[AGL] future skyline

[Gerry]

Incredible! Who'd a thought it?

Something tells me that it will never come to completion. Glad I'll not
likely see it. What are the plans for traffic arteries to get people in and
out of the area? Can you imagine the great, brown cloud that will envelope
it all? Visible from 30 miles distant?

I recall the excitement when the original Crest Hotel was completed, where
Congress meets the river. It was like an architectural spaceship in the
city. For the musicians of my era it was a goldmine. Worked many a gig there
as it went through a series of owners and identities. I remember it as the
Sheraton Crest. Do you remember Geneva Rawlins? A classy Black lady who
played keyboards and sang? Geneva and the Gentlemen. I worked with her a few
times so I guess that qualifies me as a Gentleman...I guess today's
musicians will be working atop the Congress Condos, don't you know there
will be some highrolling parties up there?

This afternoon we had .8" of rain in about 20 minutes, heaviest rainfall
since last October. Marble size hail fell for 15 minutes and pummeled the
garden plants. Too wet and too soon to take a toll. Sure feels and smells
good. Early enough to replant whatever got waxed--unless it got the
apples...
G




----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Edwards" <laughingwolf at ev1.net>
To: "ghetto 2" <ghetto2 at lists.whathelps.com>
Cc: "ghetto survivors" <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:22 PM
Subject: [AGL] future skyline


This is a rendering of the proposed and under-construction high-rise
buildings for downtown Austin as of 05/10/2006. The newer buildings
have names on them in the photo and most are scheduled to break ground
before mid-2007. Our skyline is gonna look cancerously different in
the coming years. The condo tower called Spring, on the far left, will
go up right over where I currently work:






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