An aerial view looking east at golden hour along Lady Bird Lake toward the Rainey Street Historic District in the southeast corner of downtown where the sky is filled with construction cranes. Rainey Street, a sleepy residential area whose houses were renovated into bars and restaurants earlier this century, is now is the booming site of hotel, residential, and commercial high-rises and skyscrapers, including the Waterline, Austin's first super-tall scheduled to be completed in 2026.
The building along the left side of this photo is Block 185, soon to become the new Austin office of Google. Also seen here are the First Street Bridge (near) and Congress Avenue Bridge (far) crossing Lady Bird Lake, a reservoir of the Colorado River.
The Congress Avenue Bridge is home to the world's largest urban bat colony. At dusk each night from around mid-March to early November, people come to see the bats from the bridge, from the sides of the river and from boats. Although it is a little hard to see from this distance, the deck of the Congress Avenue Bridge is crowded with people waiting for bats to emerge from under the bridge to blanket the sky as they forage for food.
Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States, and the fourth largest city in the State of Texas.An aerial view looking east at golden hour along Lady Bird Lake toward the Rainey Street Historic District in the southeast corner of downtown where the sky is filled with construction cranes. Rainey Street, a sleepy residential area whose houses were renovated into bars and restaurants earlier this century, is now is the booming site of hotel, residential, and commercial high-rises and skyscrapers, including the Waterline, Austin's first super-tall scheduled to be completed in 2026.
The building along the left side of this photo is Block 185, soon to become the new Austin office of Google. Also seen here are the First Street Bridge (near) and Congress Avenue Bridge (far) crossing Lady Bird Lake, a reservoir of the Colorado River.
The Congress Avenue Bridge is home to the world's largest urban bat colony. At dusk each night from around mid-March to early November, people come to see the bats from the bridge, from the sides of the river and from boats. Although it is a little hard to see from this distance, the deck of the Congress Avenue Bridge is crowded with people waiting for bats to emerge from under the bridge to blanket the sky as they forage for food.
Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States, and the fourth largest city in the State of Texas.
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