carolinadude9409

Yeah, I got it.

Anybody been by the fountain yet today to see if anything else is up and running yet?

I didn't know this office park was going to be LEED certified: http://www.furmanco.com/pdfs/Halton%20Vill...0DB%2010-05.pdf

FYI: The Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Graduate Engineering Center building will house the school's automotive engineering graduate program with an emphasis on systems integration. The 90,000 square-foot facility is designed with an open plan, to allow maximum communication between 15,000 square-feet of office space, ten laboratories and five classrooms, to facilitate and encourage interaction between faculty, staff and students. Large open bays provide space for students to work on entire cars or automotive components. Unique spatial features of the building include a curvilinear public atrium, glass walls that allow visitors to observe students and faculty at work without intruding, and a ramp that ferries automobiles into an elevated display gallery and auditorium. The building is to be constructed of concrete and clad in a combination of dark masonry and reflective zinc panels. The curved design of the building is unique and each floor is not stacked directly over the floor below it creating large overhangs or big open balconies. The project is seeking Silver LEED certification.

Another story about ICAR: http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art.../608300324/1044

I guess i'll just post this here, unless somebody can find a thread for it. Parks tax gets a push. More info: http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/.../608300405/1004

West End Field ranked as one of the top six to see in the country by ESPN: http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?id=2522251

Get your cameras ready, folks. The fountain will be turned on for good beginning Thursday evening. (8/31)

Ah, here's a quote in the article that answers my previous question: Both Clemson and BMW declined to discuss Mr. Rosen

Here is a quote from that article I would like to ask a question about: The Florida developer who is suing Clemson, Clifford D. Rosen, contends in the court papers that BMW and state officials worked together to push him out of a deal he had with Clemson. Mr. Rosen claims that BMW threatened to take its business elsewhere unless it could make the project serve its own research and educational needs. -It seems to me that Clemson is the middle man in all of this, while Rosen is on one side and BMW is on the other. So, what is Clemson saying about all of this? Did they say yes, BMW kicked Rosen out or did they say no, they didn't kick Rosen out?

I figured the best bet to figuring out when the fountain would open was to turn to Nancy Whitworth. Here is the email she sent me: -No exact date has been set for the opening of the fountain, they are working on it as we speak and can be any day now. As each aspect works (there are jets that create the tunnel as well as the other fountains) it will be left on.

I like the train theme and tracks idea, but I just don't like the way it was painted. Hopefully, it will look better once the water is turned on. I noticed the same thing. They had that blue tent over the green plastic covering working on the water pressure, it looked like.

I gotcha now.

Oh, I thought there was supposed to be an actual tunnel going underneath the fountain that you could walk through. I guess I understood wrong. Erm1981, is it still set to open September 1st and does water shoot out of that black looking tunnel thing?

Oh, i'm starting to get it now, but i'm still confused about where the tunnel is going underneath the fountain that people can walk through. Is the tunnel going underneath the painted rail-road tracks and is that black thing the door for it or is it something else? If it isn't the door, does anybody know where the door is then?

Another question. What does Bob Hughes mean by collapse in this paragraph: Asked to describe the fountain, Bob Hughes said water in it will fall 27 feet over three levels. The water will appear to flow beneath patios where people are dining. At the bottom level, the fountain will mimic a railroad, with a whistle sound and a 20-foot-long water tunnel that collapses, Hughes said. The fountain also will play songs and shoot jets and balls of water, he said. The paragraph was in this old article: http://greenvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...INESS/511160332

Here are some interesting facts about this fountain: it will be 150 feet wide, 27 feet tall, have public bathrooms, water testing, 6,100 gallons of water flowing through it every minute, the top of the fountain will shoot water 6 feet in the air, and it costs $3 million dollars to build. There will also be a tunnel going underneath it that you can walk through that will have train noises and water geysers timed with the music. It feels like it's going to be an amusement park ride.

...and is that black thing there where the tracks lead to must be the door to walk underneath the fountain and listen to train noises or is it just a thing to make it look like a tunnel?

Oh, ok. I see what you mean now.

I'm not sure if this has been posted or not, but the Hampton Inn and Suites Riverplace site is now updated with some nice pics: http://www.hamptoninnandsuitesgreenville.com

Before: After: I have question about how this is going to work. Is water going to cover the railroad tracks, because if it did it looks like it would go off the edge into the river or does the water go through where the tracks are painted or is there not going to be any water there at all, except for next to the wall to the left of the tracks?

Sorry, but I was not able to find out any info regarding Riverplace phase 3.

I'm not sure. Did you try contacting the city of Greenville?

...or maybe he got banned also for saying somebody that used to come here moved on to a different forum.

Maybe, just maybe it had to due with him liking this site soo much that he had two usernames instead of one. He will be missed.