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Mad gymnastic skills help a San Marcos man land in jail for stealing copper. Even the oil companies are "suffering" in this recession. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" amendment removed from Congress. Like a scene from a movie set: craziness on I-35 yesterday included guns, bank robberies and hostages. Texas librarians are wild & crazy! For $15M, you too could own a piece of architecture history. Bud Light, really, Mr. President?

Um ... ok. This appears to be some sort of an extremely early stage rendering of Legacy Partners' proposed condo tower, Legacy @ Town Lake, on the NE corner of Rainey and Cummings. It is clearly meant to convey an idea of the size and shape of the building. The details will probably change a lot before this is built.

Last week, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded architect Antoine Predock, designer of Austin's geometrically-gifted City Hall, their highly-coveted AIA Gold Medal. The annual honor is meant to celebrate those "whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture." Among the past winners are Thomas Jefferson (1993), Frank Lloyd Wright (1949), Louis Sullivan (1944), LeCorbusier (1961), Louis Kahn (1971), and I.M. Pei (1979) - in other words, a fairly impressive bunch.