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Your A-List: Top Eyesore
Before 2002, one could drive down I-35 and take a nice view over to the east side of campus and it looked like it had for years. But as the athletic facilities at UT got upgraded, it suddenly appeared as if aliens had landed to help with the job. Construction on the $4 million bubble began in May of 2002. The structure, which is best known for its three-layer outer bubble which was created by Yealdon Fabric Domes Inc., has allowed the UT football team to prepare in inclement weather, as well as serving as a home to practices by the UT band and soccer teams.
So, while to some the 70,000-square-foot, climate-controlled facility may not be the best-looking member of Austin’s archictectural community, it has most definitely served its purpose, which is a little more than some of the write-in candidates can say.
University of Texas Practice Facility (aka “The Bubble”)
Intersection of Dean Keeton Street and Red River Street
Others receiving votes: A certain home on Red Willow Drive in Oak Hill, apartments adjacent to the Four Seasons, AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center at UT, condos on Barton Springs Road, homeless people living downtown, Howard Lane extension project, landfill on U.S. 290 East, Leslie Cochran, McMansions, Nokonah Condos, Northcross Mall, Robertson Hill Apartments, Second Street District, Sixth Street near Shoal Creek, suburban sprawl, Texas 45, Texas 45 and Interstate 35 flyover ramps, Travis County Courthouse, Wal-Mart, Waller Creek, Westgate Building
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By Richard
November 24, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this
You left out city hall and the convention center. They look like they were designed by a committee that never could agree on anything. Still, they do keep Austin Wierd.