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Waterline is a supertall skyscraper under construction in Austin, Texas, United States. Planned to be 1,021 feet (311.2 meters) tall, it will be a mixed-use building with residential, office, and hotel space. [2] Upon completion in 2026, it is expected to become the tallest building in Austin and the tallest building in Texas.
Armadillo World Headquarters (The 'Dillo or Armadillo WHQ) was an influential Texas music hall and beer garden in Austin at 525½ Barton Springs Road – at South First Street – just south of the Colorado River and downtown Austin. The 'Dillo flourished from 1970 to 1980.
Arkane Studios; Aspyr; BattleCry Studios; Bluepoint Games; Certain Affinity; Crytek USA- Shutdown in 2013 [6]; Devolver Digital; Edge of Reality- Dissolved 2018; Gamecock Media Group- Shutdown in 2008 [7]
The aggregated heights of Austin's high-rises is second in Texas, behind Houston, based on data from Texas Real Estate Source. [3] [4] The current tallest completed building in Austin is Sixth and Guadalupe, with a height of 874 ft (266 m), followed by The Independent at 690 ft (210 m) and The Austonian at 680 ft (210 m).
A local civic group, Sustainable Neighborhoods of North Central Austin, in 2009 identified the Crestview-Highland segment of CapMetro's Rails with Trails project as its "Project of the Year". [5] The trail, intended to run beside the commuter track, would provide pedestrian and bicycle access to the station from surrounding neighborhoods.
Bergstrom Air Force Base (IATA: BSM, ICAO: KBSM, FAA LID: BSM) was located seven miles southeast of Austin, Texas. In its later years, it was a major base for the United States Air Force (USAF) RF-4C Phantom reconnaissance fighter fleet. Bergstrom Air Force Base blueprint, 1957 A British Airways Concorde on base.
The metropolitan area contains the City of Austin—the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 10th-largest city in the United States with a population of 974,447 people. [5] Austin's largest suburbs are Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, San Marcos, Leander, and Pflugerville.
Austin, Travis County and Williamson County have been the site of human habitation since at least 9200 BC. The area's earliest known inhabitants lived during the late Pleistocene (Ice Age) and are linked to the Clovis culture around 9200 BC (over 11,200 years ago), based on evidence found throughout the area and documented at the much-studied Gault Site, midway between Georgetown and Fort Cavazos.