Tower at Main & Gervais

[BryCola]

I've just never gotten over those supercool pirate hats they used to hand out at The Captain's Kitchen when I was a kid.

What's ECU?

[waccamatt]

What's ECU??? Not a sports fan? That's East Carolina University...their mascot is the Pirates. I'm such a big college sports fan that I sometimes assume that EVERYONE is.

[Captain Worley]

Nah, couldn't give a rip about sports. My cousin even went to ECU and I didn't know that.

I was thinking Electronic Control Unit...

[krazeeboi]

Nice pics Matt; you've covered TMG from just about every possible angle. I agree that it would look better with about 2 additional floors, but it does have an imposing presence when looking at it from the Statehouse. I also see there's some banding on the front exterior. I think that will break up the facade just enough to avoid a monotone look.

[waccamatt]

Nah, couldn't give a rip about sports. My cousin even went to ECU and I didn't know that.

I was thinking Electronic Control Unit...

[dobboard]

I took some photos of TMG and TMG's placement in the skyline. One of the photos is equidistant from Meridian and TMG and shows that TMG (with the chapeau) will be approximately the height of Meridian excluding the crown. I would have liked TMG better with 2 additional floors.

[Captain Worley]

OK Cap'n, 30 years ago you would have been wearing horn-rimmed glasses and had a pen and a slide rule in your pocket.

[waccamatt]

Who says I'm not now (TI-30Xa instead of a slide rule)?

[CorgiMatt]

Okay, it's time for me to be able to read about or see another pic of TMG when I click onto this forum. Back to topic, please.

[waccamatt]

Okay, it's time for me to be able to read about or see another pic of TMG when I click onto this forum. Back to topic, please.

[digital_sandlapper]

Everyone keeps saying "TMG" for obvious reasons, but that's not it's real name. Does the project still not have a real name yet?

[Spartan]

It's official name is "Tower at Main & Gervais"

[digital_sandlapper]

It's official name is "Tower at Main & Gervais"

[krazeeboi]

This is better than most, as the official name of a lot of towers is simply the street address. I suspect the public will refer to it as the new NBSC tower.

[Spartan]

Nope, I'm not kidding. Though I do agree with Krazee... once this project get's an anchor tenant (like NBSC) then that will be come the name of the tower.

[growingup15]

Hummm!! The Tower at Main and Gervais. I like it. it sounds a little bit better then The Main & Gervais

[growingup15]

I think there finish with putting floors on the building now i think there starting to put the crown on top of the building now.

[waccamatt]

I think there finish with putting floors on the building now i think there starting to put the crown on top of the building now.

[Captain Worley]

Someone drew a really cool pirate hat on it

Name could be worse. They could have named it Le Gervais or some hoity-toity nonsense.

[waccamatt]

Someone drew a really cool pirate hat on it

Name could be worse. They could have named it Le Gervais or some hoity-toity nonsense.

[krazeeboi]

I just wanted to compare two of Matt's shots to show how Meridian, First Citizens, and now TMG are helping to fill in the skyline.

[Spartan]

You know, I wouldn't have thought it before, but these two buildings really flatten out the skyline. They make the other buildings seem less tall. I guess as far as the skyline goes, Columbia needs another tall boy to give it some more dynamism.

[krazeeboi]

^I think it's just that particular perspective that seems to "level out" the skyline. But then we have to also recognize that the tallest at 349 feet really isn't that tall at all. At any rate, I do agree about something taller needed to make the skyline pop. A 500-footer would, placed correctly, would do the trick I think.

[GamecockEngineer]

I think a 500 footer might be a little too tall. This view of Columbia has always been my favorite. I-126 winding into a dense mass of buildings... it makes Columbia look quite large.

I do agree that, ironically, the skyline has been boxed out. A 400-425' building, located behind Palmetto Center and Meridian (in the void in the photo) would be the ideal location.

[krazeeboi]

It depends on the perspective. From this perspective, I don't think a 500-footer would appear so tall. It would be have to be built on Sumter, which in itself would make it look shorter since it would be located behind the main cluster of towers (look how the Wilbur Smith tower on Gervais and Meridian almost look to be the same size, when the former is 28 feet taller than the latter).