Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries

[MLBrumby]

Me too brother!

[markhollin]

Chicago, Soldier Field dome proposal (courtesy of YIMBY Chicago):

Proposed Chicago Bears stadium District for Arlington Heights, IL (courtesy of YIMBY Chicago):

[VSRJ]

Major league sports stadiums belong downtown (or at least within a few miles).

[MLBrumby]

I’d guess it’s an effort by the bears owners to extort money from the city to build their new playpen.

[BnaBreaker]

3 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

I’d guess it’s an effort by the bears owners to extort money from the city to build their new playpen.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexactly.

[markhollin]

Miami's renderings for Baccarat Residences, 75 stories, 848', 360 units:

[nashville born]

Render released for Manhattan's next supertall.  The 52 story, 1,067' tower will house a 825 room hotel in its base and a four story observation deck with a drop ride attraction. (Courtesy New York YIMBY)

[markhollin]

8 minutes ago, nashville born said:

Render released for Manhattan's next supertall.  The 52 story, 1,067' tower will house a 825 room hotel in its base and a four story observation deck with a drop ride attraction. (Courtesy New York YIMBY)

Looks like some sort of ratchet wrench.  ; )

[smeagolsfree]

I think they got the idea from woodworking class. 

[colemangaines]

A company called LIFTbuild is experimenting in Detroit with constructing a building from the top down. Floors are fabricated at ground level, then lifted up into place and fastened to the concrete core. They claim the cost savings in labor, productivity, and liability insurance make it up to 30% cheaper than traditional construction.

[BnaBreaker]

Check out this stunning 985 foot beauty U/C in Toronto called Concord Sky:  

[MontanaGuy]

On 10/11/2022 at 10:39 AM, colemangaines said:

A company called LIFTbuild is experimenting in Detroit with constructing a building from the top down. Floors are fabricated at ground level, then lifted up into place and fastened to the concrete core. They claim the cost savings in labor, productivity, and liability insurance make it up to 30% cheaper than traditional construction.

That's an interesting concept although I must admit I'm a bit confused about how it actually functions.  I wonder how well it would function if the building changed shapes like getting smaller towards the top or if it only works when it stays the same from top to bottom like it seems to be doing in that photo.

[Archibum]

14 hours ago, MontanaGuy said:

That's an interesting concept although I must admit I'm a bit confused about how it actually functions.  I wonder how well it would function if the building changed shapes like getting smaller towards the top or if it only works when it stays the same from top to bottom like it seems to be doing in that photo.

I would think the use case and design variability would be fairly limited. You can see that there doesn't see to be a lot of depth from the façade to the core face. As I can tell from a single picture, all slabs are cantilevered off the of the core with no columns at the perimeter so the floor depths you can achieve would be quite shallow.

[markhollin]

Philadelphia's renderings for 1148 Frankfurt Ave. in Fishtown: 59 units, restoration of 19th century Kensington Bank Bldg. (courtesy of YIMBY Philadelphia):
 

[nashville born]

If you have a spare $250 million lying around, you can have these views from Central Park Tower's penthouse...(photos courtesy of New York YIMBY)

 

[markhollin]

Hong Kong courtesy of DSLR Hunter:

[markhollin]

Chicago's renderings for 360 North Green in Fulton Market District, 24 stories, 399', office w/ ground level retail (courtesy of YIMBY Chicago):

[nashville born]

Brooklyn Tower, a 93-story residential tower nears completion on its exterior work.  At 1.066 feet, it stands as the tallest tower in the outer boroughs and will yield 550 units, of which 150 will be for purchase and 30% of the for rent units are reserved for affordable housing.   (courtesy of YIMBY NY)

Body reminds me of Atlanta's BofA tower and the crown reminds me of the dorm at Vandy.   Guess they had a child who inherited dad's height.

https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/10/brooklyn-towers-facade-nears-completion-at-9-dekalb-avenue-in-downtown-brooklyn.html

[markhollin]

San Francisco's renderings for The Cube at 620 Folson, 62 stories, 640', 826 units (courtesy of YIMBY San Fran):
 

[markhollin]

Fort Lauderdale's  Southeast 6th Court, 47 stories, 563', 830 units, 13,000 sq. ft. retail, 9 story/951 capacity garage  (courtesy of YIMBY Florida):

[MontanaGuy]

8 hours ago, markhollin said:

Fort Lauderdale's  Southeast 6th Court, 47 stories, 563', 830 units, 13,000 sq. ft. retail, 9 story/951 capacity garage  (courtesy of YIMBY Florida):

I love this design, very bold and modern!

[markhollin]

Philadelphia's renderings for 21 M, 23 stories, 350', residential, office, retail, underground parking (courtesy of YIMBY Philadelphia):

[Auntie Yock]

^That's like having a glass tower (a la James K. Polk bldg) plopped on top of the now-demolished Carmichael Towers. Hideous.

[dmillsphoto]

Found this quite the interesting stat, and wonder what the Nashville equivalent would be like...

 

 

[smeagolsfree]

17 hours ago, dmillsphoto said:

Found this quite the interesting stat, and wonder what the Nashville equivalent would be like...

 

 

If it were done in downtown Nashville, there would be no parking requirement. But since we have no mass transit to speak of, they still build parking. At least it is below grade.