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[mopacs]

More updates from this weekend (5/6):

Austonian site... new sign placed:



The base of the Austonian



Full view, from sign







Altavida's hole:



The Shore









Monarch...22 floors and counting









360... not much has changed in the past week, other than the cran...which is now much taller.  





Crane growing...





Thats all for now...

[Goothrey]

How many underground floors will the Altavida have?

[mopacs]

Goothrey, on May 7 2007, 04:58 PM, said:

How many underground floors will the Altavida have?

It will be a 6-level underground garage, from what I am told.  The hole is currently 60ft deep (roughly the same height as the bell tower across the street, but in reverse!)

[mopacs]

I had the pleasure of exploring downtown this weekend.  Here are some updated construction pics from yesterday (5/20):

Monarch...







360...





Windows going in...







From across the river @ Town Lake Park





From South Austin





From Zilker Park...






The Shore...



The Shore from the Frank Erwin Center (looking down Red River @ 19th/MLK):



UT's Hotel and Executive Center (looking W down 19th/MLK)



From Frank Erwin Center



Monarch...from the Erwin Center, behind the east wing of the Capitol

[mopacs]

Here are some updates/pics I took this past Friday (8/24)

















Austin Music Hall



















Thanks...