Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries

[markhollin]

Detroit, Gordie Howe Bridge, to be finished by 2025:

[markhollin]

New York, Terminal Warehouse renovation/repurposingplan, West Chelsea (courtesy of YIMBY New York):

[TNinVB]

Not all glass boxes have to be boring. Going up in Chicago at the old Chicago Spire site. 

[Luvemtall]

Exactly, a little detail in design goes a long way. It’s not that they are glass, it’s that they’re just square boxes that gets boring.

[markhollin]

San Francisco's renders for 598 Bryant, 31 stories, 342', 380 units, 4,850 sq, ft. of retail, 40 car garage, 170 bicycle capacity (courtesy of YIMBY San Fran):

[markhollin]

New York City's renderings for Freedom Plaza, 60 stories/650', 50 stories/550', 1,325 apts., double 51 story hotel, 1,200 rooms (courtesy of YIMBY New York):

[nashville born]

Hope NYC builds this attractive new neighbor for the UN tower.  Wish we could get something (scaled down of course) as unique as this (the double hotel portion).

[Luvemtall]

1 hour ago, nashville born said:

Hope NYC builds this attractive new neighbor for the UN tower.  Wish we could get something (scaled down of course) as unique as this (the double hotel portion).

I agree, but also IMO we shouldn’t think about scaling down. Nashville deserves to have full scale , loud and proud development! 

[markhollin]

Pittsburgh, 1950 and 2021:

[markhollin]

Chicago's renderings for 420 North May, 53 stories/575', 587 units (courtesy of YIMBY Chicago):

[Luvemtall]

Beautiful design, goes to show that it doesn’t necessarily need to be a super tall to have an impact. Just some design characteristics that make it unique and interesting.

[nashville born]

Renders for Wynn Resorts at phase two of Hudson Yards in NYC have been released.  Photos courtesu pf NY YIMBY. The project will include hotel, casino, and tower components.  An 80-story, 1,189'supertall office tower, an 1,172 foot supertall residential tower, and a  1,366' supertall office tower are proposed.

https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/03/new-renderings-revealed-for-wynn-resorts-at-phase-two-of-hudson-yards.html

 

[markhollin]

New York City's The Torch (52 stories, 1,067', 825 room hotel,  and large public outdoor observation deck with a drop ride attraction above) has updated renderings (courtesy of YIMBY New York):

[TNinVB]

https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/03/renderings-revealed-for-the-torch-at-740-eighth-avenue-in-midtown-manhattan.html
 

Probably one of the strangest skyscrapers I’ve ever seen. 

11 hours ago, markhollin said:

New York City's The Torch (52 stories, 1,067', 825 room hotel,  and large public outdoor observation deck with a drop ride attraction above) has updated renderings (courtesy of YIMBY New York):

Haha you can delete my post. I noticed yours as soon as I posted. Possibly the strangest skyscraper I’ve seen.  

[dmillsphoto]

Giving very Star Wars Coruscant vibes. 

[markhollin]

Vancouver, British Colombia:

[markhollin]

Spent last week in San Diego for the first time in over 25 years.  Beautiful city. There are about 40 towers that are 300' and taller.  But the tallest is 500' (I'm thinking it is due to FCC with the Airport and Naval Air Stations being so close).  I saw 5 cranes in the core for construction of new towers. 

Several shots from final approach to the international airport, which is just NW of downtown:

Stayed at a friend's home on Point Loma, and this was the view I had:

Looking at skyline from U.S.S. Midway Museum on the harbor:

The Sante Fee Railroad Terminal downtown:

Looking NE from Cabrillo National Monument at very tip of Point Loma, with the U.S. Naval Air Station in the foreground.

Balboa Park on downtown's north side covers hundreds of acres and was originally built in 1914 for a Worlds' Fair. Many of those structures still exist and are now a wide array of museums and attractions. including the San Diego Zoo.  Most have this sort of architectural flair:

[markhollin]

Chicago:

[markhollin]

Newark, NJ,'s renderings for Halo Towers, 52/573', 42/454', 1,075 units, 343 garage (courtesy of YIMBY New York):

[markhollin]

Atlanta (courtesy of Terry Long):

[markhollin]

Ålesund, Norway:

[markhollin]

Seattle:

[donNdonelson2]

11 hours ago, markhollin said:

Seattle:

I spent six weeks in Seattle in 2000, and never had the atmospheric conditions to see Mount Rainier the entire time. Flying out very early on a Sunday morning, the plane emerged from the low cloud cover to reveal that majestic mountain. That’s a visual, and a feeling that I treasure as a very special memory.

[MidTenn1]

4 hours ago, donNdonelson2 said:

I spent six weeks in Seattle in 2000, and never had the atmospheric conditions to see Mount Rainier the entire time. Flying out very early on a Sunday morning, the plane emerged from the low cloud cover to reveal that majestic mountain. That’s a visual, and a feeling that I treasure as a very special memory.

I had the great fortune of flying into SeaTac on my way to Alaska a few years ago and we dipped under the cloud cover, just slightly higher than Mount Ranier itself, with the setting sun bathing the mountain with a blood red color. It was incredible !! 

[chc3]

I spend summers on Whidbey Island and often take pics of Rainier from Double Bluff Beach. Even in mid-summer, it’s snow covered. It has the greatest prominence in the USA after Denali.