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

[spenser1058]

7 minutes ago, dcluley98 said:

I don't think there is one. 

Oh my.

[Jernigan]

What is a sky lobby… I know the hotel lobby will be up on the 18th or something floor

[JFW657]

A sky lobby is a lobby located on an upper floor of a high rise.

Of course, given that this is only a 28 story building and said lobby will only be somewhere around the 18th or 20th floor, maybe it would be more accurate to call it an "air lobby".

Because it's not really up in the sky, but kind of up in the air a bit.

[gibby]

[orange87]

Can this be seen from the brick road on Church Street Station?

[Jernigan]

 

5 hours ago, orange87 said:

Can this be seen from the brick road on Church Street Station?

Yes

[gibby]

11 hours ago, orange87 said:

Can this be seen from the brick road on Church Street Station?

I took this yesterday from the second level of 55 West.

[jgardnerucf]

14 hours ago, orange87 said:

Can this be seen from the brick road on Church Street Station?

 

[DreS0803]

Sunset + CSP

[dcluley98]

Fantastic!

[Serg2244]

How many more floors to go?

[DreS0803]

5 hours ago, Serg2244 said:

How many more floors to go?

They’re wrapping up 17 so about 11 more floors to go.

[Jernigan]

Mixed use - half office, half Carvana 

[dcluley98]

3 hours ago, DreS0803 said:

They’re wrapping up 17 so about 11 more floors to go.

Is there a 7-Eleven joke in there somewhere? Oh, thank heaven!

[spenser1058]

Ooooh !  dcluley can hang with the cool kids now - he made a 7-Eleven joke..

GO dcluley!

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, dcluley98 said:

Is there a 7-Eleven joke in there somewhere? Oh, thank heaven!

 

1 hour ago, spenser1058 said:

Ooooh!  dcluley can hang with the cool kids now - he made a 7-Eleven joke..

GO dcluley!

I had this idea several years ago that I thought would be kinda funny.

I guess it wasn't all that original, as someone has actually done it....

https://pop.inquirer.net/34071/7-eleven-copycat-competitor-called-8-twelve-convenience-store#ixzz5bCED91lH 

Open a chain of them right across the street from 7 Elevens.

On the sign it would say something like "We're one better".

Oh well.... 

[spenser1058]

That reminds me of a billboard for a bank with the silliest name outside of a Looney Tunes cartoon.

It was advertising the opening of a new branch.

”For banking that’s a Fifth/Third better.”

[JFW657]

Then there's the granddaddy of them all....

Something only old codgers like us would remember.

[dcluley98]

Edited December 30, 2018 by dcluley98

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, dcluley98 said:

Oh, is 7 Eleven selling those now??? 

[prahaboheme]

On 12/29/2018 at 4:06 PM, DreS0803 said:

Sunset + CSP

Pipedream:  would like to see the south side of Church Street market redeveloped with the addition of several floors for loft apts with balconies overlooking the plaza. Give the plaza a makeover that promotes a more civic vibe (thinking Italian piazza).

[spenser1058]

53 minutes ago, prahaboheme said:

Pipedream:  would like to see the south side of Church Street market redeveloped with the addition of several floors for loft apts with balconies overlooking the plaza. Give the plaza a makeover that promotes a more civic vibe (thinking Italian piazza).

That sounds like Hyde Park Village in Tampa. Once upon a time, Park Ave. in WP also had apartments over most of the stores.

From what I can tell, downtown Orlando by the beginning of the 20th century didn’t really have much residential in the core. It was across Rosalind, in North Eola and from Lake Lucerne south. In the segregated era, Parramore and Callahan housing was mostly west of Division Street.

Edited December 31, 2018 by spenser1058

[prahaboheme]

5 minutes ago, spenser1058 said:

That sounds like Hyde Park Village in Tampa. Once upon a time, Park Ave. in WP also had apartments over most of the stores.

From what I can tell, downtown Orlando by the beginning of the 20th century didn’t really have much residential in the core. It was across Rosalind, in North Eola and from Lake Lucerne south. In the segregated era, Parramore and Callahan housing was mostly west of Division Street.

Come to think of it, the Orlando core continues to lack that type of residential (outside of residential high rises). 

[Xander]

14 hours ago, prahaboheme said:

Pipedream:  would like to see the south side of Church Street market redeveloped with the addition of several floors for loft apts with balconies overlooking the plaza. Give the plaza a makeover that promotes a more civic vibe (thinking Italian piazza).

I wouldn't. They already destroyed the north side of Church Street Market. I think it's a part of the history of Church Street, so I hope they don't. 

[prahaboheme]

24 minutes ago, Xander said:

I wouldn't. They already destroyed the north side of Church Street Market. I think it's a part of the history of Church Street, so I hope they don't. 

Redevelopment to existing buildings can be done that enhance them rather than destroy history.

If 55W were the threshold for whether Orlando should ever change, the city would have given up years ago.