the owl at the capital building can you see it? or does it look like a spider?
LMFAO
The Bush Family Bank: The Frost Bank
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Facts about frost bank
- A tin cross was embedded in the concrete of each floor, following tradition. The last cross was added at 9 pm on May 27, 2003 to the penthouse. The
idea came from a story about an immigrant who worked on construction during the 1940s in New York City.
- At the time of its groundbreaking on November 27, 2001, this was the tallest building in America to have started construction after the September
11th attacks. Source: Cousins Properties Inc.
- The silvery blue color glass facade has only been used once on one other building in the world, 3 Times Square, also known as Reuters Building in
New York City.
- The building is located on a 1.7 acre lot at the northeast side of Fourth Street and Congress Avenue. The building's footprint takes up 1.6 acres.
- The height of the tower crane used during construction was 600 feet tall. This broke a record as the tallest ever used in Austin at that time.
- Over 200,000 square feet of glass was used in the facade of the tower; 45,000 square feet of glass was used in the crown, about one acre's worth
(materials in the crown alone cost $1.5 million).
- Four Frost Bank logo signs were added above the main roof. The logos are 20 feet in diameter. The signs are now the highest signs on a skyscraper in
Austin at approximately 420 feet high.
- Floorplates range in size from 16,826 to 25,856 square feet.
- May 28, 2003, the building has its topping out ceremony for the main roof and mechanical penthouse. A 30-foot cedar tree was hoisted to the top of
the mechanical penthouse.
- The building is exactly 515 feet, 9 inches tall.
- Tallest building in Austin.
- The project includes a plaza with a restaurant, a workout facility and high-speed elevators.
- The original design called for a blue glass rectangular shaped tower with a 3-story limestone podium. It was to be 352 feet tall with 27 floors.
- The building's lighting design won Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design Inc. the 2004 IALD Award of Merit.
And this is a messed up logo! Explosions on the earths surface with global location viewable We own the nite statement and the great ole horned
owl.
disturbing
the good ole wholesome nation press clubs logo WHO, whooo
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