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The ATX · #41 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 3:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by drummer

I'd love to see a better rendering than that...other rendering thing.

That rendering makes me think of the floating rocks/air islands in Avatar.

wwmiv · #42 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 3:29 AM**

I don't think we need to see more to know that it's just filler and that it'll sadly never be blocked by anything else because of the location.

Nickelplate · #43 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 7:30 AM**

I can't wait for the Microtel with the Waffle House in the bottom to pop up next...

drummer · #44 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 2:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

That rendering makes me think of the floating rocks/air islands in Avatar.

Avatar might be offended by this post.

The ATX · #45 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 2:26 PM**

Tech House · #46 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 10:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

I don't know what to make of this yet. I'm going to need to see more renderings before I can render an opinion. But if they accent the bird shit yellow with terra cotta or dark brown, I'm going to have to put my foot down and not allow them to build this....thing...

Yes, this is a situation where the color choice is critical to the visual effect. Many hotels use colors as part of their branding, and a quick perusal of Homewood Suites images on Google shows that the company is quite fond of colors that mimic the various substance excreted by human orifices. https://www.google.com/search?q=home...w=1536&bih=774

However, it's not a totally lost cause, as they do have a couple of examples of color schemes that could work out alright.

drummer · #47 Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 12:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

For the record, I live in the same mountain range where that movie was filmed, albeit a bit farther north pushing closer to the Himalayas. The mountains don't float in the air. Highly disappointing.

Br1ggzMilago · #48 Posted **Mar 8, 2016, 7:05 PM**

I am counting down the days until the IHOP is demolished.

The ATX · #49 Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 9:07 PM**

The crane base is up.

The ATX · #50 Posted **May 6, 2016, 4:56 AM**

There's a crawler crane on the site that is dangling a crane section. So I suspect the crane for this beauty is going up Friday. Too bad this one couldn't fit in somewhere by Indigo or Hyatt House.

KevinFromTexas · #51 Posted **May 6, 2016, 5:12 AM**

Oh yeah, I meant to post about this the other day. Did they use the same crawler crane for The Independent?

The ATX · #52 Posted **May 6, 2016, 5:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Oh yeah, I meant to post about this the other day. Did they use the same crawler crane for The Independent?

They have had a crawler on the site for at least a week I think. I thought maybe the tower crane was going was going up last weekend, but it didn't.

The ATX · #53 Posted **May 12, 2016, 2:26 PM**

This project has had the slowest tower crane erection ever. (There's a viagra joke in there somewhere.) This permit filing from this morning indicates that it won't go up until mid-June:

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11531614

the Genral · #54 Posted **May 13, 2016, 1:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

This project has had the slowest tower crane erection ever. (There's a viagra joke in there somewhere.) This permit filing from this morning indicates that it won't go up until mid-June:

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11531614

Maybe they could project some porn on the surrounding buildings, and oh yeah, add a truck load of viagra to the tower crane base. But better call
a metal worker if the erection lasts more than 5 hours or permanent damage could occur.

KevinFromTexas · #55 Posted **May 19, 2016, 1:17 AM**

Tower crane plans. It'll be 247 feet tall before the first jump.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...rane_PLANS.pdf

corvairkeith · #56 Posted **Jul 5, 2016, 5:36 AM**

Strange that there is still no crane.

Jdawgboy · #57 Posted **Jul 6, 2016, 3:33 PM**

Yea not a lot of work going on judging by the pictures you posted unless they are from the 4th. Looks like the base is about ready so the tower crane should be going up any day.

KevinFromTexas · #58 Posted **Jul 12, 2016, 1:35 AM**

I saw a mobile crane parked in the median between the main lanes of I-35 and the access road today across the street from the construction site. So they may be putting the crane up soon.

KevinFromTexas · #59 Posted **Aug 2, 2016, 11:40 PM**

8/1

corvairkeith · #60 Posted **Oct 21, 2016, 5:44 PM**

10/20/16

It's starting to rise but we still don't have a decent rendering. I'm not too optimistic that this will be any better than the hotels going in at 9th and Red River.