Church Street Plaza | 28-Story Office/Hotel [Phase 1 Under Construction]

[RedStar25]

Last years color was blue. This year is yellow?

[Jernigan]

SunRail continues to be the best way to get a look at several projects.   

[RedStar25]

Drove by today. Two cranes bases are in place!

[JFW657]

5 hours ago, RedStar25 said:

Drove by today. Two cranes bases are in place!

[DreS0803]

Still no cranes. How long does it take?

[jrs2]

Hel-lo!

Here's a two-for, and it's not even Tuesday.  CSP crane being erected today, and just to the left of it on the horizon, Aventura tower.

[JFW657]

3 hours ago, jrs2 said:

Hel-lo!

Here's a two-for, and it's not even Tuesday.  CSP crane being erected today, and just to the left of it on the horizon, Aventura tower.

If that is your balcony, you are now obliged to set up a webcam that we can link to 24/7. 

[sunshine]

Hey look...

[JFW657]

2 minutes ago, sunshine said:

Hey look...

Gee whiz... I wonder "who" Photoshopped that pic and posted here a couple of years or so ago???? 

Who could it have been????  

Thanks for reposting. 

[spenser1058]

JFW is our hero!

[JFW657]

5 minutes ago, spenser1058 said:

JFW is our hero!

Awwwww, shucks..... 

T'wern't nuthin.... 

[sunshine]

I found it on sunrail...lol

[jrs2]

Did anyone else notice that they are painting 55W grey, or at least a pattern that included grey?

Edited February 5, 2018 by jrs2

[spenser1058]

17 minutes ago, jrs2 said:

Did anyone else notice that they are painting 55W grey, or at least a pattern that included grey?

Interesting. Thanks to Modera, I can't see it anymore from my side of Eola so I missed that.

[Jernigan]

6 hours ago, sunshine said:

I found it on sunrail...lol

How do you mean 

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, Jernigan said:

 

The best I could come up with is a blog/website called SunRailRiders <--- link

Seems to be all about trashing SunRail, though.

Edited February 6, 2018 by JFW657

[Jernigan]

The worst blog ever and in this town that’s saying something 

[HankStrong]

10 hours ago, Jernigan said:

The worst blog ever and in this town that’s saying something 

Amen.  The worst ever.

[cwetteland]

21 hours ago, sunshine said:

Hey look...

Remember when the glass-covered Barnett Bank in Winter Park was considered their eye-sore.  They fixed it.  Now it looks like Altamonte Springs is relocating theirs to Orlando.

 

[bqknight]

18 hours ago, jrs2 said:

Did anyone else notice that they are painting 55W grey, or at least a pattern that included grey?

Hmmm...getting rid of the red/beiges completely? I wouldn't be opposed to it, the current color scheme doesn't really match anything. @popsiclebrandon said Post Parkside would be doing the same. Guess it's a trend. 

[jrs2]

On 2/6/2018 at 8:27 AM, bqknight said:

Hmmm...getting rid of the red/beiges completely? I wouldn't be opposed to it, the current color scheme doesn't really match anything. @popsiclebrandon said Post Parkside would be doing the same. Guess it's a trend. 

I was like...the brick red color matches red brick and Church Street motif.  But, here comes the grey...and it looks blue grey.  I think they are preparing for CSP to visually take over the are with Tower 1 and probably Tower 2 with silver and blue-grey, etc.   That’ what it seems like to me.  It has to be b/c of CSP.

[bqknight]

1 hour ago, jrs2 said:

I was like...the brick red color matches red brick and Church Street motif.  But, here comes the grey...and it looks blue grey.  I think they are preparing for CSP to visually take over the are with Tower 1 and probably Tower 2 with silver and blue-grey, etc.   That’ what it seems like to me.  It has to be b/c of CSP.

Yup - I saw it yesterday. They've painted some of the garage and a bit of the tower. It's a pretty big change, should be interesting to see when it's done. 

[jrs2]

24 minutes ago, bqknight said:

Yup - I saw it yesterday. They've painted some of the garage and a bit of the tower. It's a pretty big change, should be interesting to see when it's done. 

I think the thing that never sat well with me with 55W was the ‘80’s style black tint of the windows, with black rail balconies.  Very limiting.  I guess we’re lucky they even finished building it out in the first place.  Who knows how the grey motif will mesh with the brick bottom levels.  Dunno.  It’s just...odd.

[bqknight]

15 minutes ago, jrs2 said:

I think the thing that never sat well with me with 55W was the ‘80’s style black tint of the windows, with black rail balconies.  Very limiting.  I guess we’re lucky they even finished building it out in the first place.  Who knows how the grey motif will mesh with the brick bottom levels.  Dunno.  It’s just...odd.

Never thought about the brick. Honestly, I hate the reds and oranges on it currently, just doesn't work well on high rises IMO. It screams Daytona Beach to me. 

[jrs2]

4 hours ago, bqknight said:

Never thought about the brick. Honestly, I hate the reds and oranges on it currently, just doesn't work well on high rises IMO. It screams Daytona Beach to me. 

I’m glad you said that, about Daytona, because, Hilton, just renovated the Hilton and painted it white and grey!  Can you believe it?  No more salmon BS.  So now, Orlando has the corner on tacky high rise colors with 55W.  Well, except  for one black eye:  Crown Pointe condo; it’s pink and yellow and I don’t know how the City ever agreed to allow that color.

Well, 55W wasn’t so bad; they did try to match the red bricks with red brick paint, but...anyway...