Trader Building Progress

[rusthebuss]

Great stuff, it looks like the 20th floor will be topped off by next week.

Maybe. They are doing a steel top so who knows how long that will take.

[urbanvb]

The building really has much more presence than in a photo. If you haven't been by to see it you really might be pleasantly surprised.

[vdogg]

The building really has much more presence than in a photo. If you haven't been by to see it you really might be pleasantly surprised.

It looks like it has plenty of presence in that photo to me. It dominates just about everything around it.

[urbanvb]

This pic is from the Trader pic directory. I really like this shot.

[okinawatyphoon]

hey dbo, the next time you take pics, could you possibly take one of the Cruise Terminal again? Thanks so much for all your pics!

[dbo]

hey dbo, the next time you take pics, could you possibly take one of the Cruise Terminal again? Thanks so much for all your pics!

Will get that shot tomorrow. The parade of sail will come in around 3pm, so I will try to get that in there as well.

dbo

[dbo]

"Picture of the Week" has been posted. Okityphoon, your request is in the Misc section.

dbo

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[urbanvb]

neat pano, dbo. Just curious, what kind of camera do you use?

[dbo]

neat pano, dbo. Just curious, what kind of camera do you use?

Canon 5D & a 10D - I was using a sigma 28-200 zoom @ 28 MM on the 5D, it causes to much distortion so I'm going try it with my 50mm and see if it does a better job. The picture above that you posted from the web, was done with the 10d held in the vertical position. You can see the lap points more in that image.

dbo

[rusthebuss]

Thanks for the pic dbo!

[okinawatyphoon]

thanks so much dbo!! BEAUTIFUL pics!

[JWCJ]

I like how Norfolk is moving along so well.

[dbo]

"Picture of the Week" has been posted

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The 50mm did work better on the "pano"

dbo

[erdogs]

"Picture of the Week" has been posted

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The 50mm did work better on the "pano"

dbo

Thanks, nice pic. Is there a reason that one crane is so high? Did they raise it?

[Seven Cities]

The Plume St. crane was raised about a month ago. According to previous posts, that should be the final increase in height for the cranes at the site. Someone mentioned a "topping off" sometime in August.

Thanks for the pic dbo.

[okinawatyphoon]

Thanks again for the pics and for getting the cruise terminal again. the outside facade is really climbing fast now!

[urbanfan]

If you zoom in on picture number 4 on the trader web site, you will see the future of transportation here in hampton roads. Quick, no traffic, lightweight and can be carried up several flights of stairs. Check it out.

[dbo]

If you zoom in on picture number 4 on the trader web site, you will see the future of transportation here in hampton roads. Quick, no traffic, lightweight and can be carried up several flights of stairs. Check it out.

I take it, you are refering to the "John" boat parked next to the "John"

dbo

[urbanfan]

I take it, you are refering to the "John" boat parked next to the "John"

dbo

Bingo

[dbo]

[wrldcoupe4]

how big are the floorplates in this building?

[ace707]

Work on the penthouse floor is well underway and they have in fact put the steel ceiling for that floor up and it is giving the building a huge boost in height and is clearly the highest ceiling since the first floor. Plus they have begun puting the steel posts for the mechanical floor crown and sure has made Trader much taller and quite the site to see the past few days.

[urbanfan]

Work on the penthouse floor is well underway and they have in fact put the steel ceiling for that floor up and it is giving the building a huge boost in height and is clearly the highest ceiling since the first floor. Plus they have begun puting the steel posts for the mechanical floor crown and sure has made Trader much taller and quite the site to see the past few days.

Pictures

[ace707]

Pictures

I'm sorry, I didn't have a camera. Dbo will surely have an up-to-date one this Friday and I'll try to take some from a different perpective next week.

[dbo]

Pictures

tommorow, if all goes well.

dbo