Panoramic!

 

The view from our balcony

Sunset reflections

 I liked the color of these clouds as the sun set the other day. 

Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue

 

The old and the new in our town. 

Towering above it all

 This is the tallest building in downtown at this point -- 66 stories. 

From the Boardwalk

 A view of our skyline from the boardwalk along the south shore of Lady Bird Lake. 

The Old Extended Stay

 This sixty-plus story building is on the site where the Extended Stay Hotel used to be. It looms large from a lot of angles. I shot this photo when we were walking south on Guadalupe the other day.
We call it "The Extended Stay" just to be able to ID it. 

Walking Home

Linda caught this shot of me as we headed home from a walk along South Congress the other day. That huge building under construction is on the site where an Extended Stay Hotel used to stand. So we call it, yes, "Old Extended Stay."

Skyline is full of cranes

Our little town is certainly growing up. Supposedly we are close to being the tenth-largest city in the country now. Her you see the view from our balcony. I wish we could go out and enjoy some dining and clubs, but, oh well. 
 

A blast from the past

This was our view when we moved into our condo 12 years ago. I'll show you the current view tomorrow.  

I can see your house from here!

The contrasts of old and new. I shot this photo from an older neighborhood in south Austin. The tower we live in is very close to the tall one you see here.

A friend (Angelique Naylor) shot this from a kayak on Lady Bird Lake. Captures a lot of the buildings and the reflection of some of their colorful tops. Our building (the 360 Condos) is left of center with the spire to the left. The very tall one left of that is the Independent and the very tall one nearer and on the right is the Austonian.

View Encroachment

One of the the iconic buildings we can see from our balcony is the Frost Bank Tower. But this new building on Fourth Street promises to usurp our view of it.

Cranes, Reflected

Cranes from several construction sites in downtown Austin are reflected in the north side of the 500 W Second office building. That building houses several companies but much of the space is occupied by Google employees currently working from home.

New Bird in Town

Sitting on the balcony and noticed a new (and very tall) crane up at the site of a building where a small hotel used to be.

Big Old Moon

Not a great picture because it was lazily snapped with my iPhone while drinking a Manhattan on the balcony. It was rising beside an office building under construction.

That's our skyline!

I never get tired of seeing this view from the Pfluger Bridge.

Live tall and Proper

The Proper is the name of a new hotel/condo building a block south of us, more or less. The windows on this tower are pretty cool.

Wavy windows

This new tower just south of us has interesting windows that are set at angles to each other.

Strolling on the Highway

The busiest thoroughfare through town has a protected path for pedestrians, scooters, and bikes to get over Lady Bird Lake. To the left of my partner, you see exit lanes and main northbound lanes of Interstate 35. Some of the buildings around Rainey Street and beyond can be seen.

Ominous Sunrise

A couple of weeks ago the clouds and the appearance of the sun made an interesting view from our balcony.