THE Orlando Photo Thread

[DeepEyez]

Church Street landscaping is fantastic -- I hope at some point the city addressing the streetscaping issue along N. Orange Ave.

Are you talking about the area up by Colonial? If so, I totally agree.

[prahaboheme]

^Yes, Colonial to Robinson really needs some work.

[bulldogger]

It's a bit disappointing -- the rendering with the city logo on the garage was quite nice. I wonder what happened..

I would guess that they got the cheesy idea from the Eiffel Tower. There are mannequins or some kind of full size dolls posing as construction workers with safety nets and other things of that nature up on the Eiffel Tower. I thought it was under construction until I got up to the first level and then you notice that none of it is real. Then you wonder why they wouldn't just get rid of that stuff and build a working elevator on that portion of the tower.

[John Hargrove]

Edited August 29, 2010 by castorvx

[prahaboheme]

What are they doing to the older Church Street garage? Are they simply giving it a paint job? The new, and less visible, garage is so much more impressive.

Edited August 29, 2010 by prahaboheme

[prahaboheme]

courtesy Orlando Sentinel

Edited September 1, 2010 by prahaboheme

[John Hargrove]

Just a small notice ... I will not be posting updates this weekend, as I will be out of state.

Next update will be September 8th, or September 11th, depending on my schedule.

On my way to work this morning it looked like they've started cutting away the I-4 embankment, at least on the Hughey side. This is going to be awesome!

[DeepEyez]

Just a small notice ... I will not be posting updates this weekend, as I will be out of state.

Next update will be September 8th, or September 11th, depending on my schedule.

On my way to work this morning it looked like they've started cutting away the I-4 embankment, at least on the Hughey side. This is going to be awesome!

Cutting away the I-4 embankment for what again?

[John Hargrove]

Cutting away the I-4 embankment for what again?

To increase the walkable area beneath the I-4 underpass on the south side of Church Street.

There's a large sloping embankment that they want to make a flat wall that's further from the street-side, where they'll have better lingering space. This will also make all of the ground level stuff for Amway Center visible down Church St, while right now it's largely obstructed.

Here's the plan:

http://downtownorlando.com/sites/default/files/Interstate%204%20Underpass.pdf

[prahaboheme]

Does the underpass has a chance of being completed for the grand opening?

[John Hargrove]

Does the underpass has a chance of being completed for the grand opening?

Looks that way.

[bic]

Here are some random pictures I ganked from Flickr to give you guys something to look at:

By N22YF:

By ZarrSadus:

By bueller2:

[bic]

The Orlando Sentinel posted a little slideshow with construction pictures of the original Orlando Arena I've never seen before. Check 'em out:

September 1986: Arena model

February 1987

March 1987

April 1987

May 1987

October 1987

November 1987

January 1988

February 1988

March 1988

May 1988

May 1988

December 1988

[prahaboheme]

Without the lobby exterior of the O-rena, it looks tiny!

[John Hargrove]

Amway Center

Church St. I-4 Underpass Improvements

Misc.

Seven Eleven is nearing completion. I believe they plan to open as early as two weeks from now.

Construction on Mojo is moving right along. Several construction workers in there today.

Deja Vu has some exterior improvements. They cleaned up the exterior walls and re-painted the wooden elements.

Well that was weird. Apparently there's an image count limit on a post.

The last few you'll have to click.

[tc01]

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What is that metal shaped like a circle for ? it does not look like a bike rack.

Edited September 11, 2010 by tc01

[tc01]

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Are those water fountains ? By the way, thanks for the nice update.

[prahaboheme]

Those are definitely bike racks, I've seen similar ones up here. They are not at all functional, though.

[John Hargrove]

I don't know what those rings are. I took a picture hoping someone could figure it out. Best guess is bike rack, but that seems like a very weird bike rack.

And yeah ... those are some nice little water features. There are a few of them over on the northwest corner of the center, near the practice court.

[John Hargrove]

Breaking in my new camera this evening, and I got some new night shots of the arena.

There are a couple more at downtown-otown.com.

Edited September 14, 2010 by castorvx

[John Hargrove]

More camera fun ...

[mrh3]

courtesy Orlando Sentinel

I guess I know I'm a real estate geek when I lust for that Palm Beach Land Trust Lot. Oh the things I could do with you!!!

[DeepEyez]

I guess I know I'm a real estate geek when I lust for that Palm Beach Land Trust Lot. Oh the things I could do with you!!!

I would also love to own that piece of property and that triangular lot across the street as well. The possibilities for those lots are endless. Hopefully the Rida Development Group turns it into an iconic beauty.

[John Hargrove]

For the first time in at least a year, the Plaza towers are partially lit. The south tower is purple/blue. Hopefully they're planning to light both on a regular basis. Those towers look great at night with the colored lighting.

[John Hargrove]

Weekly Photo Update: http://downtown-otown.com/2010/09/18/weekly-photo-update-gai-amway-center-fumco/

Yay for not making this page 10 billion pixels tall. I posted about 90 photos today, including:

• Seven Eleven
• Amway Center (awesome south-side shots I've never gotten before ... shot from the Anderson bridge)
• GAI
• FUMCO

Enjoy!