The Homemade Renderings Thread

[otowner]

Well that is pretty damn impressive!

I would be darn proud of that skyline even without a new tallest in there.

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I agree, these pics definitely support that notion. bic, you always seem to have the most foresight, keep up the good work.

[bic]

I agree, these pics definitely support that notion.  bic, you always seem to have the most foresight, keep up the good work.

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Haha..I don't know about foresight...I'm thinking more like too much free time. Thanks for the feedback though.

[iris32]

That was great Bic!

I don't think is was too much free time... I think that for the first time we are so proud of the city and the new developments that we can't wait to find out how it is going to look like... and we love that you took the time to make it easier for us to see it. Thanks!

We are becoming a real city with a real downtown!

We are not Mickey Mouse town any more

[Dale]

Yeah, great job Bic !

Hey, as a personal favor, can you do one of the county ? B)

[bic]

Hey, as a personal favor, can you do one of the county ?  B)

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I would, but I just got a call from Governor Schwarzenegger saying that if I did, he'd call me a girly man.

[RestedTraveler]

Awesome job, bic! Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd...the same holds true for downtown cores. I can't wait to see a photograph of Orlando's skyline in a few years in a side-by-side comparison with your Google Earth renderings!

[bic]

Updated map with The Corinthian, added to the Church/Eola Residential, and changed Star Tower's status from proposed to under construction.

LEGEND

Blue - Recently Developed

Orange - Under Construction

Teal - Proposed

1. City View Apartments

2. Hughes Square

3. Eola South

4. OUC North Central Energy Building

5. Lynx Central Station

6. CNL II

7. Osceola Brownstones

8. The Jackson

9. The Sanctuary

10. Premiere Trade Plaza & Solaire

11. The Vue

12. The Cornerstone

13. US Federal Courthouse

14. FAMU College of Law

15. Orlando City Place

16. Performing Arts Center

17. Star Tower

18. The Paramount

19. Tradition Towers

20. 55 West

21. Dynetech

22. Jefferson Street Garage

23. Washington Residential Tower

24. 217 N. Eola

25. Ridgley Manor

26. Pizzuti Redevelopment

27. Orange Court

28. The M (Magnolia Lofts)

29. North Orange

30. 801 N. Orange

31. The Ivanhoe

32. Orlando Palace

33. 205 S. Eola Dr.

34. Capital Plaza III

35. Monarch

36. Church/Eola Residential

37. 305 S. Eola Dr.

38. The Corinthian

[cwetteland]

Beautiful job, Bic. But I still think Main & Main has more credibility than NuPizzuti. After all, Kodsi said he'd build the Sanctuary and cha-ching. He said, he'd start star tower as sanctuary was wrapping up and cha-ching. No reason to doubt his word on Main and Main. On the other hand Palm Beach Land Trust has no track record at least not in downtown Orlando.

You're right, there are no published plans for Main & Main, but that is true for NuPizzuti and the PAC. That's just my opinion, and since you are doing all the work on the rendering you are certainly entitled to yours. And .. I think it is a really great product.

Question about the M&M lot. Does anyone know what its true boundaries are? I think its from 50 to the existing condos and from Orange to Garland. Does anyone know different?

[bic]

I finally got around to finishing up my attempt at modeling Downtown Orlando in Google Earth-- well, as much of it as I wanted and was able to do. There are many buildings less than 10 stories tall that I had to leave out because I did not have the proper reference pictures to adequately estimate their heights. I decided to color-code the buildings to match the map that I've been updating in this thread, so you should know that teal indicates a proposed building, orange indicates a building under construction, and gray indicates completed buildings.

Without further ado, here is a tour of the future Downtown Orlando.

Downtown as seen from the southwest:

Downtown as seen from the northwest:

Downtown as seen from the southeast:

The new view from I-4 Eastbound:

408 Eastbound view:

The once lone SunTrust Building has some new company:

Looking north from ORMC:

A new look at a popular view of downtown:

A dense Thornton Park:

Lake Eola:

Tradition Towers, Dynetech, The Vue, and Ridgley Manor from across Lake Eola:

Proposed 217 North Eola residential in the foreground:

Some Lake Eola density:

TD Waterhouse Centre and the Orlando Centroplex:

Uptown in the foreground and Orlando City Place on the right:

The twin towers of Orlando Palace, The Ivanhoe, and the lone North Orange:

The monsterous Orlando City Place and Uptown in the back:

Orlando City Place, with the grayed out Holiday Inn at its core:

Downtown seen from over the Executive Airport:

The skyline seen from westbound 408:

The WESH Super Doppler 2 tower shot of downtown:

Just another overview:

Looking down Orange Ave. over the roof of the CNL Building:

City Hall and SunTrust cluster:

The 400 Club:

The new core:

One last overview of the new Downtown Orlando

[firemick]

One word: Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. great job, bic

[prahaboheme]

That view from Westbound 408 would be stunning...damn.

[csmurphy8885]

wow

[tennis32801]

great work bic!!!

that cluster from thorton park down central to orange is gonna be sick (in a good way).

UPDAN, maybe you can include some of this pics into your webpage for a one ultimate place to see every about downtown orlando development.

we now have something to look at when flying into orlando!!

[UPSDAN]

I think I'll give BIC his own page or two in Orlandoskyscrapers....I'll try and set something up today....

[ptdavid]

amazing... can't wait to see the main and main and the lot across from the courthouse filled in

[accatt2204]

I elect bic king of urban planet orlando! Great job.

Have you ever thaught of sending these to Orando Sentinel, or any other media outlets?

[sunshine]

those renderings make ORlando skyline looking huge.

[bic]

Thanks for all the compliments. Now if only someone could tell me how to save these buildings to a file and export them so others can experience the same model in their own Google Earth program.

Accatt2004, no, I haven't thought about sending these anywhere.

[wally2169]

Absolutely superb.

This is the interactive development map I and everyone else has been waiting for.

Cannot wait to see what comes out of Kodsi Main and Main development as well as Palm Beach Land & Trust, will certainly fill up that interactive map so much more.

Well done.

[otowner]

Once again, bic, amazing job! by any chance do you have the skyline from atop the Citrus Bowl. I am sure it will be similar to Eastbound 408, just a little further north. Soon, during the Capital One Bowl game, the broadcasters will show shots of vibrant downtown Orlando skyline in the distance, rather than pictures of Disney world!

[bic]

Citrus Bowl blimp shot:

[bic]

Great news! Apparently I can share this model of Downtown Orlando with all of you...and this will even work in the free version of Google Earth. Here's what you need to do:

1. Download any version of Google Earth...the free version will do.

2. Click on this link to download the "Downtown Orlando.KMZ" file. Right now I'm using YouSendIt.com to host the file, but that will only last for 7 days. If somebody from this forum could step up and host the tiny 31kb file permanently, it would be greatly appreciated (UPSDAN, I'm looking in your direction).

3. Save the file to any directory.

4. Open Google Earth, click "File" and then "Open." Go into the directory you just downloaded the file to and select it to be opened.

5. Voila! All of the buildings should appear in their correct locations in Downtown Orlando, and you should see a new folder called "Downtown Orlando" under "Places" on the left side of the Google Earth tool bar.

That's all there is to it. Hope you enjoy!

[UPSDAN]

I'll post it to orlandoskyscrapers this evening with instructions how to do it. I have to figure it out myself first.

Thanks,

BIC

I figured it out...Way cool!!!!!!!!!!!

[bic]

If you want to avoid having to download the file to a directory and reopen it, you can just choose "open" at the download prompt and choose Google Earth as to program to open the file with. That should work too...but when you go to close the Google Earth program, it will ask you if you want to save items that are currently in your "Temporary Places." Choose "yes."

[UPSDAN]

All these new developments really connect the Suntrust cluster to the Courthouse Cluster. I hope TT, Dynetech, Washington, Ridgely, and 55 West all get off the ground. Dynetech should break ground soon!!!