Plasticman

I think it is the noticeable silence on the progress that has many concerned. However, just in the last few days, TG and the tower have received worldwide & very positive exposure. I would venture that regardless of the sales, this project will move forward now...it has to....Nashville's aspirations to be viewed as a serious urban center would be questioned if not. If this project doesn't move forward as planned, the city will have egg all over it. My summary it will go forward no matter what. Gaushell do you agree?

I have more confidence in this project than in anything "The Donald" plans too build down here. I mean, how thin can Trump spread himself on all these highrise projects? He seems to be planting a tower in every a major city.

I'm not a detractor. I'm glad another supertall is going up. But now that the shock and awe is leveling off, realism sets in and we have to take this one step at a time. If Nashville can't get a couple hundred wealthy people to buy some condos in a landmark like that, then the city needs to turn off the lights and go home.

I don't know guys. A lot of detractors on the other threads don't believe this will happen. They say the TIF money won't be there and the condos are even higher priced. Will this exclude too many people?

I wouldn't worry about Columbia. I've been downtown many times walking and it is one of the most pedestrian friendly cities I've been to. he last time I went, it was so clean it was startling. And that library downtown is awesome. And when you are standing beneath a 300 foot tower or a 600 foot tower, it doesn't matter, both are impressive when standing right under them. Enjoy what you have and the rest will come.

I have none. But some Charlotte posters tend to artificially give Charlotte a boost when being compared to other cities but they especially tend to dig at Nashville. Like the above post comment about N'ville looking like Charlotte in 25 years. It's a pure joke. Because some Charlotte posters link their self worth as a large scale city on buildings, particularly BOA, then they try to boost themselves by putting down other skylines who don't have that one high building. The ego and overstatements about their city is so obvious it is funny.

BIG LOL!! Sorry dude but Nashville ALREADY looks like CHarlotte minus the BOA. Get off your high horse, Charlotte's skyline would be mediocre without BOA. It would be no better than Nashville, Tampa, Jax, Etc. New Orleans already has more density. Those are obvious digs at the two cities in a ridiculous attempt at making yourself believe Charlotte is way bigger. But thanks for the laugh.

Downtown Atlanta and Midtown will connect for sure. The outlying clusters will get bigger. Probably a lot like Chicago. Houston will be about like Chicago. The big surprise will be Las Vegas, Nashville, and Orlando. Nashville will be like Atlanta now but with more density in the core, Las Vegas will be spread all over the place with little density, Orlando will rival Miami. Louisville will fade away to the lingering echo of laughter at Museum Plaza. On the other hand, if Museum Plaza doesn't get built or gets redesigned, then they will be about like Charlotte now. Charlotte will finally get their dream, to be like Atlanta. Just kidding guys. I know that strikes a nerve with Charlotte people, heh heh.

Yep, my thoughts exactly. Let them out-tall Nashville if they want. Both cities will have 1,000 footers and many cities much larger than either of you would give their eye teeth for one. Phoenix comes to mind. I mean, you guys have Tony G. who is systemetically developing a super skyline for your city and Louisville has that psycho who is developing Museum Plaza. Who would you rather have?

Whoa dude....I'm from near Atlanta and I'm not eating crow. WXLA news today announced the approval of the redesigned "Mansion" being built here. Guess what.....1,212' tall, 91 floors and will finish in 2009. Psych......not really. I'm proud for you guys. But Atlanta won't let it stand forever. However, right now I believe Charlotte is your biggest threat. You and I both know Charlotte planners are going to out-tall Signature with Wachovia. Any concrete news on that?

Ok...so we are all convinced Signature is actually going to be 1,047' tall, realiably, realistically, fer sher?

Where do you guys check for this stuff? Is there some secret website that has forbidden information except for the chosen few?

Ha! Ha! I say more power to you and enjoy!! Maybe between you and Charlotte, our developers will get in gear for 1,200 footer.

Well don't forget Miami. They are planning two twin towers about 1,200 feet tall but that is way off isn't it? And yes, Charlotte or Atlanta will not allow Nashville to stay on top long. I would venture Charlotte (to my knowledge) hasn't defined their new Wachovia tower's height probably in anticipation of what the Sig will be and then they'll use Wachovia to top it or some other building. In fact, I should call Tony G. and tell him to build it in Atlanta and add a couple hundred feet because we already have the graduated buildings that would lead up to it. You Nashville people should just donate it. How bout it?

Here's an uneducated WAG. Take off the crown/spire which I guess is 150'. That leaves the original 700'. Then take 700 divided by 55 floors which comes out to 12.72' per floor. Round it off to 12' per floor and multiply times 65 to get about 780'. Add back in the 150' and it comes out at 930'. This is all unscientific as the floors may not all be the same height and I don't know that some of them aren't underground. But yes, no doubt over 900'. A significant building. WOW! Bigger than I though if that is accurate but I always lean toward conservative.

How tall is tall? Taller than original? How many floors?

As much as I'd hate to see BOA Atlanta lose the #1 spot, I am happy for Nashville and hope Signature is #1. It will stick up, that's for sure but as an earlier poster said, so did L&C. I remember seeing Charlotte's BOA go up and it stuck up almost by itself and I don't believe it had the infill Nashville does now. But Charlotte is now really booming with infill towers like Hearst and some other planned 600-700' buildings that will still keep BOA their tallest but the skyline will be balanced. Besides if you guys take the #1 spot, maybe Atlanta's own pride won't allow it for long and they'll lure some developer to build a 1,200 footer (maybe Trump?), which would not be too dramatic given the 700-1,000 footers already here and the numerous 500-600 footers all over the place. It may all be mute anyway as Miami I believe is planning some 1,200 foot twin towers.

Well, I live about eight miles from Athens over in Oconee County. I work in Athens. It is a nice small town with a large college but the government is too liberal for my taste. That's why I work there but live in Oconee.

Density has reall nothing to do with being "cosmopolitan". And what threshold is "there" anyway? Where is "there"? Is "there" when you have people elbow to elbow on a city street with cabs honking and irate people busying around? Atlanta has plenty of that but thank God it isn't all the time. Again, Atlanta is "there" and is certainly as "there" as Boston or Houston is.

OK keep telling yourself that. I admit Houston is slightly bigger metro 5,200,000 vs. Atlanta's 4,900,000 but is still in the same "level". Dallas actually is bigger than Houston in metro population at nearly 6,000,000 but I would say that is largely due to Ft. Worth? Have you ever even been to Atlanta? So it is most certainly "there" and has been for a decade or more.

Atlanta is already at the "next level". And Boston has nothing on Atlanta and looks out of place being lumped into the big three.