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kingkirbythe.... · #81 Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 3:14 PM**

Looks way better than what I was expecting. Could be better, but certainly not the worst.

ahealy · #82 Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 3:17 PM**

That's frickin ugly

Sigaven · #83 Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 3:33 PM**

Ew. Are you f*cking kidding me

clubtokyo · #84 Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 3:40 PM**

Looks like old Vegas or Indian casino hotel.

MichaelB · #85 Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 4:51 PM**

I can here it now.....
"Will someone get an intern to take our ugly building an make it look "Weird".... you know it's Austin....." ugh.
Looks sooooo cheap.

the Genral · #86 Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 5:42 PM**

I like it!

Jdawgboy · #87 Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 9:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

I like it!

Lol oh the sarcasm!

Sigaven · #88 Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 9:16 PM**

They sure did a great job screening the parking garage. It's practically invisible.

East7thStreet · #89 Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 9:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by clubtokyo

Looks like old Vegas or Indian casino hotel.

Definitely reminds me of a failed off strip casino in Vegas. Maybe it will have cheap drinks here too!

KevinFromTexas · #90 Posted **Aug 31, 2017, 12:56 AM**

We need to have an ugly project come along and then have Frank Gehry save the day by placing a crumpled brown paper bag over it. Problem solved.

This design looks like something from a Tim Burton movie.

The ATX · #91 Posted **Aug 31, 2017, 2:06 AM**

It looks like a clown school. It also fronts I-35 for all the world to see as they pass through Austin.

the Genral · #92 Posted **Aug 31, 2017, 2:09 AM**

It looks like a demented clown school in a Tim Burton movie.

The ATX · #93 Posted **Aug 31, 2017, 2:10 AM**

Here's the original image from LinkedIn before I edited it. I like the one on the right better.

the Genral · #94 Posted **Aug 31, 2017, 2:28 AM**

Upon further review, it looks like a Catholic Hospital with abstract crosses covering the parking garage and Sacred Heart Flames climbing the side of the building.

KevinFromTexas · #95 Posted **Aug 31, 2017, 2:35 AM**

I actually sort of like the decorative braces going up the facade and even the ones on the mechanical penthouse, somewhat, even if it may have been poorly executed, but that garage just looks so bizarre. And I don't care for the bulk near the base. That part feels clumsy.

drummer · #96 Posted **Aug 31, 2017, 2:38 AM**

Yeah, that's weird. In the black and white rendering way back when, I was intrigued (slightly), but in color it's pretty awful.

You remember when we used to complain about the Holiday Inn on the lake being one of the first buildings that folks see as they come into downtown from the south? That one looks better and better now...

Urbannizer · #97 Posted **Oct 24, 2017, 8:45 PM**

Working on the crown now.

Homewood Suites at East Avenue by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

70 Rainey, Homewood Suites at East Avenue by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

KevinFromTexas · #98 Posted **Oct 24, 2017, 8:56 PM**

This one's pretty ugly so far. I just saw it less than an hour ago from I-35, and I'm not glad it's the face of the skyline from that angle.

Sigaven · #99 Posted **Oct 24, 2017, 9:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

This one's pretty ugly so far. I just saw it less than an hour ago from I-35, and I'm not glad it's the face of the skyline from that angle.

Ugh tell me about it. A big fat ugly parking garage is the first thing you see when driving into downtown.

drummer · #**100** Posted **Oct 25, 2017, 12:48 AM**

Maybe they'll build something in between the access road and the expressway lanes to cover it up. We can hope, right?