AUSTIN | Projects & Construction III - Page 314

migol24 · #**6261** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 10:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dale

Nashville is presently undergoing a mind-boggling skyline transformation.

I don't know if I agree with that. Austin has about 6 or 7 projects currently underway, or about to break ground, standing 600'+ and tallest being 1,000'. According to Wikipedia, Nashville only has about 4 projects at 600'+, the tallest being 750'.

Edit: that stupid emoji was not intentional. I'm posting through my smart phone. But there's nothing smart about this dumb phone. I hope I don't come off as snarky, or anything.

Illithid Dude · #**6262** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 11:12 PM**

Is it not possible for both cities to be undergoing a mind boggling skyline transformation?

kingkirbythe.... · #**6263** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 11:32 PM**

NO! One must always win, one must always lose. One is GREAT! One is GARBAGE!

Urbannizer · #**6264** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 11:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

Is it not possible for both cities to be undergoing a mind boggling skyline transformation?

Right. This is like the fourth time the two have been compared here.

Urbannizer · #**6265** Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 12:06 AM**

Block 185

Lighting at night. This building is nearly complete.

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Originally Posted by bboiler

From a walk this morning. Sail is lit up purple to match the Independent.

More: https://imgur.com/a/KOIDKL5

migol24 · #**6266** Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 10:40 PM**

This is why social media and most online platforms are stupid. One can't ask a basic question without coming off as incendiary to someone. I wasn't in any way disparaging a city. I was simply asking for an objective response. This is dumb.

"You hurt my city's feelings. You said it doesn't have that many buildings being built."

Do you guys not see how dumb that sounds?

Dale · #**6267** Posted **Mar 31, 2022, 12:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by migol24

I don't know if I agree with that. Austin has about 6 or 7 projects currently underway, or about to break ground, standing 600'+ and tallest being 1,000'. According to Wikipedia, Nashville only has about 4 projects at 600'+, the tallest being 750'.

Edit: that stupid emoji was not intentional. I'm posting through my smart phone. But there's nothing smart about this dumb phone. I hope I don't come off as snarky, or anything.

No worries on the emoji, but disregarding comparative height, no US city is adding more highrises, and getting taller, than Nashville.

DanielG425 · #**6268** Posted **Mar 31, 2022, 6:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dale

No worries on the emoji, but disregarding comparative height, no US city is adding more highrises, and getting taller, than Nashville.

I love Nashville and I certainly welcome the friendly competition (more growth for both!), but this is objectively not true. Austin is already much taller and still transforming at a greater clip than Nashville. That can’t really be argued considering the giants that are breaking ground in austin and all the infill in the east, west campus, and domain.

Dale · #**6269** Posted **Mar 31, 2022, 6:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by DanielG425

I love Nashville and I certainly welcome the friendly competition (more growth for both!), but this is objectively not true. Austin is already much taller and still transforming at a greater clip than Nashville. That can’t really be argued considering the giants that are breaking ground in austin and all the infill in the east, west campus, and domain.

Again, I am not talking about height as compared to other cities. Rather, I am talking about increase height (and density) compared the existing NASHVILLE skyline.

Put another way, I assumed we were talking about which skylines will look most different, compared to what they look like now, just a few years from now. In that respect, I predict Nashville will be #1.

GoldenBoot · #**6270** Posted **Mar 31, 2022, 9:36 PM**

Okie Dokie. Back on track...

Block 16 has a new design!

SOURCE: https://austin.towers.net/block-16-o...wntown-austin/

Dale · #**6271** Posted **Mar 31, 2022, 10:16 PM**

Nice!

AviationGuy · #**6272** Posted **Apr 1, 2022, 4:08 AM**

Agree!

drummer · #**6273** Posted **Apr 1, 2022, 2:29 PM**

That's pretty slick. I like it.

ATXboom · #**6274** Posted **Apr 1, 2022, 5:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dale

Again, I am not talking about height as compared to other cities. Rather, I am talking about increase height (and density) compared the existing NASHVILLE skyline.

Put another way, I assumed we were talking about which skylines will look most different, compared to what they look like now, just a few years from now. In that respect, I predict Nashville will be #1.

Ok... I can see this argument. Thanks for qualifying your original statement. It's looking at percent growth in proportion to what currently exists VS raw numbers where Austin has more and taller buildings in development. That said there are still many cities yet that have more raw numbers being built than Austin (IE NYC, Chicago, etc.)

GoldenBoot · #**6275** Posted **Apr 1, 2022, 6:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by ATXboom

Ok... I can see this argument. Thanks for qualifying your original statement. It's looking at percent growth in proportion to what currently exists VS raw numbers where Austin has more and taller buildings in development. That said there are still many cities yet that have more raw numbers being built than Austin (IE NYC, Chicago, etc.)

Can we please take this city vs. city discussion to the "City Discussion" section of this forum?

Thank you.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=24