UtterlyUrban Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Austin gets a 58 story residential condo building downtown. Houston gets ..... ....... ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 10 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said: Austin gets a 58 story residential condo building downtown. Houston gets ..... ....... ........ Gross Metropolitan Product (USMayors.org Metro Economies Report) AUS 2014 114.8 billion/yr AUS 2015 119.5 b AUS 2016 125.3 b HOU 2014 523.1 b HOU 2015 498.5 b HOU 2016 491.3 b That's why. Metroeconomies_USMayors_2014-7est.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Austin's massive traffic problems are likely making its downtown living relatively more attractive than it is here. They have one downtown that is pretty much a bear to get to. We have at least four downtown like business districts plus the actual capital D Downtown, and getting from our outer burbs to Downtown isn't nearly as punishing as it is in Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 The Jenga look would be appealing if the curtain wall were to be finished more like Sackman's tower coming out of the ground since August at 70 Rainey, over by I-35 -- shown here in a render of theirs passed to Culturemap this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 That looks like a building that is slowly being reclaimed by nature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 A Mayan parking garage, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 6/16, the level shifting to the west is complete The Independent by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr The Independent by [url=https://w The Independent by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr Untitled by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr Untitled by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Pics from the weekend. Starting to really climb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 What a beautiful building. I live in Houston and wish we could get a tower like that. Austin's skyline has come a long way. But good luck with traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Houston is getting a pretty similar tower on Kirby, am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Climbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 In Seattle, there's a similar Jenga-like condo tower going up. I like the way the architects rotated the blocks slightly about the vertical axis of the building. OTOH, I think the skin of The Independent is more attractive than the Seattle tower, at least judging from the rendering of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Some pics of the building and others going up around it. Crazy that none of these were here 5-10 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Nice. definitely Houston's best suburb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 One reaction to bad traffic: build the housing within walking distance so you don’t have to drive in the bad traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 On 12/1/2017 at 11:36 AM, EllenOlenska said: Houston is getting a pretty similar tower on Kirby, am I right? 39-story Hanover tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 This is complete https://www.flickr.com/photos/munna82/47933204836 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 8 hours ago, Urbannizer said: This is complete https://www.flickr.com/photos/munna82/47933204836 wow look at that austin skyline... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Off topic and probably would never happen but Austin needs an NBA team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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