Flash Back to Austin 1984 With These Vintage Views of Downtown …
Mar 18, 2022 · As we’ve mentioned many times in the past, the golden exterior of the downtown bank tower, replaced with its current look in the early 1990s, made for an iconic presence on the vintage skyline — even if the images seen above and below reinforce the idea that glare off the tower had a bit of a blinding effect on drivers and pedestrians when ...
Looking Back at the Ads of Downtown Austin’s 1980s Tower …
Despite the current breakneck pace of development in Austin, the city’s original tower boom took place in the 1980s, with at least 12 different buildings over 15 stories tall completed in downtown over the course of the decade.
Video: Downtown Austin Skyline Evolution 1888-2018
May 6, 2019 · A distinct skyline rose among its hundreds of serene parks, many higher learning institutions, museums and cultural centers, and countless festivals of local, national, and international fame. This installment of our cityscapes series looks at how the Downtown Austin skyline came together.
How did Austin's skyline look in 1985? See it in MTV's 'Cutting …
Jan 15, 2022 · Do you remember Austin in 1985? Or have you wondered what the city, and its music scene, were like back then? Here's an ideal way to relive those days, or see them for the first time.
Austin Icons of the 1980s - ArcGIS StoryMaps
Selections from the Bill Leissner Photograph Collection. Austin Icons of the 1980s
In 1986, an Architecture Critic Roasted Austin’s ‘Pompous’ Skyline
“They are particularly noticeable in smaller cities like Austin, Texas, which have boomed since 1980. Austin’s genteel, low-lying skyline is now dominated by a baroque, three-towered, 32-story presence known as One American Center.”
Does a critique of Austin's 1980s skyline hold up? - Archinect
In 1986, at the height of the Po-Mo era, Newsweek's art and architecture critic Douglas Davis wrote a scathing review of Austin's newly built-up skyline, pinpointing his "disgust" towards the “riot of wretched excess” symbolized by the new Postmodern style buildings that filled the downtown area during that time.
Downtown Austin frozen in the early 1980s by photographer Mark Goodman
Sep 24, 2016 · In 1982, almost an entire downtown block at Sixth Street and Congress Avenue was leveled to build One American Center, which became, in 1984, Austin’s tallest building. Still fairly new to...
Boomtown: The Austin skyline transformation over the years | KVUE
The Downtown Austin skyline has grown a lot over the past few decades. But it was once a collection of dusty roads. This is how we got where we are today.STO...
The Way Back: Austin’s Changing Skyline - The Alcalde
Aug 29, 2014 · Check out a video segment detailing Austin’s evolving skyline. Counterclockwise from top: 1936, when Austin’s population was about 60,000; 1980s, when Austin’s population grew from 345,890 to 466,499; 2014, Austin’s population is projected to grow 2.7 percent to 865,504 by the end of the year.
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