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KevinFromTexas · #**261** Posted **Aug 11, 2020, 9:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

I may have missed it...Did they submit two site plans? How was the 670' height obtained if the site plan says 657'?

Does anyone have Mr. Blume's number for confirmation?

EDIT: Maybe they adjusted the angle of the crown?!? That could be why it has been decreased by only 13' and the floor count remained the same...

There are two sets of elevations with slight design changes to the orientation of the crown and notches.

Check out the posts on page 11.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...240713&page=11

ILUVSAT · #**262** Posted **Aug 12, 2020, 5:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

There are two sets of elevations with slight design changes to the orientation of the crown and notches.

Check out the posts on page 11.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...240713&page=11

Thanks Kevin!

Based on the discussions on that page, there seems to be three versions...two 670' versions and one 658'/659' version. The shorter version seems to be from a document filed at the beginning of 2020 and the 670' versions seem to be later/more recent ones (May 2020).

Also, the third version (a 670' one) looks a whole lot like what Blume has been posing over the last week or so.

LoneStarMike · #**263** Posted **Jan 1, 2021, 3:02 PM**

Has this rendering been posted before?

I found it on the Downtown Austin Alliance's website.

It's Project 56 - 5C (Lonesome Dove)

Here's a link to the HUGE rendering

We vs us · #**264** Posted **Jan 1, 2021, 3:14 PM**

That’s weird. If I’m not mistaken that’s one of the earliest design contenders for The Republic.

LoneStarMike · #**265** Posted **Jan 1, 2021, 4:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

That’s weird. If I’m not mistaken that’s one of the earliest design contenders for The Republic.

Hmm . . . you're right.

Chasing the Ghosts of Towers Past at Downtown Austin’s 308 Guadalupe Site

kingkirbythe.... · #**266** Posted **Jan 1, 2021, 4:57 PM**

That’s definitely by Republic Square.

I hope the 5C doesn’t change.

Urbannizer · #**267** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 9:13 PM**

I believe this is the 5C site.

Now 50-stories of office and residential.

Renderings included but I’m unable to gain access at this time.

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...se-austin.html

Echostatic · #**268** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 9:18 PM**

Life!

The new design looks fantastic. This will complement the Austonian very nicely.

chinchaaa · #**269** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 9:30 PM**

Man, it is crazy to see what a canyon Colorado is now. Really exciting to see all the growth. Hope 4th St bars are able to hang around.

deerhoof · #**270** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 10:02 PM**

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...se-austin.html

MichaelB · #**271** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 10:28 PM**

noooooooooo. crap. That was such a more forward thinking design This just took a big generic step backwards.

We vs us · #**272** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 10:38 PM**

Love the height but wow, really disappointed we won't get to see George Blume's Chrome Cigar just blow that corner away. That was a great, great design.

The article notes as an aside that the BBVA tower is still moving forward, and Ryan Co. anticipates breaking ground in 4Q of this year.

the Genral · #**273** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 10:43 PM**

So much for an iconic skyscraper on this site. I can see at least a half dozen or more existing buildings in this design. Its nice, but nothing iconic like the previous design. This is kind of a gut punch. On a positive note, it will cover up the north side of 405 Colorado.

The ATX · #**274** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

On a positive note, it will cover up the north side of 405 Colorado.

Way to stay positive, Genral.

If this didn't effectively turn into a bait and switch, I think we would be happier.

We vs us · #**275** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 11:09 PM**

It's really just mindbending the kind of towers we have in active planning stages right now. Everything is 50 stories or more. Huge buildings! I can think back when the other 5th and Colorado was finishing up back in, what, 2017? It was interesting and somewhat significant infill on the edge of the Warehouse district. Now it's going to be dwarfed by something more than twice its height. Craziness!

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the Genral · #**276** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 11:35 PM**

[QUOTE=We vs us;9172613]It's really just mindbending the kind of towers we have in active planning stages right now. Everything is 50 stories or more. Huge buildings! I can think back when the other 5th and Colorado was finishing up back in, what, 2017? It was interesting and somewhat significant infill on the edge of the Warehouse district. Now it's going to be dwarfed by something more than twice its height. Craziness!
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It was inevitable and even predictable that sooner or later with shrinking available parcels that the only way to go was to build higher. Add to that, Austin's steady climb into a higher tiered city and we are finally getting into the real skyscraper business.

myBrain · #**277** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 11:50 PM**

Don't we already have this building somewhere?

The ATX · #**278** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 11:54 PM**

WTF? This went from virtually dead for several months to Approved & Released today - the same day a new version of the project was announced?

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...pertyrsn=91634

myBrain · #**279** Posted **Jan 27, 2021, 11:59 PM**

They basically just recycled this basic proposal

clubtokyo · #**280** Posted **Jan 28, 2021, 1:31 AM**

Why do you think they changed it? Just cost? Covid cause?