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Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule
Yup. Google says Austin had about 450k when I was born, and now over double the size! Certainly is crazy.
One thing that picture does show is just how many white/off white/blue glass buildings we have. It's starting to look like Vancouver...just not necessarily in a good way. Vastly different styles of buildings is what makes cities like Chicago and NYC have such great skylines IMO, so I'm worried that all of Austin's growth is going to happen all at once, and we're going to be stuck with a bunch of buildings that look the exact same
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I agree. We could use a tall dark sleek highrise. As of yet we only have the BoA to really add true contrast to the skyline. The 2 other dark buildings don't have much value add. And I agree with drummer that the above shot does inflate the density on downtown and always will, but its my favorite view of the city. I notice that a lot of cities have a best side. Austin's least side is when viewed from the north.