Block 185
Block 185, also known as Sail Tower, is an office skyscraper located at 601 W. 2nd St. in Downtown Austin, Texas. The tower topped out in July 2021. The tower is the fourth tallest in Austin at 594 feet, and the tallest office tower in Texas outside of Houston or Dallas.Photo: Pixelsandbacon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Office building
- Description: high-rise office building in Austin Texas
- Also known as: “Google Tower”
- Address: 601 West 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Third Street Railroad Trestle and Violet Crown Cinema.
Third Street Railroad Trestle
Bridge
Photo: TerraFrost, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Third Street Railroad Trestle is a historic wooden railroad trestle bridge crossing Shoal Creek in downtown Austin, Texas. Built around 1922 by the International–Great Northern Railroad, it replaced an earlier bridge in the same place. Third Street Railroad Trestle is situated 560 feet north of Block 185.
Violet Crown Cinema
Movie theater
Violet Crown Cinema is a movie theater, which is situated 670 feet east of Block 185.
The Northshore
Building
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Northshore is a mixed-use building in Austin, Texas that includes 439 residential units and 40,000 square feet of retail and office space. Co-Working company Galvanize occupies the office space in the building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Austin and Austin.
Downtown Austin
Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downtown Austin is a district of Austin, Texas, west of IH-35, north of Lady Bird Lake, and south of MLK Street.
Austin
Photo: boltron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Austin is a city of about 1,054,000 surpassing Fort Worth to become the 4th most populous city in Texas. It is on the southeast edge of the Hill Country region of Texas, making it the fourth-largest city in the state and the 11th-largest in the country.
Rainey Street Historic District
Neighborhood
The Rainey Street Historic District is a street of historic homes, many of the bungalow style, in downtown Austin, Texas. Rainey Street is positioned near Lady Bird Lake and Interstate 35 in the southeast corner of downtown.
Block 185
- Categories: building and office
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.26557° or 30° 15′ 56″ northLongitude
-97.75045° or 97° 45′ 2″ westLevels
35Height
594 feet (181 metres)Operator
Cousins PropertiesOpen location code
8624768X+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 961789209OpenStreetMap feature
building=officeWikidata ID
Q65117994
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