Best New Building Past Five Years

The Austonian

If all of the denizens of this, Austin's largest vertical neighborhood voted in "Best of Austin," they could lock down this award in perpetuity. In truth, the vast majority of the votes came from outside the tallest all-residential building in Texas. Perhaps these nonresident voters were lost in some serious craft cocktail bewitching at Congress, Bar Congress, or Second Bar & Kitchen on the ground floor? Maybe they have friends who live there, who let them into this deee-luxe apartment in the sky to ogle at the state-of-the-art condo conveniences, the top-floor lounge, or the outdoor pool? How else would they know that this perch offers one of the best views this city has to offer from 56 stories up? Or maybe all these voters don't know jack about the Aus. Maybe they just really, really want to live there.

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