409 North Magnolia [Under Construction]

[IAmFloridaBorn]

From Friday

[spenser1058]

6 minutes ago, IAmFloridaBorn said:

From Friday

Check out those TREES in #3!

[HankStrong]

On 8/22/2020 at 6:22 AM, spenser1058 said:

*passes the Skyline chili around*

Mmmmmmmmmm

[ChiDev]

Pretty interesting to think about the two amenity decks across from each-other.   Given the 2x height first floor of Radius, these should be at equal height, separated diagonally across Livingston.

[dcluley98]

EIFS and glazing installation underway on west façade. 

[IAmFloridaBorn]

I love this small project for this corner. 

[AmIReal]

The brick veneer is being applied today and it looks like they made effort to match it to the Trinity Church- a dark, aged look. That should look nice.

[codypet]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how this project probably wins the lucky/best timing award for basically shutting down before the pandemic and will likely reopen after everything has hopefully passed?

[dcluley98]

Photo of said bricks. Does match nicely with the Lutheran church, I must say. Hopefully the Radius bricks are the same across the street. 

[dcluley98]

When you see it from a street level, it really is a transformation for this block. 

 

This hotel is great in place of the Travel-lodge, however nostalgic people might be about that awful property. I had the displeasure to stay there once on business    before I moved here because it was the cheapest, closest hotel to the general downtown area, and I must say, it was as awful as you would imagine, unless you imagine very pessimistically. 

This is an attractive new hotel with meeting space and fits in well with the surrounding heighborhood and adjacent church, and transitions between Lake Eola Heights historic neighborhood, downtown, and Creative Village quite well, IMO. 

Edited October 9, 2020 by dcluley98

[FLClarkKent]

[JFW657]

Nice shot.

[orlandouprise]

On 10/8/2020 at 3:56 PM, dcluley98 said:

Photo of said bricks. Does match nicely with the Lutheran church, I must say. Hopefully the Radius bricks are the same across the street. 

i love me some brick!

[dcluley98]

More brick facade and windows in on Livingston side. . . 

[jrs2]

I keep forgetting how fortunate downtown is that Radius is getting built on that formerly unattractive piece of property. 

Even more so, the fact that Travelodge got razed in favor of 409, 8+ stories with a brick facade to boot.  This really is a special set of projects.  Add into the mix Skyhouse.  Now we're talking about two parcels where vagrants roamed and a 2-story  rent by the week motel that have taken a turn for the better by light years.

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, jrs2 said:

I keep forgetting how fortunate downtown is that Radius is getting built on that formerly unattractive piece of property. 

Even more so, the fact that Travelodge got razed in favor of 409, 8+ stories with a brick facade to boot.  This really is a special set of projects.  Add into the mix Skyhouse.  Now we're talking about two parcels where vagrants roamed and a 2-story  rent by the week motel that have taken a turn for the better by light years.

While I totally I agree, I must admit that I am disappointed in the minimal impact Radius has/will have on the skyline.

At least as viewed from across Lake Eola.

Too bad there isn't some kind of cool looking feature on the roof that stretches upward a few more stories.

Love 409 though. 

[codypet]

3 hours ago, jrs2 said:

I keep forgetting how fortunate downtown is that Radius is getting built on that formerly unattractive piece of property. 

Even more so, the fact that Travelodge got razed in favor of 409, 8+ stories with a brick facade to boot.  This really is a special set of projects.  Add into the mix Skyhouse.  Now we're talking about two parcels where vagrants roamed and a 2-story  rent by the week motel that have taken a turn for the better by light years.

The vagrants like to use the lot immediately south of Skyhouse now.

[elefants]

3 hours ago, JFW657 said:

While I totally I agree, I must admit that I am disappointed in the minimal impact Radius has/will have on the skyline.

I'll take street level impact over skyline impact every single time.

[spenser1058]

30 minutes ago, elefants said:

I'll take street level impact over skyline impact every single time.

Put Sleepy Bear on top and you’re golden!

Edited October 14, 2020 by spenser1058

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, elefants said:

I'll take street level impact over skyline impact every single time.

Personally I'd rather have both.  

[spenser1058]

5 minutes ago, JFW657 said:

Personally I'd rather have both.  

Sleepy Bear on the roof for @JFW657 !

He could be about 80’ tall in neon and his arm waving - every kid would be all over mom and dad to come through downtown on I-4 at night!

Edited October 14, 2020 by spenser1058

[JFW657]

Just now, spenser1058 said:

Sleepy Bear on the roof for @JFW657 !

On top of a neon-trimmed space tower.

[elefants]

These are the best ideas I've ever heard from UP.  Get the mayor on the horn.

[spenser1058]

What’s funny to me is how often we fixate on how this or that building is gonna make our downtown instantly recognizable (I submit 95+% of the population when shown pics of second-tier skylines can’t easily tell them apart).

Otoh, the thing that readily made me know I was home after a long trip was seeing the Merita sign (the “smell•o•vision” if you came by at the right time when the bread was baking was a bonus). And it’s not just Orlando.

The CITGO sign in Boston or the Pepsi-Cola sign along the River in NYC were also much beloved, just to name two more.

One building that always instantly makes  a second-tier skyline recognizable to me with just a glance is the Independent Life building in Jacksonville. 
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Jacksonville)

https://www.google.com/search?q=maxwell+house+coffee+plant+jacksonville+fl&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS904US904&oq=maxwell+house+coffee+plant+jac&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57.13233j0j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#lkt=LocalPoiPhotos&trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:12367293330275556186,rc_q:Maxwell%20House,ru_q:Maxwell%20House,trex_id:QXn9f

Its site next to the Main St. Bridge along the St Johns but apart from the other towers, along with its funky mid-70’s architecture (the way the base widens out is unique) make it instantly stand out.

Now that it’s Wells Fargo on the top it isn’t as unique as when the sign was for one of Jax’s homegrown companies, but it’s still cool. The huge neon Maxwell House Coffee sign on the river (and accompanying smell•o•vision) adjoining the train bridge (almost always raised) was another standout feature of Jax.
 

 

Edited October 15, 2020 by spenser1058

[ChiDev]

On 10/14/2020 at 1:11 PM, JFW657 said:

While I totally I agree, I must admit that I am disappointed in the minimal impact Radius has/will have on the skyline.

At least as viewed from across Lake Eola.

Too bad there isn't some kind of cool looking feature on the roof that stretches upward a few more stories.

Love 409 though. 

There was a design that went taller, but ARB nixed it.  Would have meant more in the realm of 445 units, but upgraded skyline and facade treatments.  It was reduced to satisfy the neighbors in historic Lake Eola neighborhood.  

NIMBYs often fail to realize the correlation between exteriors/skylines and demanding the building stay smaller.  They want both, when reality is the opposite.