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The ATX · #**441** Posted **Mar 20, 2019, 1:08 PM**

From this weekend.

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Urbannizer · #**442** Posted **Apr 11, 2019, 10:20 PM**

Urbannizer · #**443** Posted **Apr 22, 2019, 5:11 PM**

corvairkeith · #**444** Posted **May 16, 2019, 2:02 AM**

AusTex · #**445** Posted **May 19, 2019, 4:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by corvairkeith

I am glad that Bob's is remaining. Austin is a the point of destroying The Warehouse District as a night life area if we loose any more low rise buildings. The cost to rent and the "feel" of a space in a new high rise keeps out most of our locally grown establishments. Certainly the ambiance of the district needs to stay in the low rise / human scale, zone. All tall buildings will kill the night life and the district as we know it. It may have tipped already.

Urbannizer · #**446** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 3:24 AM**

enragedcamel · #**447** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 3:58 AM**

Um, is it me, or is one of those columns not straight?

Jdawgboy · #**448** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 4:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by AusTex

I am glad that Bob's is remaining. Austin is a the point of destroying The Warehouse District as a night life area if we loose any more low rise buildings. The cost to rent and the "feel" of a space in a new high rise keeps out most of our locally grown establishments. Certainly the ambiance of the district needs to stay in the low rise / human scale, zone. All tall buildings will kill the night life and the district as we know it. It may have tipped already.

agreed on all points. Hopefully we can keep the bare bones of what's left.

Jdawgboy · #**449** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 4:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by enragedcamel

Um, is it me, or is one of those columns not straight?

No it's not you, that column is definitely angled. That first level corner is also sagging compared to the ones above. Has to be intentional and if not, then they have a very serious problem on their hands....

The ATX · #**450** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 9:35 AM**

As long as most of the columns on each floor are straight, I think we're good.

Billy Cannon · #**451** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 12:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by enragedcamel

Um, is it me, or is one of those columns not straight?

Go check out all the massive columns on 70 Rainy's amenities deck

Geckos_Rule · #**452** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 2:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

No it's not you, that column is definitely angled. That first level corner is also sagging compared to the ones above. Has to be intentional and if not, then they have a very serious problem on their hands....

It looks like the ramp to get into the parking garage. I assume they designed the rest of the floors with the columns closer together, but had to spread those out a bit. I honestly like the look of it, but I'm assuming it will be all covered up when it's done.

Sigaven · #**453** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 4:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

No it's not you, that column is definitely angled. That first level corner is also sagging compared to the ones above. Has to be intentional and if not, then they have a very serious problem on their hands....

I think that is an optical illusion because some of the concrete is sloping upward (since it is a parking garage after all)

We vs us · #**454** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 4:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sigaven

I think that is an optical illusion because some of the concrete is sloping upward (since it is a parking garage after all)

Nope, it's real. I've seen it in person. It's bizarro.

the Genral · #**455** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 5:03 PM**

I think they had to make the entrance to the parking garage wider and used this angled column to give a 2 lane entry / exit. If they followed through to the top totally straight vertically, it would have thrown off the rest of the design of the building, especially that corner to the roof which looks like its going to be a stairwell, probably with regulated minimum dimensions.

enragedcamel · #**456** Posted **Jun 5, 2019, 5:32 PM**

I see, the column is angled not inwards, but to the side, in order to make the parking entrance wider. Makes sense now.

ahealy · #**457** Posted **Jun 6, 2019, 3:38 AM**

This looks totally fucked up on first viewing tbqh...

corvairkeith · #**458** Posted **Jun 6, 2019, 4:08 AM**

I have a feeling the Indeed Tower (Block 71) is also going to look pretty strange as it gets around this height.

zrx299 · #**459** Posted **Jun 6, 2019, 3:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by AusTex

I am glad that Bob's is remaining. Austin is a the point of destroying The Warehouse District as a night life area if we loose any more low rise buildings. The cost to rent and the "feel" of a space in a new high rise keeps out most of our locally grown establishments. Certainly the ambiance of the district needs to stay in the low rise / human scale, zone. All tall buildings will kill the night life and the district as we know it. It may have tipped already.

Then the tax man comes knocking and wants you to pay 2x, 3x, 4x more in taxes based on mythical, arbitrary unrealized value appreciation of your property (or the landlord passes that on to the tenant's lease). This is how we get $6 coffees, $9 beers, and $17 cheeseburger & fries. Local joints get pushed out, replaced with boring, sterile corporate chains that can absorb and spread costs around.

The Warehouse District type places, and also Rainey bungalows, will inevitably get re-created in/move to East Austin. ...and the cycle repeats

urbancore · #**460** Posted **Jun 6, 2019, 3:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by zrx299

The Warehouse District type places, and also Rainey bungalows, will inevitably get re-created in/move to East Austin. ...and the cycle repeats

yep....