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[Mith242]

Nice view Nate, although it did throw me for a loop for a second. Took me a second before I realized that was a slight reflection in there. Still a pretty nice view.

[richyb83]

Yeah you right Nate.

Baton Rouge is boxy too. But a non-crown Charlotte-like tower would be great. I do hope Two City Plaza will have some variation to the box. Waiting on new renderings in about a month. On the old rendering the top two floors look inclined back; with a small spire on top.

Edited August 10, 2006 by richyb83

[dan326]

Yeah you right Nate.

Baton Rouge is boxy too. But a non-crown Charlotte-like tower would be great. I do hope Two City Plaza will have some variation to the box. Waiting on new renderings in about a month. On the old rendering the top two floors look inclined back; with a small spire on top.

I hope they do too. From what I saw in Dallas, you can really do nice things with a 20-story building if it's designed with consideration.

[dan326]

This doesn't have to do anything with Louisiana, but I still thought it was interesting. They were going to build this in Houston and would have been 6,864 and 500 stories. Houston must have had some major money to consider this. It would have still been nice if they had built it, just a scaled down version.

[dimebag1980]

^^ 6,864 and 500 stories ??????????

[richyb83]

Yeah, that's just plain crazy there. That sucker would have been over a mile high. No way I would want to be up there during a lightning storm. Nice looking design. Imagine if it would have been a 1/4 of that height.

[NCB]

Check this out:

This is "The Illinois" which was invisioned for Chicago in the 80's, I believe. It would have been 5,280 feet tall.

[Mith242]

Now that one actually looks that tall. The one in Houston just doesn't look like it's really that tall. Could 6,864 ft be a typo?

[NCB]

And look at this, those buildings in Houston or Chicago don't even hold a candle to this:

The"X-Seed 4000" was a "building" invisioned for Tokyo, and though it looks more like a man-made mountain to me, it would have been 13,123 feet tall.

Also, Tokyo currently has 11 buildings over 1,800 feet that are just considered to be "visions".

[NCB]

Houston must have had some major money to consider this.

Well, not exactly. Most of the buildings you see on Emporis listed as a "vision" means that there was really nothing behind the project. The City of Houston wasn't actually behind that building, and actually no developer was, it seems. You might have an architect design a building and throw it out into the public hoping to get a developer to back the project. And because the project was never officially proposed, it technically isn't rejected and thus is not considered a "never built" high-rise. The "Riverfront Office Tower" that is listed as a "vision" for Baton Rouge is an example of this. Trahan Architects just designed a 25 story office tower, sort of put it out in the public eye, and hoped that the demand would be great enough, and a developer would get behind their project. So far, no takers.

[richyb83]

The X Seed would have been it's very own city.

If River Front Office Tower does ever get built that will be a sleek/nearly razor-thin high-rise. I took pics and will POST soon on the property and the controversial BRWaterWorks block it borders.

Edited August 11, 2006 by richyb83

[NCB]

Saint Charles Avenue in downtown New Orleans:

[dan326]

^Nice. Who ever made all those railings must have had a lot of patience.

[NCB]

^I love those balconies and galleries on that portion of Saint Charles. That is right next to Canal Street, and Saint Charles ends there and become's Royal Street on the other side of Canal and on through the French Quarter.

[dimebag1980]

^Nice. Who ever made all those railings must have had a lot of patience.

They just don't make things like they used to anymore... those are such beautiful architectural accents.

[NCB]

They just don't make things like they used to anymore... those are such beautiful architectural accents.

No they certainly don't. New Orleans is a perfect example of just how much work and detail was put into architecture back in the day.

[dimebag1980]

^Definitely!!

Here's a shot I got tonight along the Shreveport riverfront. This is the Red River, the Horseshoe riverboat, and the Horseshoe Hotel. This was a fairly long exposure of 30 seconds.

Edited August 12, 2006 by SBCmetroguy

[dan326]

I really like that hotel. Is that white structure infront of the hotel connected to it?

[dimebag1980]

I really like that hotel. Is that white structure infront of the hotel connected to it?

Yes, but only on the riverfront side. That's the main operations center for the casino and the riverboat. They control just about everything from inside that building.

[NCB]

Awesome, Brian! Glad to see you have some new night shots to share with us.

[dimebag1980]

Awesome, Brian! Glad to see you have some new night shots to share with us.

Thanks, man. Unfortunately these came at a cost. The riverfront is so gorgeous at night, but after the sun goes down it changes. My wife was getting upset that I wouldn't leave when I had a drunk trying to start a fight with me. I just acted like he wasn't there as he said, "hey, picture this, picture man" and "hey, look over there... take that picture." He was trying to get me to pop off to him, and even though I know I would have creamed his drunk (and high) butt, I ignored him. I knew he and his "woman" were going to be trouble when they walked up, because I could smell the pot they were smoking.

[dan326]

Yes, but only on the riverfront side. That's the main operations center for the casino and the riverboat. They control just about everything from inside that building.

I mean those white columns stacked u pon top of each other.

[dimebag1980]

I mean those white columns stacked u pon top of each other.

OH, sorry!! Yes, that's part of the hotel's facade.

[dan326]

That's alright.Thanks. That was confusing me though because it seems like a shadow doesn't appear around the edges, so it's hard to tell.

[NCB]

I mean those white columns stacked u pon top of each other.

Damn! I had answered to your first question that those white box's were part of the hotel's exterior facade, but after Brian answered about something else, I erased it because I thought you were talking about something completely different.