Well I guess Austin will no longer be a city of small buildings. I heard about this project a year ago when I started working with WCIT. The Bank of America building at 5th and Congress is where WCIT headquarters was located and it will be demolished to build this monstrosity. Goodbye small town Austin. It’s kinda sad I think.

I though there was some law in place that kept Austin from having tall buildings like this from being built.  Maybe that law or zone or whatever expired.  Seems like there is enough property downtown that is not being rented.  And getting on the roof of that thing to view a parade down Congress won’t give you the best view.  I wonder if there is going to be an obersvation deck.  One comment on the Austinist said that it looks like a big exclamation point.  It kinda does.  Reminds me of the slab in 2001: A Space Odysey.  It definently is telling is of the future of Austin.