Despite the current breakneck pace of development in Austin, the city's original tower boom took place in the 1980s, with at least 12 different buildings over 15 stories tall completed in downtown over the course of the decade.
In fact, other than the Capitol and a few trailblazing outliers like the Austin National Bank tower, what many locals of a certain age consider the "original" Austin skyline is defined by iconic '80s towers like One American Center
