Austin | Hilton Garden 17th Street Hotel | 230 Feet | 18 Floors | Complete - Page 5

Echostatic · #81 Posted **Apr 30, 2020, 8:13 PM**

Totally forgot about this one. The windows look pretty good on the first few floors.

Urbannizer · #82 Posted **Jun 16, 2020, 8:04 PM**

Hilton Garden Inn by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

clubtokyo · #83 Posted **Jun 16, 2020, 9:21 PM**

Wow I feel like this one moved fast?

We vs us · #84 Posted **Jun 16, 2020, 11:15 PM**

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Wow I feel like this one moved fast?

SUPER fast. Of course, we were also quarantining during much of it, so . . .

Echostatic · #85 Posted **Jun 17, 2020, 4:18 AM**

This is interestingly slender for a 230 foot tower. I'm really liking this siding, whatever material is is.

Urbannizer · #86 Posted **Jun 18, 2020, 10:38 PM**

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...79084681_zpid/

Urbannizer · #87 Posted **Jul 7, 2020, 1:51 AM**

Capitol Sunset by Justin Hall, on Flickr

We vs us · #88 Posted **Jul 7, 2020, 2:08 AM**

Wow. Almost completely done with the curtain wall.

And just like that --*blink*-- we've got another Hilton Garden Inn.

austin242 · #89 Posted **Jul 21, 2020, 6:02 PM**

This thing is topped out.

MichaelB · #90 Posted **Sep 26, 2020, 2:52 PM**

Crane coming down!

Urbannizer · #91 Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 2:53 AM**

Mostly internal work now.

H2O · #92 Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 3:49 PM**

Jeez that went up fast! Or has my world come to a standstill and I haven't driven up Lavaca in 9 months?

We vs us · #93 Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 4:10 PM**

Currently staffing up, but not clear when the opening date is.

resansom · #94 Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 4:43 PM**

Please tell me they are going to paint that blank concrete wall. Please. How about a nice, Austin-weird, artsy mural?

MichaelB · #95 Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 4:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by resansom

Please tell me they are going to paint that blank concrete wall. Please. How about a nice, Austin-weird, artsy mural?

Acutually, live, the formed concrete is the most interesting material on the building at this point.

It's really a unfortunately cheap feeling finish out. I'm sure it was a client need for inexpensive build for what started as a suburban sub-brand.
The folly behind the fence also has some unfortunate "stone" that is being added to the originally dark brick that will undoubtedly take the "edge" off the warehouse feel the ground level originally had.
On the plus side, at least the architects tried to play with a graphic that will pull the building out of totally design oblivion.
Ouch.ooops. ( sorry , I blame the crappy week)

the Genral · #96 Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 5:27 PM**

I actually don't think the south side looks that bad. The textured cement worries me that it might develop staining eventually, but it looks better than other bare cement walls I've seen, plus its relatively small compared to the rest of the building. I give this box a B- mostly because its away from downtown and near the rest of the meh structures near the campus. It has skyline merit where it sits.

Urbannizer · #97 Posted **Jun 29, 2021, 7:25 PM**

We vs us · #98 Posted **Jun 29, 2021, 7:45 PM**

Boy that blank concrete wall just screams out "build something that covers me up."

Makes me wonder if there're plans for the rest of that block. At least a couple of those storefronts look possibly historical, or historical adjacent.

myBrain · #99 Posted **Jun 29, 2021, 8:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

Boy that blank concrete wall just screams out "build something that covers me up."

Makes me wonder if there're plans for the rest of that block. At least a couple of those storefronts look possibly historical, or historical adjacent.

Or just give it a mural. Especially if you're trying to attract the flashpacker set.

Urbannizer · #**100** Posted **Jul 9, 2021, 1:36 AM**