Holiday Inn SoBro, 15 stories, 190 ft., 228 rooms, $70 million, mid-2018 completion, NW corner of 4th Ave. S. & Peabody

[markhollin]

Update on basement/parking garage foundational walls.

Looking north along 4th Ave. South from intersection with Peabody:

 

Looking west along Peabody from intersection with 4th Ave. South:

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Looking north along 4th Ave. south from intersection with Peabody:

 

Looking west along Peabody from intersection with 4th Ave. South:

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Looking north along 4th Ave. South from intersection with Peabody:
 

 

Looking west along Peabody from intersection with 4th Ave. South:

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[markhollin]

Up to the second floor now.

Looking NW from intersection ov 4th AVe. South and Peabody:

 

Looking east along Peabody from just east of intersection with 5th Ave. South:

[markhollin]

Beginning work on third floor.

Looking NW from intersection of 4th Ave. South and Peabody St:

 

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[bigeasy]

Maybe it is just my eyes but nothing looks level in that picture. The pillars appear to not go straight up, and then the horizontal ones look to go up/down some.

[smeagolsfree]

Agree, something looks off here.

[Pdt2f]

I suppose if the steel is solid and able to bear the load the concrete around it doesn't have to be perfectly straight. It does look tacky and disconcerting, though. 

[Nathan_in_DC]

This is a guess, but I'd say that the columns are straight and it's just an optical illusion created by the undulating horizontal surfaces. The horizontal floors may be uneven intentionally, possibly for floor drainage?

[Pdt2f]

12 minutes ago, Nathan_in_DC said:

This is a guess, but I'd say that the columns are straight and it's just an optical illusion created by the undulating horizontal surfaces. The horizontal floors may be uneven intentionally, possibly for floor drainage?

I thought so too. I put a piece of paper against the picture and they do seem crooked though. Heck, I'm sure those guys know what they're doing haha

[dmillsphoto]

Looks like barrel distortion, likely shooting with a Samsung S8. 

[wmaddbb2018]

I'm not an engineering expert but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night...

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10 hours ago, dmillsphoto said:

Looks like barrel distortion, likely shooting with a Samsung S8. 

Samsung Galaxy s7 Edge - no barrel distortion

Yes, people, the photo is correct! Your eyes are not playing tricks on you, nor is the photo distorted in any shape or form!

Check out this on the side! Notice the huge dip in the concrete while the steel rods are stretched completely straight:

**Not a fake foto!!!! 

[smeagolsfree]

That is intentional. It could be for a drain for the laundry or who knows what.

You don't mess up that bad by mistake and get away with it.

[MLBrumby]

Isn't that a floor of one of the garage levels?  Thought this hotel was of the tower-on-garage-base design. I'd understand a deliberate slant of the floor for water runoff.  But it does look sloppy.

[TheRaglander]

So yes, based on the crazy photo above, the crane is going up.  Cranes everywhere on that block!

[Nathan_in_DC]

7 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Isn't that a floor of one of the garage levels?  Thought this hotel was of the tower-on-garage-base design. I'd understand a deliberate slant of the floor for water runoff.  But it does look sloppy.

That's my thought, gotta be drainage for the garage.

[markhollin]

3rd floor done, 12 more to go.

Looking NW from corner of 4th Ave. South and Peabody:
 

 

Looking east along Peabody from just east of 5th Ave. South:

[smeagolsfree]

Per someone who is close to the project, lets say an unnamed source, the dips in the concrete are for drainage and is intentional.

[markhollin]

Up to 4th floor now.

Looking NE from 5th Ave. South:

 

Looking NW from intersection of 4th Ave. South and Peabody:

 

Looking SW from 4th Ave. South, just north of intersection with KVB:

[markhollin]

Working on 6th floor now.

Looking NW from intersection of 4th Ave. South and Peabody:
 

[markhollin]

Starting 7th floor, 8 more to go.

Looking NW from corner of 4th Ave. South and Peabody:
 

Looking SW from 4th Ave. South, just north of intersection with KVB:

[wmaddbb2018]

With the way the SoBro neighborhood is going, by the time a few more of these projects are done, it alone would probably make for a top 40 city skyline in America.