AERIAL PHOTOS: Downtown Austin Office Buildings, Parking Garages Stay Lit Up While Citizens Shiver in the Rolling Blackouts
BY BRYAN PRESTON
PJ Media
Panoramic photo of downtown Austin, Texas during the blackouts. (Photo by Jared Tennant)
Downtown Austin, viewed from the south.
Office buildings in downtown Austin, lit up during the blackouts.
This is Austin City Hall, completely lit despite Mayor Steve Adler urging city residents to conserve power in their homes.
This is a frame from Tennant’s 360-degree panoramic of Austin’s convention center. While its exterior is entirely lit up, neighborhoods across I-35 are completely dark.
Another frame from a 360-degree panoramic. This one shows a mostly empty parking garage fully lit. Austinites have been largely unable to drive the icy streets since late Sunday night.
More lit up, empty parking garages in the foreground, with high-rise empty office buildings in the distance.
This is the Palmer Events Center. It is being used as a warming center for homeless residents and others who need it. But do all the exterior lights, the lights in the huge empty parking garage behind it, and the lights around the lake in front need to be kept on?
This is the area around Lavaca St. and Cesar Chavez Blvd. Silicon Labs, foreground, is reportedly hosting some of its staff who have lost power in their homes. But there are thousands of lights left on across the area in this image.
Downtown offices and even a mural were lit up during the blackouts.
Dallas and Houston were lit up earlier in the week but turned many lights off Tuesday night in response to complaints. Austin remained lit up all night.