall is a full block, without the carve out for an historic house, and parts of the garage extend out under the ROW.

AMLI Downtown has a full block of underground parking.

Northshore has a full block of underground parking.

Seaholm underground parking is about a full block.

Whole Foods underground parking is larger than a standard city block.

etc.

GoldenBoot · #**1427** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 4:02 PM**

The W...

Jdawgboy · #**1428** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 4:07 PM**

I was thinking just highrises so Northshore, W. But thanks for the input.

ahealy · #**1429** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 4:08 PM**

Pelli Sail, Proper, 500 W. 2nd..... lol

Oh wait UNDERGROUND PARKING. My bad.

smith_atx · #**1430** Posted **Feb 14, 2020, 1:12 PM**

This project has closed the bus lane on Guadalupe at 7th and 6th. It's really made a bad impact on bus travel time at rush hour. Anyone know if the lane closure is temporary or until the building finishes?

H2O · #**1431** Posted **Feb 14, 2020, 2:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by ahealy

Pelli Sail, Proper, 500 W. 2nd..... lol

Oh wait UNDERGROUND PARKING. My bad.

Block 185 (Pelli Sail) and 500 W 2nd both have underground parking, but are not full blocks. But then neither is 6 x Guadalupe, so 185 might be close to the same size.

ahealy · #**1432** Posted **Feb 14, 2020, 9:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by H2O

Block 185 (Pelli Sail) and 500 W 2nd both have underground parking, but are not full blocks. But then neither is 6 x Guadalupe, so 185 might be close to the same size.

THEY AREN'T???!!! My mind is blown with all of this.

KevinFromTexas · #**1433** Posted **Feb 15, 2020, 12:13 AM**

Our only true full block "tower" is the Omni Hotel. It's a million square foot 200 footer. It's big, even if half of that is technically the biggest atrium in the city.

zrx299 · #**1434** Posted **Feb 15, 2020, 1:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Our only true full block "tower" is the Omni Hotel. It's a million square foot 200 footer. It's big, even if half of that is technically the biggest atrium in the city.

Ah yes, the good ol' inward facing atrium style hotels of the 70s & 80s.
When downtowns across America were "scary" and completely shutdown at 5pm.

"Don't go outside at night!"

Geckos_Rule · #**1435** Posted **Feb 15, 2020, 3:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Our only true full block "tower" is the Omni Hotel. It's a million square foot 200 footer. It's big, even if half of that is technically the biggest atrium in the city.

Excuse me, but aren't you forgetting the Hobby Building?? Don't disrespect a legend like that...

Jdawgboy · #**1436** Posted **Feb 15, 2020, 4:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule

Excuse me, but aren't you forgetting the Hobby Building?? Don't disrespect a legend like that...

My friend who works at Hobby says it's technically 3 buildings merged together. She told me one time how confusing the layout is. When she started working there several years ago she would get lost all the time.

hookem · #**1437** Posted **Feb 15, 2020, 5:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

My friend who works at Hobby says it's technically 3 buildings merged together. She told me one time how confusing the layout is. When she started working there several years ago she would get lost all the time.

Not saying it's a good thing, but personally I love buildings that you can get lost in. It's such a statement to architecture in general that you could so disorient someone on what is essentially a small footprint (if it were, say, an empty lot). I remember when I first came to Austin, visiting someone in one of those 80's hillside tree-house style homes, an getting confused about where things were and what level was the exit and what was a deck or yard. It was fascinating to me. I still love houses like that.

g-man435 · #**1438** Posted **Feb 15, 2020, 3:09 PM**

From the sky: https://i.ibb.co/MRtLwgV/30-CD8-B40-...016-EDB4-A.jpg

zrx299 · #**1439** Posted **Feb 15, 2020, 4:48 PM**

Apologies since this has probably been asked before, but what's the story with that house or building in the NE corner of the lot?

AusTex · #**1440** Posted **Feb 15, 2020, 6:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by g-man435

From the sky: https://i.ibb.co/MRtLwgV/30-CD8-B40-...016-EDB4-A.jpg

Are they now digging in Blackland Clay or some type of Tar Sands? Does anyone know what the black earth is?