ryanthegreat

Agreed - cool angle! How tall is AmSouth again? I'm curious as a point of reference for how much Dynatech will rise over it...

"Arts-center leaders already have chosen architect Barton Myers Associates, but the performance halls won't be designed until a funding plan is approved. They're pushing an ambitious schedule, with construction of the center from 2007 to 2010 and completion of the private development in 2012." Three years for this huge of a project seems very reasonable. Only the private development is slated to be finished later, which in terms of happening, is a total crap-shoot anyway.

This thing is putting the Metropolitan to shaaame. Once Dynatech goes up...

updates would be very welcomed

Exactly. And in the long term, a vibrant downtown will lead to more growth than an impressive skyline and no vibrancy. Things are happening in the right order for Orlando.

I don't think the height limits are necessarily a bad thing for the time being. It's not like we have this huge downtown core to begin with and we need it to go up instead of out. I'd rather have broader area of land urbanized at the expense of buildings being shorter. And when it gets to the point that demand for land raises to a point where developers have to build taller towers, then maybe they'll be ready to pick a fight with the FAA.

How can you measure it accurately from that picture? Neither Suntrust nor Wachovia nor BB&T are the same distance from the camera. You'd have to do some fancy calculating taking into account the perspective/distance of the camera.

I agree - they did design it that way in the initial renderings, didn't they? I remember the sides of the buildings extending down the parking garage, giving it a much sleeker look.

Don't know about being the only logical solution - but it is one great solution. I really like the location in this scenario, on South Street, close to Church. This is a perfecect natural line of development and activity to extend from what we already have going on (Church Street Station, and soon The Plaza), the potential of the PAC being on South Street across from City Hall, and the Citrus Bowl down a ways further on Church. Perfect location for the making of an entertainment district.

Seriously...with Paramount, Tradition, 55W, Dynetech and Vue in that first shot, we'll have a complete wall of buildings around two sides of the park. Hot.

though they're still investing even more back to us to keep the yuan deflated against the dollar.

I disagree that it would only move the problem. Of course, areas with stations could experience more traffic, but not to the extent that it wouldn't still be a better situation. At least all of the crowds wouldn't be congesting the same place - they'd be dispersed. And an all-or-nothing attitude is a part of the reason why nothing has happened so far, in terms of alternative transportation. Establishing a central artery is vital...then, if the traffic getting to particular stations becomes a huge issue, an argument could be made that there would be a high enough ridership to warrent building branches off of the central artery.

that. is. beautiful.

wow - first post! bravissimo's is a great little restaraunt, though it's gone downhill from what it used to be. still, the ambiance is great. if bravissimo intruiges you, check out babbos, on edgewater drive. i heard somewhere that the owner is the guy who originally opened bravissimo and i would definitely agree that it's truer to the original intent of bravissimo. in my opinion, it's the best italian in orlando. as far as pizza goes, does anyone know what happened to midnite pizza on orange ave? it was a dirty little hole-in-the-wall place, but they had the most amaaazing pizza. if you ate in, you couldn't avoid the company of some regular homeless guys who hung out there, but, the pizza was definitely worth it, and it added to the unique ambiance. most authentic and best tasting ny pizza i've had outside of the city.