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the Genral · #**161** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 3:15 AM**

I must say, the reflective glass sort of makes up for this building's, ahem, short comings.

drummer · #**162** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 6:12 AM**

^Gives new meaning to "it's all done with mirrors..."

lzppjb · #**163** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 8:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by drummer

^Gives new meaning to "it's all done with mirrors..."

It's the mirrors.

corvairkeith · #**164** Posted **Dec 5, 2015, 10:15 PM**

The crane is coming down today.

LoneStarMike · #**165** Posted **Dec 13, 2015, 11:42 AM**

From December 4, 2015

AustinGoesVertical · #**166** Posted **Dec 13, 2015, 9:51 PM**

Looks like we might see that shiny metal facade cover that blank wall soon.

corvairkeith · #**167** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 1:22 AM**

1-13-16

wwmiv · #**168** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 3:21 AM**

This one is so fucking boring.

drummer · #**169** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 3:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by wwmiv

This one is so fucking boring.

....so you like it?

drummer · #**170** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 3:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by corvairkeith

1-13-16

This photo makes me glad that our Trulocks didn't turn out like the one in Uptown Dallas with a massive surface parking lot.

KevinFromTexas · #**171** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 9:07 AM**

It is very Domain-y, or by the highway-esque if you like. It's not horrible, but it isn't downtown material. This is one of those moments when I look at a building and ask myself: is this building memorable enough that it could become a landmark that visitors to Austin would be excited to see, or even upon seeing it, would they be? It's not horrible, but thinking back to the days of film cameras when you only had a finite amount of film in your pocket to work with, I probably wouldn't have taken a picture of this building, and instead saved my film for more interesting and iconic buildings that would help me remember my trip to this place. But still, if it were at the Domain, but I'd be like, whoa, that's a tall building for this area. But downtown, meh.

drummer · #**172** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 9:24 AM**

^ That's a fair assessment, I think. It certainly looks like a lot of freeway buildings in DFW or North 281 in San Antonio.

corvairkeith · #**173** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 2:51 PM**

It's not an ugly building, it's just so boring and unremarkable. I think its biggest problem right now is that it stands out because while it's not very tall it's surrounded by one and two story buildings and surface lots. Hopefully if Hotel ZaZa, 405 Colorado, and 416 Congress get built this will fade into the background as filler.

wwmiv · #**174** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 5:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by drummer

....so you like it?

lol.

ivanwolf · #**175** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 9:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by wwmiv

This one is so fucking boring.

the Genral · #**176** Posted **Jan 15, 2016, 1:52 AM**

I agree with everyone, but as a filler building, I don't hate it, from a ground level from the street view, it will be pretty cool, from a distance skyline add, it sucks.

ivanwolf · #**177** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 8:42 PM**

Looking down from 7th today this building looks the same as the Colorado, same glass and feel. Its like the people who built the Colorado realized they made a boo boo and should of made there's taller. So they just built a second building instead.

Tech House · #**178** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 7:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by ivanwolf

Looking down from 7th today this building looks the same as the Colorado, same glass and feel. Its like the people who built the Colorado realized they made a boo boo and should of made there's taller. So they just built a second building instead.

Too funny! But it's a pretty good explanation of this thing's origins.

KevinFromTexas · #**179** Posted **Feb 17, 2016, 1:55 AM**

I like the theory that it could be vertically expanded. It really is a decent building, and it's begging for a nice topper.

Over Austin / Christopher V. Sherman - https://www.facebook.com/overaustin/...type=3&theater

_Matt · #**180** Posted **Feb 17, 2016, 4:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by ivanwolf

Looking down from 7th today this building looks the same as the Colorado, same glass and feel. Its like the people who built the Colorado realized they made a boo boo and should of made there's taller. So they just built a second building instead.

Agree it's very similar in parts of the surface, but in form it is critically missing the cool dual-building effect seen from the southwest (e.g. Butler park)

PS. Edit as a side note, you can quickly gauge Butler Park photo date if Frost shaft is visible, in which case it is <=2015.