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[mercury6]

Crane City

[gillynova]

Thank you for all those angles @Mopacs

The type of content I love to see on here!

[Urbannizer]

Texas National Guard trains for rescue missions by Charles Spirtos, on Flickr

[Urbannizer]

COVID_19 + Murder Hornets + Riots + Protests + Blood Monkeys + Sahara Desert Dust Storm = 2020. by Jac Malloy, on Flickr

[KevinFromTexas]

KVUE tv tower cam view.

https://www.facebook.com/KVUEinsider...4239416041242/

[Riverranchdrone]

[Riverranchdrone]

[We vs us]

Great pics!

I'm really impressed with this whole project, TBH. Compared to other projects around town, Highland is just kind of quietly chugging along . . . but the density it's generating is really kind of amazing, especially given the surroundings.

[Echostatic]

I've lived in Austin for 14 years and I don't think I've ever been to that part of town. Sure looks like a lot of old hotels around there.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by Echostatic

I've lived in Austin for 14 years and I don't think I've ever been to that part of town. Sure looks like a lot of old hotels around there.

Yeah, it's in a strange spot -- butts up against a couple of neighborhoods, a lot of medium-value mid-rise office buildings, and a strip of select service hotels along I-35. The hotels aren't particularly seedy (at the least most of them, as far as I can tell) but also not a huge gorgeousness factor, either. For me, that's turned into a huge black hole sucking down the entire area. Instead -- lots of great new housing, ACC, city offices, etc. It's great.

[hookem]

Originally Posted by Echostatic

I've lived in Austin for 14 years and I don't think I've ever been to that part of town. Sure looks like a lot of old hotels around there.

Lived in Austin for 31 years, but probably have been there maybe once or twice in the past 14. But before that, it used to be a hotbed of activity. Highland Mall and the Lincoln center shops were the major shopping area in Austin for awhile. The food court was so popular it actually caused some problems near the end. The hotels there were primarily for the airport and the bus station. The actual area adjacent to Mueller was way too dumpy for anyone to put a hotel at the time, so they ended up along I35.

Things have really changed there.

[clubtokyo]

That construction equipment site, old strip mall and now demolished cattle steak house has a lot of potential for a re-imagined site.

[myBrain]

The views of downtown from Highland (my dentist's office is at the top, ~5-6th floor, of one of the older office buildings there) are honestly some of my favorite in Austin. There's just this carpet of trees all the way to campus, which then builds up to the skyscrapers stretching across the horizon downtown. Really wish we had some taller buildings 3-4 miles north and south of downtown that would make those views more accessible, otherwise you really only get to see those kinds of views from highway overpasses.

Should upzone this and the industrial areas lining Ben White to allow for 20-30 story buildings at the least.

[Armybrat]

Originally Posted by hookem

Lived in Austin for 31 years, but probably have been there maybe once or twice in the past 14. But before that, it used to be a hotbed of activity. Highland Mall and the Lincoln center shops were the major shopping area in Austin for awhile. The food court was so popular it actually caused some problems near the end. The hotels there were primarily for the airport and the bus station. The actual area adjacent to Mueller was way too dumpy for anyone to put a hotel at the time, so they ended up along I35.

Things have really changed there.

I used to work at the Webb jr. high on St.John’s 1970-73.
Back then before Highland Mall was built, the property was basically open land with an abandoned orphanage (for AA kids).
When Highland was built around 1972, a lot of the Webb kids would get off their school bus in the morning and walk over to the mall to hang out all day. Lol

[StoOgE]

Originally Posted by hookem

Lived in Austin for 31 years, but probably have been there maybe once or twice in the past 14. But before that, it used to be a hotbed of activity. Highland Mall and the Lincoln center shops were the major shopping area in Austin for awhile. The food court was so popular it actually caused some problems near the end. The hotels there were primarily for the airport and the bus station. The actual area adjacent to Mueller was way too dumpy for anyone to put a hotel at the time, so they ended up along I35.

Things have really changed there.

I can't believe they renamed Lincoln Shopping center the Linc. It's the most "hey fellow kids internet 2.0" naming convention

[texastarkus]

Originally Posted by StoOgE

I can't believe they renamed Lincoln Shopping center the Linc. It's the most "hey fellow kids internet 2.0" naming convention

There was a Bombay Bicycle Company restaurant in Lincoln Village. When I was cheating on my first wife...that is where I took women "AFTER" to eat....(nudge nudge wink wink).

[Tyrone Shoes]

Originally Posted by texastarkus

There was a Bombay Bicycle Company restaurant in Lincoln Village. When I was cheating on my first wife...that is where I took women "AFTER" to eat....(nudge nudge wink wink).

AFTER?????
After what???????

[texastarkus]

Originally Posted by tyrone shoes

after?????
After what???????

afterwards

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by texastarkus

There was a Bombay Bicycle Company restaurant in Lincoln Village. When I was cheating on my first wife...that is where I took women "AFTER" to eat....(nudge nudge wink wink).

This is already the post of the day.

[Armybrat]

Originally Posted by texastarkus

afterwords

You had words?