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At the former Seaholm Power Plant, a mixed-use project is planned that would include a 180-room hotel. Jeff Trigger and his La Corsha Hospitality Group will oversee the construction, management and operations of the hotel, but work may not start until next year, Trigger said.
“Currently, neither we nor the debt financing market are ready to begin construction of the high-rise building where the hotel, office and residential uses will be housed. We hope next year when we are ready, the financing will be as well,” said Trigger, former managing director of the Driskill Hotel.
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SLS looks nice, Gull Wing doors, great front, but that rear?
I like the rear. The front is'nt doing anything for me and the interior does'nt say 'expensive'. Overall its ok, I would'nt get one.
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They made such a poor choice to cut 80 pixels off the length and have two resolutions for App developers to design for.
Also made a poor choice to have no Wi-Fi for the phone. Its looks better than the Pre. Also like the chrome that outlines the Pixi.
I think I'm going to hold off on this one... I feel I got burned on the S30...
Lol, ok. I don't like the interface on the Instincts. Its...odd.
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Wow, very nice.
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Newest IPhone Rival, the Palm Pixi
Palm Pixi annouced and soon headed to sprint.
Hot off the heels of its last webOS phone, Palm has just announced the Pixi, or what was formerly referred to by us (apparently not as cool as Palm staffers) as the Eos, and it will be cozying up to its big brother, the Pre, on Sprint’s shores. It’s a tad bit smaller all around, but that’s to be expected since the device has its keyboard and a 2.63″ touchscreen on the face. The Pixi sports dual-band CDMA and EV-DO Rev A for some speedy Sprint goodness but there’s unfortunately no Wi-Fi. It also has everything you’ve come to expect from a modern-day phone: 3.5mm headset jack, 2 megapixel camera with flash, email/IM support, GPS and 8GB of internal memory. And last but not least, there’s no need to worry — the Pixi also gets some wireless charging love with support for Palm’s Touchstone charging dock. Are you holding your breath or passing on this one?______________
Palm Pre see price cut after Pixi announcment.
Sprint has just cut the price of a shiny new Pre from $299.99 to $249.99 before the $100 mail-in rebate, meaning when all is said and done you’ll be out $149.99. Retail partners such as Best Buy and Amazon are still pricing the handset at $199.99 so for the time being, the new price is Sprint-only. -
Im not with verizon. I did look at their BB Storm. Does not look too bad. I REALLY like the Omnia though. It seems more secure than the BB. Unless the BB has the Bedside Mode that the Bold has. Not sure though.
Right now I have the Instinct 2 from Sprint. Ugh. Smarter than my old phone but not THAT smart. Ugh.
Forgot about this thread. Well I ended up getting the BB Storm, its ok. I love the design but it lags/freezes sometimes. I reaally like the keypad when you text on the phone.
Hey, btw theres a new Instinct that will be released soon its called "Instinct HD".
Instinct HD:
More Here
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Here's something, its from Hyundai. I am so impressed,
its the interior of the 2011 Elantra. There may be a 2-door version that will arrive in 2011 to replace the Tiburon.
More here
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That Volvo's front view screams "2009 Chevy Malibu".
...and the rear screams "2009 Honda Civic". It still looks good to me though, very interesting color.
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2011 Volvo S60 caught with little Camo!
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I wouldn't say it was the best looking car of all time, but it's a darn sight better looking than the current version. It is nowhere near as awkward, and they seemed to have done some de-Banglization and toned down the "flame surfacing".
I really like BMW's new designs. This new 5-series does looks better than ever, but it looks a little to much like the 7-series.
New 2011 C30
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2011 5 - Series
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9/6 By LoneStarMike
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2011 Heavy Duty Dodge Ram
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Texas night out occurs in October.
http://blogs.chron.com/eastharris/2009/01/october_wins_the_nod_for_2009_1.html
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Scirocco interior
2010 Golf - should be available sometime this month
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I think Toyota realized that soulless and bland sells. Volkswagen has never had terribly flash designs, and that may be one thing that people like about them.
Speaking of which, the new Scirocco. It looks like a Golf that was left in the microwave a few minutes.
Thats not the interior for the Scirocco, I like it though.
It seems John Q Facebook agrees with you.
Apparently trying to be "cool" and "with it" Honda introduced the Crosstour on a Facebook page, and the comments were on par with yours. Then Honda got caught removing a number of negative comments, including one defending the Crosstour by a Honda product planner. So they added some corporate PR-speak and changed the photos posted to a red car. Here is what they have to say:
So you see, it isn't that the car is ugly. Perish the thought! The problem was that the photographs didn't do justice to its true magnificence.
Here is what they consider a more flattering shot (they're wrong on that):
This is the Accord 'Tourer' that the rest of the world gets instead.
Hey, almost everyone agrees with me. Have you seen those post by people on facebook? Lol. The Tourer looks waay better than the Crosstour.
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Buick Compact Sedan
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Sorry if some of you are getting Sonata sick, but I just had to post more.
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New Rendering:
Federal courthouse finally breaks ground
By Steven Kreytak | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Thursday, September 03, 2009
From a stage erected on a block of San Antonio Street downtown that will now be closed permanently to vehicles, a string of dignitaries paid tribute Wednesday to the ideals of justice, to Austin and to jump-starting the local economy at a groundbreaking ceremony for the city's new federal courthouse.
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The more than $100 million building was funded this year under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The eight-story building will house the federal district and magistrate courts that are currently in the U.S. Courthouse on West Eighth Street. Other federal support agencies that do not fit in that historical building, such as the probation department, also will move into the new building.
Construction is expected to begin this month and be completed in three years.
Yeakel said that planning for the new courthouse began more than eight years ago. In 2002, federal officials caused a stir when they said they were considering three downtown lots for the building, including the site of the Austin Children's Museum and a lot planned to house a new Austin Museum of Art building.
Local officials and public outcry eventually steered them to the lot across from Republic Square Park where the unfinished Intel Corp. building stood as a reminder of the technology bust. In 2003, $13.8 million was approved for site acquisition and planning. Officials had hoped construction would begin in 2005, but funding for construction never came.
That year, though, the federal budget included $3 million toward demolition and site preparation, and in February 2007, Austin celebrated the downing of what had become known as the "Intel shell."
To the dismay of local federal judges who continued to work on planning the building while managing their dockets, funding never came in 2008 — or this year. But when the economy plummeted and federal officials began asking for "shovel ready projects" to add to an economic stimulus package pushed by President Barack Obama, local officials pointed to the Austin project.
In late March, the White House approved using federal stimulus money to pay for the courthouse.
In July, officials inked a $102 million contract with general contractor White Construction, which has offices in Mississippi and Austin. White recently built the Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas.
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The eight-story, 252,420-square-foot building will be energy-efficient, making extensive use of natural light and capturing rainwater for irrigation. It will have eight courtrooms and chambers for 10 judges.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/09/03/0903courthouse.html
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Just another rendering....
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These are renders of the 2011 Golf CC. It might be revealed at the Frankfurt auto show. Not 100% accurate.
17-Story Hotel Proposed
in Austin
Posted · Edited by Urbannizer
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/realestate/entries/2009/09/09/starwood_hotel_proposed_at_fif.html