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[erdogs]

What does SSP stand for, never heard of it?

[buckett5425]

erdogs, on Feb 25 2008, 05:35 PM, said:

What does SSP stand for, never heard of it?

SSP stands for "skyscraper page"

[Texas Hill Country]

buckett5425, on Feb 25 2008, 05:25 PM, said:

I have family in Austin, so I occasionally check the Austin forum and I noticed it always was dead, same with other cities like Mobile. But I then realized it wasn't because of a lack of interest, it is just that they use another website to chat, SSP. Speaking of which, SSP's forum isnt organized and their info of all the cities is inaccurate, and UP is much better. Get the Austonians in line and on UP, lol

The Austin compilation thread at SSP is pretty up to date and accurate.  Check out the first page of the Austin compilation thread for building proposals and new construction.  The person who maintains it is also the Austin editor at Emporis. Also, there are a lot of Austin pictures posted in the Austin compilation thread as well the downtown Austin thread in the Texas/South Central section.  I wish a lot the Austin stuff at SSP was at UP too because I like the structure of UP better.  I have been thinking about making Austin updates here like those at SSP.  But that is a lot of work with about 40 Austin high rises under construction or proposed.

[Texas Hill Country]

Here's the Emporis link to see the 40 Austin high rises in the works:

http://www.emporis.c...?...;ht=3&sro=1

[mrchris386]

Texas Hill Country, on Feb 26 2008, 08:49 AM, said:

Here's the Emporis link to see the 40 Austin high rises in the works:

http://www.emporis.c...?...;ht=3&sro=1

Wow, and more than a handful of these 30 & 40+ story projects are already underway... Austins skyline is about to TRUMP San Antonio's...

[erdogs]

Here is another good site to go to.

http://www.austintowers.net/

[buckett5425]

Texas Hill Country, on Feb 26 2008, 08:45 AM, said:

The Austin compilation thread at SSP is pretty up to date and accurate. Check out the first page of the Austin compilation thread for building proposals and new construction. The person who maintains it is also the Austin editor at Emporis. Also, there are a lot of Austin pictures posted in the Austin compilation thread as well the downtown Austin thread in the Texas/South Central section. I wish a lot the Austin stuff at SSP was at UP too because I like the structure of UP better. I have been thinking about making Austin updates here like those at SSP. But that is a lot of work with about 40 Austin high rises under construction or proposed.

When I was saying that SSP is disorganized, it is because it is. The dont have individual subforums for cities, so many cities end up all chatting in a big mess in a "southern" forum. Also, when i said it was inaccurate, i wasnt citing the posts on it, but the other section of their website where they compare cities. For cities like baton rouge, where i live, it has our population wrong, and give us only credit for 9 highrises, which is inaccurate.

[LiveUrbanbutTalkCountry]

Im quite fond of SSP because they have a great picture forum, but as far as information goes, it can be pretty inaccurate sometimes.

[Texas Hill Country]

Here' a new rendering of the Stacy project.  The height of the tallest building building - hotel and condo tower  - has been reported as either 66 or 70 floors and 830 feet.  The rendering looks more like 700-750 feet when compared to the nearby Frost Bank tower.  The 2nd building - 30+ story office tower -  and the lovely 10-12 story parking structure are also shown.