orlandouprise

we have to have one of the most inept city councils on the planet...my god

go to water street tampa and st pete instead. Orlando hasn't built $hit this year

So the ARB gushes over the architecture of the new SED plan after gutting the original plan and making it look as generic as possible? Simply amazing how there was absolutely no push back. Orlando will always be a $hit town as long as we have these hacks in office. Tell me they are not either stupid, blind or in bed with BB architects.

i thing they managed to do the impossible with this new color scheme. Which is to make our tallest building look short and fat. The crown disappears into the cloudy sky on most days and actually makes the building appear shorter. Only in this town... Should have been darker to stand out imo.

I actually dont mind the waverly's color palette because like you said the art deco lends itself to a more fun color palette. This on the other hand IMO looks dated and out of place.

That "mural" is probably one of the worst attempts at street art / mural i have ever seen. teal? is it 1988 again?

NOLA has an impressive skyline? I would argue that Nashville has a more impressive skyline than NOLA from what i remember but I have been there in 20 years . LOL i would say the dolphin expressway and the McCarthur Causway have a much closer vantage point for DT Miami

ohhhh we get a giant chess set!!!! that makes it all the worthwhile!!! Now that is creative and groundbreaking...

could someone with access to the OBJ post the latest article?

i agree, its the first "creative" thing in the village

Agreed! 100% But if you were visiting from out of town. What do you do DT? Where do you go? What is there to see exactly. Honest questions

I would agree with every one of those statements! Smart man!

With all due respect, have you walked around DTO lately? The CBD is a ghost town, CV is a ghost town and south eola is meh ok And now we can only expect 4 more years of this because Buddy cakewalked into it again with zero opposing candidates.

for some reason i cant see anything

any renderings you can post? I dont subscribe to the Business Journal

100% agree. That exactly what i was saying before. It is what it is and it likely wont change for the time being. If I want more than I should look elsewhere. Yet i was told thats dumb of me. I was told its dumb to move because skyscrapers arent being built as if the height of a building is the measuring stick for my happiness. There are many cities that dont have height but are extraordinary. Paris, London, D.C. Boston, hell even Greenville SC has more life and vibrancy than DTO without having height. My gripe and frustration is DTO is an afterthought here and all the energy is put forth in the suburbs. Not my cup of tea, so Im looking elsewhere. Thats it. as far as city hall...if they cant then who can. If they cant, this place is 100% doomed. Problem is the people in charge are stale and its just accepted as normal. Its not.

DTO is dying. People can make excuses about Covid or any other excuse for it but the truth is Covid affected everyone...yet other cities still managed to grow, develop and prosper instead of wither away. There is no life, no buzz, no movement, no vibrancy. A few generic apartments have been built but that's it. There is a reason EVERY single project gets scaled down to a shell of its self or doesn't see the light of day. There is zero appeal to want to spend any time there. DTO is on life support and no one in charge seems to care.

The most iconic park in the city and they use cheap @$$ Sylvester Palms instead of Medjools.

this has ZERO to do with some f$ckn dead condo building regardless of what thread its written in. Its incredibly frustrating the lack of forward movement in this town. The apathy from even the politicians makes me want to rip my hair out. But I have come to the realization that is all Orlando can give and wants be in the forseeable future. I want more. instead of wishing this place changes till Im blue in the face... why not just move somewhere that already checks those boxes.

Really? Would you constantly want to feel disappointed by your surroundings? Knowing its not going to get any better? Id rather be in a place that intrigues me, captivates, motivates and inspires me, not underwhelms me... but that's just my .02

i was born and raised here... but I am so frustrated with this city's lack of foresight and progression that I am actively looking where else I can move to. I can't take it anymore. It's just one disappointment after another. There is no forward momentum in this town.

welp...add the Pulse museum to the Orlando cemetery. Geezus there is no money in this town to get projects off the ground....meanwhile Miami is swimming in billion dollar projects.

Can we make it any slower? Geezus... its already 3.5 hours from Orl to Mia. To me that ride should be max 2 hours with express trains running non stop.

nothing would make me happier... even if it is designed by the most uninspiring JV firm in the universe.

It will be 80’ by the time it’s built in 2040