Camperdown (Greenville News Building Site)

[gman430]

So is it installed yet?  I bet it looks like it reaches to the moon. 

Edited April 25, 2019 by gman430

[motonenterprises]

2 minutes ago, gman430 said:

So is it installed yet?  

No. Lol. I just went through there.

[gman430]

1 minute ago, motonenterprises said:

No. Lol. I just went through there.

So they didn’t install anything today? Wow. I guess that road closure was wrong then. 

[motonenterprises]

Just now, gman430 said:

So they didn’t install anything today? Wow. I guess that road closure was wrong then. 

Maybe they're setting up other equipment first. Not sure. I couldn't see all the way down there because of the roadblock.

[gman430]

13 minutes ago, motonenterprises said:

Maybe they're setting up other equipment first. Not sure. I couldn't see all the way down there because of the roadblock.

Main Street was only supposed to be closed today though. Not good.

[motonenterprises]

3 minutes ago, gman430 said:

Main Street was only supposed to be closed today though. Not good.

It was around 3:30 when I went through. They'll probably do it tomorrow. 

[gman430]

2 minutes ago, motonenterprises said:

It was around 3:30 when I went through. They'll probably do it tomorrow. 

Not with that weather forecast. Rainy and windy. 

Edited April 25, 2019 by gman430

[goodbye]

The large boom crane was covering the eastern portion of Japanese Dogwood Lane (or is it Murphy Street?) from Main Street to Falls Street late in the afternoon.

[apaladin]

The showers "should "be gone early Friday morning but then 20+ mph winds all afternoon. 

[gman430]

Is it going up today or did the high winds delay it until tomorrow? 

[gman430]

It’s sooo beautiful.  

[SVL]

9 minutes ago, gman430 said:

It’s sooo beautiful.  

We need pictures! 

[gman430]

25 minutes ago, SVL said:

We need pictures! 

Done even though apaladin might faint.   Completely dwarves the apartment building and other tower crane. Definitely the tallest tower crane I have EVER seen downtown. 

Edited April 26, 2019 by gman430

[gman430]

The third pic below shows best how tall it is compared to the other tower crane at Camperdown along with other buildings downtown.

Edited April 26, 2019 by gman430

[apaladin]

I am going down to see it for myself. 

[motonenterprises]

Awesome

[apaladin]

Looks to be about 50 feet higher than the apartment one which makes sense as the base for new one was about 50 ft when they added the 2 sections. From the Church St. bridge judging by the height of the crane it looks like you will only see the last floor or 2 over the apartment building which makes sense, 15 stories vs. 11 stories and considering the 2 different elevations of the buildings. Of course I could be totally wrong. They have a different type crane for the apartment building now. Will be interesting to see this building go up in the next 2 years. 

[motonenterprises]

1 hour ago, apaladin said:

Looks to be about 50 feet higher than the apartment one which makes sense as the base for new one was about 50 ft when they added the 2 sections. From the Church St. bridge judging by the height of the crane it looks like you will only see the last floor or 2 over the apartment building which makes sense, 15 stories vs. 11 stories and considering the 2 different elevations of the buildings. Of course I could be totally wrong. They have a different type crane for the apartment building now. Will be interesting to see this building go up in the next 2 years. 

They said it is 17 stories.

[distortedlogic]

5 hours ago, gman430 said:

The third pic below shows best how tall it is compared to the other tower crane at Camperdown along with other buildings downtown.

Yeah you can really tell in this one, thanks for the pics! Will be fun to watch it rise. 

[gman430]

4 hours ago, apaladin said:

Looks to be about 50 feet higher than the apartment one which makes sense as the base for new one was about 50 ft when they added the 2 sections. From the Church St. bridge judging by the height of the crane it looks like you will only see the last floor or 2 over the apartment building which makes sense, 15 stories vs. 11 stories and considering the 2 different elevations of the buildings. Of course I could be totally wrong. They have a different type crane for the apartment building now. Will be interesting to see this building go up in the next 2 years. 

The crane is much taller than that. It’s 200 feet taller than the apartment building. 350 feet vs 150 feet. You can really see the difference going into downtown on Academy Street. 

Edited April 26, 2019 by gman430

[gman430]

[goodbye]

47 minutes ago, gman430 said:

 

 

These are impressive photos, gman, thanks for sharing!  I was particularly interested in this shot, which appears to have been captured from approximately the same height as the Landmark building and shows the significant variation in geography apparent in other skyline perspectives (like the view from Wade Hampton Boulevard).  Falls Tower will become the second tallest building in downtown, but will not appear that tall in the skyline from most angles.

Edit: Adding a gallery posted by someone else showing the crane erection in progress from a unique angle.

Edited April 27, 2019 by Skyliner
Added a link to another gallery of related photos.

[GvilleSC]

The shot with the liberty bridge is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

 

probably the most beautiful photograph taken in South Carolina and posted at exactly the time you did! Well done! LOL

Edited April 27, 2019 by GvilleSC

[gman430]

[cabelagent]

1 hour ago, gman430 said:

More  coming....becoming crane city