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The Independent, Austin, Texas

Explore #24 on December 14, 2021

 

An evening view of The Independent, the tallest residential skyscraper in the United States west of the Mississippi River as of December 2021. 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. Completed in 2019, 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 under one million residents, Austin is the 11th 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.

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