Taken from about the same perspective as the photo I posted yesterday, but this time taken 22 minutes later during blue hour.
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A golden hour aerial view of Austin's skyline as seen from the south side of Lady Bird Lake, a reservoir of the Colorado River. The park seen on the south side of the Lake is Auditorium Shores. A major recreational area, the park is the site of major music performances at South by Southwest (SXSW), as well as a number of other events.
The Union Pacific Railroad Bridge (a.k.a. Austin Graffiti Train Bridge) is seen in the lower left. At the edge of the north shore of the river is the Seaholm Intake Facility, and just north with its tall smokestacks is the turbine generator building, now repurposed as apartments.
Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States, and the fourth largest city in the State of Texas.
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A golden hour aerial view of downtown Austin looking east over Cesar Chavez St. The sail shaped skyscraper on the left is Block 185, soon to become the new Austin office of Google. Block 185 is Austin's fourth tallest building at this writing. The third tallest is the Austonian, seen here in the distance in about the center of the photo. The Austonian is the second tallest all-residential building in North America west of the Mississippi River.
Construction cranes can be seen everywhere in downtown Austin, including the building boom in the southeast section of downtown near the Rainey Street Historic District. The three cranes on top of the building on the south side of Cesar Chavez St. are for the Waterline, a supertall that will be the tallest building in Austin and in the State of Texas when it is completed in 2026.
Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States, and the fourth largest city in the State of Texas.
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An aerial view of downtown Austin from a point two city blocks west of the First Street Bridge that crosses Lady Bird Lake. For Austinites, my drone is nearly above the Stevie Ray Vaughn statue on the south shore of the lake. Nueces Street is the north and south street scene straight ahead.
This perspective provides views of the sailboat shaped Block 185 and jenga-shaped The Independent. Block 185 will soon become Google's new Austin office. The Independent is a residential skyscraper completed in 2019 that briefly held the title of being Austin's tallest building.
However, that record fell in 2022 when Sixth and Guadalupe, seen here a few blocks back and to the right of center, topped out. And while the 875-foot mixed-use skyscraper is now the tallest, it will soon be surpassed as construction moves forward on the Waterline, a mixed-use, 1,022 foot tower (not shown) that is due to be completed in 2026.
Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States, and the fourth largest city in the State of Texas.
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An aerial view looking east at the five bridges that carry vehicle, pedestrian, and rail traffic in downtown Austin over Lady Bird Lake, a reservoir of the Colorado River. From near to far, the five bridges are the Lamar Boulevard Bridge, Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, Union Pacific Railroad Bridge (a.k.a. Austin Graffiti Train Bridge), First Street Bridge, and the Congress Avenue Bridge (Austin's famous "Bat Bridge").
Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States, and the fourth largest city in the State of Texas.lt
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