The 360 condos have risen almost to full height. It is seen here at night with the ring of the Long Center (getting close to completion itself) curving above me. We got a construction tour of the Long Center yesterday. We don't miss a hard hat tour if we are invited. In fact, we didn't even have to don them for this tour. There are seats in the Dell Hall. Not all are installed but we were able to sit in some. The 360 will top very soon and a tree will appear on the spire on the south end of the top, as I understand it. The big news around yesterday was that the Monarch (to the left in this picture, click pic for better look) is going to abandon trying to sell the condos and instead go back to being an apartment building. There are exciting things going on in downtown Austin, but some unknowns, too. One condo project we know of has been abandoned. But the 18-story building to the right of this picture is also an apartment building about to come online.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Close to Completion
The 360 condos have risen almost to full height. It is seen here at night with the ring of the Long Center (getting close to completion itself) curving above me. We got a construction tour of the Long Center yesterday. We don't miss a hard hat tour if we are invited. In fact, we didn't even have to don them for this tour. There are seats in the Dell Hall. Not all are installed but we were able to sit in some. The 360 will top very soon and a tree will appear on the spire on the south end of the top, as I understand it. The big news around yesterday was that the Monarch (to the left in this picture, click pic for better look) is going to abandon trying to sell the condos and instead go back to being an apartment building. There are exciting things going on in downtown Austin, but some unknowns, too. One condo project we know of has been abandoned. But the 18-story building to the right of this picture is also an apartment building about to come online.
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