Editing Austin, Texas (section)

===Cityscape===
{{See also|List of Austin neighborhoods|List of tallest buildings in Austin, Texas}}
 	
{{Wide image|File:Downtown Austin, Texas from the Colorado River, October 2022.jpg|800px|{{center|Downtown Austin, Texas from across the Colorado River, October 2022}}|alt=Downtown Austin, Texas from across the Colorado River, October 2022|center}}

Austin's skyline historically was modest, dominated by the Texas State Capitol and the University of Texas [[Main Building (University of Texas at Austin)|Main Building]]. However, since the 2000s, many new high-rise towers have been constructed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austonian Reaches Full Height |url=http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/091709_Austonian_Reaches_Full_Height |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203185650/http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/091709_Austonian_Reaches_Full_Height |archive-date=December 3, 2009 |access-date=October 17, 2009 |publisher=[[KTBC (TV)|KTBC]]}}</ref> Austin is currently undergoing a skyscraper boom, which includes recent construction on new office, hotel and residential buildings. Downtown's buildings are somewhat spread out, partly due to a set of [[zoning]] restrictions that preserve the view of the [[Texas State Capitol]] from various locations around Austin, known as the [[Texas Capitol View Corridors|Capitol View Corridors]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2007 |title=Downtown Development and Capitol View Corridors |url=http://www.cityofaustin.org/downtown/downloads/CVC_Report_Final.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229163033/http://www.cityofaustin.org/downtown/downloads/CVC_Report_Final.pdf |archive-date=February 29, 2008 |access-date=March 4, 2008}}</ref>
[[File:9162018.Moon.Light.towers.NRSID76002071 02.jpg|thumb|upright|One of the 15 remaining [[Moonlight towers (Austin, Texas)|moonlight towers]] in Austin]]
At night, parts of Austin are lit by "artificial moonlight" from [[moonlight tower]]s built to illuminate the central part of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austin History Center a division of the Austin Public Library: Frequently Asked Questions about Austin, Answer 4 |url=http://www.cityofaustin.org/library/ahc/faq4.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010921035144/http://www.cityofaustin.org/library/ahc/faq4.htm |archive-date=September 21, 2001 |access-date=July 15, 2010}}</ref> The {{convert|165|ft|m|adj=on}} moonlight towers were built in the late 19th century and are now recognized as historic landmarks. Only 15 of the 31 original innovative towers remain standing in Austin, but none remain in any of the other cities where they were installed. The towers are featured in the 1993 film ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]''.

In December 2023, amid rising home prices, the Austin City Council loosened the city's zoning rules to permit by-right development of triplexes on each lot and loosened restrictions on tiny homes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Here's how cities across Texas changed their zoning to increase housing |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/01/31/heres-how-cities-across-texas-changed-their-zoning-to-increase-housing/ |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>

====Downtown====
{{Main|Downtown Austin}}The central business district of Austin is home to the tallest condo towers in the state, with [[The Independent (Austin, Texas)|The Independent]] (58 stories and {{convert|690|ft|abbr=on}} tall) and [[The Austonian]] (topping out at 56 floors and {{convert|685|ft|abbr=on}} tall). The Independent became the tallest all-residential building in the U.S. west of [[Chicago]] when topped out in 2018. In 2005, then-Mayor Will Wynn set out a goal of having 25,000 people living downtown by 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2008 |title=Booming downtown Austin condo market |url=http://firstcallaustin.com/news3.htm |website=Austin-American Statesman |access-date=June 11, 2009 |archive-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203105448/http://firstcallaustin.com/news3.htm }}</ref> Although downtown's growth did not meet this goal, downtown's residential population did surge from an estimated 5,000 in 2005 to 12,000 in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2015 |title=The surprising backstory of Austin's goal for 25,000 downtown residents |url=http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local/the-surprising-backstory-austin-goal-for-000-downtown-residents/rDWcPfE9y2yOejCC6OqCHO/ |website=Austin-American Statesman |access-date=March 26, 2017 |archive-date=March 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140103/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local/the-surprising-backstory-austin-goal-for-000-downtown-residents/rDWcPfE9y2yOejCC6OqCHO/ }}</ref> The skyline has drastically changed in recent years, and the residential real estate market has remained relatively strong. {{as of|2016|December}}, there were 31 high rise projects either under construction, approved or planned to be completed in Austin's downtown core between 2017 and 2020. Sixteen of those were set to rise above {{convert|400|ft|abbr=on}} tall, including four above 600', and eight above 500'. An additional 15 towers were slated to stand between 300' and 399' tall.