Shoal Creek, 3rd St. Trestle And The Independent, Austin, Texas
A view looking north from the 2nd Street (Butterfly) Bridge, the center of the larger Seaholm District Project that has transformed a formerly industrial section of southwest downtown Austin into a vibrant urban neighborhood. Austin's fabulous Central Library and Google's new Austin office (now under construction) are located in the Seaholm District. Photographs of both buildings, along with the 2nd Street (Butterfly Bridge) can be found in my Austin, Texas album.
Shoal Creek, seen in this photo, is a stream and urban watershed that runs south from The Domain, a high-density office, retail, and residential center located in the high-tech corridor of northwest Austin, through the western part of downtown and Lady Bird Lake. Shoal Creek is the largest of Austin’s north urban watersheds. The creek is notable for its links to the history of Texas and Austin, its floods, and its scenery and parks just a few minutes from the Texas State Capitol building.
One block ahead is the West 3rd St. Railroad Trestle over Shoal Creek. I posted a photograph of the deck of the trestle five days ago. Constructed in 1925 by the International-Great Northern Railroad as a replacement to an earlier 1876 bridge, the wooden structure is one of the last physical reminders of the rail lines that fueled Austin's rapid development as a regional hub starting in the 1870s. The trestle was last used in the 1990s, and is currently nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
The skyscraper on the left, shown here near completion, is The Independent, the tallest residential skyscraper in the United States west of the Mississippi River. At a height of 690 ft (210 m), it is the tallest building in Austin, surpassing the 683 ft (208 m) tall Austonian, another residential skyscraper. The 58-story Independent has been nicknamed the Jenga Tower, and the Tetris Tower.
Austin is the capital of the State of Texas, as well as the seat of Travis County. With a population of just over one million residents, Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, is the fastest growing large metropolitan area in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.
Shoal Creek, 3rd St. Trestle And The Independent, Austin, Texas
A view looking north from the 2nd Street (Butterfly) Bridge, the center of the larger Seaholm District Project that has transformed a formerly industrial section of southwest downtown Austin into a vibrant urban neighborhood. Austin's fabulous Central Library and Google's new Austin office (now under construction) are located in the Seaholm District. Photographs of both buildings, along with the 2nd Street (Butterfly Bridge) can be found in my Austin, Texas album.
Shoal Creek, seen in this photo, is a stream and urban watershed that runs south from The Domain, a high-density office, retail, and residential center located in the high-tech corridor of northwest Austin, through the western part of downtown and Lady Bird Lake. Shoal Creek is the largest of Austin’s north urban watersheds. The creek is notable for its links to the history of Texas and Austin, its floods, and its scenery and parks just a few minutes from the Texas State Capitol building.
One block ahead is the West 3rd St. Railroad Trestle over Shoal Creek. I posted a photograph of the deck of the trestle five days ago. Constructed in 1925 by the International-Great Northern Railroad as a replacement to an earlier 1876 bridge, the wooden structure is one of the last physical reminders of the rail lines that fueled Austin's rapid development as a regional hub starting in the 1870s. The trestle was last used in the 1990s, and is currently nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
The skyscraper on the left, shown here near completion, is The Independent, the tallest residential skyscraper in the United States west of the Mississippi River. At a height of 690 ft (210 m), it is the tallest building in Austin, surpassing the 683 ft (208 m) tall Austonian, another residential skyscraper. The 58-story Independent has been nicknamed the Jenga Tower, and the Tetris Tower.
Austin is the capital of the State of Texas, as well as the seat of Travis County. With a population of just over one million residents, Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, is the fastest growing large metropolitan area in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.