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(06-27-2014 09:35 AM)fsquid Wrote: [ -> ]just as ugly. Their new one will look cool though.

If it's good enough for Apple and California...it's good enough for FedEx and Memphis...JMHO.

(06-27-2014 09:44 AM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-27-2014 09:35 AM)fsquid Wrote: [ -> ]just as ugly. Their new one will look cool though.

If it's good enough for Apple and California...it's good enough for FedEx and Memphis...JMHO.

While it's "good enough" for Apple, who said it's good enough for California?

(06-27-2014 09:44 AM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-27-2014 09:35 AM)fsquid Wrote: [ -> ]just as ugly. Their new one will look cool though.

If it's good enough for Apple and California...it's good enough for FedEx and Memphis...JMHO.

What a puzzling non post

Man, when are they gonna show the new designs. I can't wait.....

(06-29-2014 08:02 PM)bobby jo Wrote: [ -> ]Man, when are they gonna show the new designs. I can't wait.....

With how downtown projects in Memphis have gone, I'll get excited when I see the cement being poured.

Don't get too excited, BigD. They built the whole shell of the Horizon before they stopped work for years. When you see the tenants move into a highrise downtown, THEN you can get excited.

(06-24-2014 01:09 PM)3601 Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-24-2014 11:21 AM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]I think the Horizon, which is already built, would be the southernmost tower.

I definitely think there is room for 3 condo towers downtown with the economy improving, esp. if they are priced right. There are a lot of people, before the recession hit, from the Memphis suburbs and from the surrounding Delta, esp. Arkansas, and even Nashville, who were looking to buy a "downtown" pad for visits to Memphis or downtown for events and just general nightlife. With almost 30,000 people living downtown already, there has to be enough demand for 3 condos, esp. when you factor in the continuing growth of St. Jude, LeBonheur, and the Biomedical Center, and the satellite entertainment districts of the Edge, CY, Broad Street, and Overton Square.

Your 30k population figure is a little high at this point in time, but it's heading that direction.

http://www.downtownmemphiscommission.com...s_2013.pdf

That was interesting. I have definitely seen a 28,000 residential population figure, but I can't remember its source. I think if you add a bit more area just outside the Central Business District (not sure of its boundaries exactly), you might approach my figure, like the Edge.

(06-29-2014 08:02 PM)bobby jo Wrote: [ -> ]Man, when are they gonna show the new designs. I can't wait.....

Bizjournals.com said end of summer, I think. Such teases...

(06-30-2014 01:40 AM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-24-2014 01:09 PM)3601 Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-24-2014 11:21 AM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]I think the Horizon, which is already built, would be the southernmost tower.

I definitely think there is room for 3 condo towers downtown with the economy improving, esp. if they are priced right. There are a lot of people, before the recession hit, from the Memphis suburbs and from the surrounding Delta, esp. Arkansas, and even Nashville, who were looking to buy a "downtown" pad for visits to Memphis or downtown for events and just general nightlife. With almost 30,000 people living downtown already, there has to be enough demand for 3 condos, esp. when you factor in the continuing growth of St. Jude, LeBonheur, and the Biomedical Center, and the satellite entertainment districts of the Edge, CY, Broad Street, and Overton Square.

Your 30k population figure is a little high at this point in time, but it's heading that direction.

http://www.downtownmemphiscommission.com...s_2013.pdf

That was interesting. I have definitely seen a 28,000 residential population figure, but I can't remember its source. I think if you add a bit more area just outside the Central Business District (not sure of its boundaries exactly), you might approach my figure, like the Edge.

According the the Downtown Memphis Commission, the boundaries of the CBID include the Edge and the Medical Center and extend all the way to Crump on the South and the Wolf River on the North....

http://www.downtownmemphiscommission.com/faq.html

Well, that should pretty much cover it.

What happened to the "news by end of the summer"?

It's back.

^ link below

http://www.commercialappeal.com/business...l-downtown

The right building looks like a courthouse lol... Hope these are conceptual, and not indicative of the final design. There are too many NBC (now Independent Bank), 100 Main, 1st Tenn, Peabody Place designs here. But this IS progress, and it's good to see this is moving forward.

After the Trinity design, I know we don't have to settle for drab architecture to define our skyline, or even our street-level experience (i.e. the now-obscured martini glasses of the airport that weren't extended thematically into the parking garage).

(i.e. the now-obscured martini glasses of the airport that weren't extended thematically into the parking garage).

thank goodness, that was SO ugly.

(02-04-2015 12:20 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ](i.e. the now-obscured martini glasses of the airport that weren't extended thematically into the parking garage).

thank goodness, that was SO ugly.

Yeah, I guess it's all subjective, lol... maybe I like their juxtaposition with the glass of the terminal...

(02-04-2015 02:43 PM)kabluey Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-04-2015 12:20 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ](i.e. the now-obscured martini glasses of the airport that weren't extended thematically into the parking garage).

thank goodness, that was SO ugly.

Yeah, I guess it's all subjective, lol... maybe I like their juxtaposition with the glass of the terminal...

I don't know, it just screamed 1965 to me...(I guess that's not a bad thing)

(02-04-2015 04:01 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-04-2015 02:43 PM)kabluey Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-04-2015 12:20 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ](i.e. the now-obscured martini glasses of the airport that weren't extended thematically into the parking garage).

thank goodness, that was SO ugly.

Yeah, I guess it's all subjective, lol... maybe I like their juxtaposition with the glass of the terminal...

I don't know, it just screamed 1965 to me...(I guess that's not a bad thing)

No worries. Actually I usually disdain 60s arch. 100 North Main, the Ibank by Clark Tower. Most 60s-80s buildings I have seen I haven't liked. I'm not even a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright even though I understand he's transcendental and groundbreaking. I think I used to not like the airport, it is very 60s ish; maybe something as minor as the airport lighting up the tops during Christmas made me rethink my opinion when I saw it after a period of distance. I also liked the old control tower (I think by I.M. Pei?). That was sleek.

So yeah, different opinions, nothing wrong with that. I would like to see something that would distinguish the Memphis skyline to visitors, business travellers, interviewees, something like Frost Bank did for Austin, Liberty did for Philly, Gherkin for London. Not height dependent, but design focused. But that may conflict with economics, and other legitimate goals of the owner that have nothing to do with my selfish superficial preferences hahaha. But I do think developers here have been pretty ambivalent to design, particularly downtown (Autozone Park and Bridges notwithstanding).

I think it will look pretty nice from Beale...

I'm really encouraged and excited to see this project gaining ground again, and all the other positive developments in the downtown area.

I like many would love to see a 60 story tower that would stand out against the beauty of downtown Memphis, but I do concede that this would have a major impact on the Memphis skyline as we know it, and be long overdue for a city with so much untapped potential.

I feel this kind of development would only lead to increased development all over the center city.

As I look at the dynamics of the Memphis area, it has always had a large population within the city limits, and a very small metro population. I feel that has hurt the city in a number of areas.

I am encouraged that the metro population growth will actually help the city proper. The infusion of new interstate system will provide growth to areas who have been predominately low population and agricultural areas. More people will fluctuate to the center city, if there are reasons to go.

I hope this is the kind of development that will bring continued growth to all areas of Memphis, and grow the entire region.