June 4, 20241 yr Hotels are like airlines. Huge fixed costs. Limited variable costs. Volume-cost-profit is the key. They kill it when they kill it. They suck when they don't.
June 4, 20241 yr 16 hours ago, TKthunder2 said: someone would absolutely buy it Don't give the city council any ideas for a new homeless shelter.
June 13, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, yoladu said: not exactly downtown.. but... 17 stories. My thought exactly Are they mowing down that church?
June 13, 20241 yr It's not quite "east", but it's that tract between Dobie and the South University Avenue "promenade" that just got revamped. It'll kinda screw up the line of sight between the tower and the capitol. Plus there's another project in the works just north of Rowling Hall. It'll be called the Dolores Clitoris Complex, or Mulva Plaza, please
June 13, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, texasdago said: My thought exactly Are they mowing down that church? It will be built on the footprint of the Dobie parking garage and the adjacent parking lot to the east. University Christian Church (across the street on University Avenue) previously owned the parking lot and sold it to UT. Once the building is completed, University Christian will use the building’s garage for their congregation.
June 14, 20241 yr 14 hours ago, royiv said: It will be built on the footprint of the Dobie parking garage and the adjacent parking lot to the east. University Christian Church (across the street on University Avenue) previously owned the parking lot and sold it to UT. Once the building is completed, University Christian will use the building’s garage for their congregation. Gotcha... that makes sense.
June 15, 20241 yr On 6/13/2024 at 6:23 PM, royiv said: It will be built on the footprint of the Dobie parking garage and the adjacent parking lot to the east. University Christian Church (across the street on University Avenue) previously owned the parking lot and sold it to UT. Once the building is completed, University Christian will use the building’s garage for their congregation. Hey I used to run sound at that church in high school. That's all I got.
July 18, 20241 yr I'm looking at the bottom right, I think I see Nicole. My oldest loves to talk about all the tall buildings and "what that's name?" "Is that one gonna be a hotel?" "How will that one be compared to the Jenga building? We happened to be driving over the bridge by Rainey and the SE of the CBD today. And she started firing off questions that I used to know the answers to. But it was just one "I dunno" after another from me. Whenever we go on the Ladybird elevated trail or just the hike 'n bike, she still says, "I don't understand why you could look at that lake and buildings but instead they used that white building to print newspapers?" -Yeah sweetie, the city that won't grant us permits for months on end thought it'd be great to have one of the most prominent spots 'downtown' to be a windowless factory where they used---what's that---cadmium to print papers 9 feet from its most precious waterway. But you see, the paperboys had to stop by there to get their papers...so they carved out a bike lane to make it safe. And they haven's stopped making bike lanes ever since because .......ahhhhhh......what the hell were we talking about again?
July 26, 20241 yr How “greening” our cities can reduce heat stress. (BBC video) https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0jc280t/how-greening-our-cities-can-reduce-heat-stress
August 14, 20241 yr Maybe we have a new downtown going on? In Sunny North Austin, a 350-Foot Building Ain’t Nothing To Sneeze At https://austin.towers.net/in-sunny-north-austin-a-350-foot-building-aint-nothing-to-sneeze-at/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEp79hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQ6WdB1uWesk_OlxKZY1HIdYN0FgFYxoAz9Ag5KWfIjhlYFB4ehxZWmSig_aem_sQJOC6aYsc6iAXWXQSbKfQ&pro=jude@towers.net From the article: Edited August 14, 20241 yr by DalTxHornFan
August 20, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, MAUFRAIS said: Pizza Hut’s never coming back is it? I'm still mad Wendy's went away.
August 26, 20241 yr On 8/20/2024 at 6:33 PM, Biff Tannen said: I'm still mad Wendy's went away. You don't like shitty Cane's chicken tenders?
August 27, 20241 yr MLK and Guadalupe is going to be a nightmare Project Connect plans to close Guadalupe north of MLK, so maybe more of a how the heck do you go north thing…
August 27, 20241 yr The courthouse parking will be a nightmare. The construction workers will monopolize all the street parking during construction. That UT system garage across the street is already a nightmare.
August 29, 20241 yr On 8/26/2024 at 10:07 PM, Texas Jeff said: Project Connect plans to close Guadalupe north of MLK, so maybe more of a how the heck do you go north thing… Never. Gonna. Happen.
August 29, 20241 yr 21 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said: Never. Gonna. Happen. It’s amazing to me how the largest infrastructure project ever approved by Austin voters, which has been collecting taxes for almost four years, has gone completely silent. How are people in Austin not making a fuss about not knowing what the hell is going on over at ATP?
August 29, 20241 yr 28 minutes ago, royiv said: It’s amazing to me how the largest infrastructure project ever approved by Austin voters, which has been collecting taxes for almost four years, has gone completely silent. How are people in Austin not making a fuss about not knowing what the hell is going on over at ATP? Because they're used to it.
August 29, 20241 yr After spending a month in Madrid where half the highways are buried and there’s subways everywhere I just can’t understand why the economics of doing the same here are so terrible.
August 30, 20241 yr On 8/27/2024 at 5:27 PM, Deej said: The courthouse parking will be a nightmare. The construction workers will monopolize all the street parking during construction. That UT system garage across the street is already a nightmare. I got a jury duty notice for that courthouse which opened way back in 2023. The instructions to prospective jurors included a suggestion to park in the UT system garage. Why the hell did Travis County build a brand new family law court building without enough parking for prospective jurors? I get that there is a parking shortage around the main courthouse because it's pre-WWII but this was a brand new building.
August 30, 20241 yr 19 hours ago, LCHorn said: After spending a month in Madrid where half the highways are buried and there’s subways everywhere I just can’t understand why the economics of doing the same here are so terrible. I love the system in Madrid. It makes everything so easy. There are a lot of factors that make it harder here such as density and our cities are already built for cars. But I think the number one reason is that the public doesn’t truly demand it. A train system is a basic expectation in Europe and much of Asia. Here it is a “nice to have” outside of NYC and Chicago (kinda). My other hot take is that American cities like to half ass projects. It doesn’t really work for rail. You either need a complete system that allows people to not buy a car or just don’t bother. Example: Austin’s red line. It’s better than nothing but I still need a car.
August 30, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Larry T. Spider said: A train system is a basic expectation in Europe and much of Asia. Because that's how it has been since the beginning of time. Madrid didn't wait until 2020 to throw rails down.
August 30, 20241 yr Always cracks me up when they put 2 buildings so close together. How the fuck do you sell/lease space on the sides facing each other?
September 1, 20241 yr On 8/30/2024 at 1:40 PM, Mittens said: Always cracks me up when they put 2 buildings so close together. How the fuck do you sell/lease space on the sides facing each other?
September 19, 20241 yr 9 minutes ago, Mittens said: I've never understood this project. Building shit just to build it. Community amenities, yo. It’s what adds character to a city.
September 19, 20241 yr pretty sure that sidewalk is just the ghetto stopgap put in after they announced the new bridge to last until it was completed. sounds like it's good enough for you though.
September 19, 20241 yr Not really sure what you mean by ghetto stopgap, but there's a brand new sidewalk on the East side of Pleasant Valley from Lakeshore to Canterbury, and it looks like the West side is getting an update as well.
September 20, 20241 yr 18 hours ago, Mittens said: I've never understood this project. Building shit just to build it. It's a pedestrian bridge. Not a lot to get. Much nicer and safer than walking next to 4000lb hunks of metal going 40 mph.
September 24, 20241 yr On 9/22/2024 at 11:01 AM, Mittens said: Liked that one a lot more when it was proposed at twice the height.
October 7, 20241 yr I still don't get how this costs $70 million. Just doesn't seem like we are getting very much for such a large amount of money.
October 7, 20241 yr I like “Declutterring the top of the Tower.” Has @Mitch Cumsteen’s wife been using the roof for storage?
October 8, 20241 yr I still don't get how this costs $70 million. Just doesn't seem like we are getting very much for such a large amount of money. They are using a buy one get two free special on the windows so it could be even more without that
October 10, 20241 yr This would provide more camping space for the homeless, I guess. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-leaders-reimagine-congress-ave-as-pedestrian-plaza-in-proposed-project/
October 10, 20241 yr 17 hours ago, Mittens said: Buddy of mine shot this on the way to LAX this morning: lots of flat developable land in east Austin, eh?
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