Symphony Condominiums

[cityboy05]

alright that's good news to hear. Boy we's a gonna gets a skyline.

[csmurphy8885]

i tell you what boy..you has an interesting dire'lect dere. butcha gotsta b' carefull. soms peoples kin lay-er-in real thick like. might catcha-self guessin'!!!!

November..that is exciting to have a date.

[cityboy05]

^ That was really a good impersanation of my american history teacher. It is good to have a date tho hopefully they will stick with it unlike other project out there (clearing throat).

[Florida]

Don't clear that throat!!!

Plaza Tower RULES!!!!! ........just a little later than expected.

[Florida]

Just a little observation...

Today while driving (something I don't care to do much anymore) down Gaines Street heading east, I look up and see a huge billboard for The Symphony Condominiums... with units starting at $200,000!

Signs are promising. I love to see these advertisements, often times I get the feeling the masses have no clue whats going on. This is truly great!

[97preludesh]

yes they are all around town now...

a string quartet will be playing in my head in november, the month the symphony rises.

[Florida]

I'm not quite sure if this counts for anything but I did see a fence erected around the Symphony site with a green tarp around it. This is usually a sign of progress but I've not called to check on anything. However from the online database it appears Dixie Paving & Grading will be the company charged with clearing the site. And Courtelis Company will be the contractor for the project. Dixie is a Tallahassee company, Courtelis is out of Miami. Permits were issued 9-22-05.

[Relient J]

^Thanks for that report! I've been really wondering what the status was on this. It seems like it's been a long time since this was first announced. It's good to see that something may finally be happening!

[cityboy05]

Aren't they breaking ground for this project this month?

[Florida]

That is what was originally reported. I've not recieved any updates from ADAR on the status of its projects. They like to direct inquiries to Southland Commercial of Tallahassee, but whenever I've called, a nice young lady answers the phone, tells me the person with the answers I seek isn't there, forwards me to some random voice mail system, I leave a message and never get a response. I'm only left to go off of the information available to me on Velocity (Growth Management Information System) and the Tallahassee Democrat.

[csmurphy8885]

what is this velocity.... online somewhere.....

Symphony, i almost forgot about you since i dont go to school!

[Florida]

Velocity is a permitting system, I believe accessible to the general public, that growth management maintains.

What is this about you not going to school?

[csmurphy8885]

kicked that habbit. Teaching myself animation, writing my poetry, painting some DT Tally materpieces in oil. ((but enough of that none-sence, Im a role model on here i am sure))

And once i get a good set of Dowtown paintings, ill post and we can sell them together! lol

[Florida]

Well... I'll be sure to clear some room on my wall... because there's a good chance that I'll be buying one. I can't resist a painting of Tallahassee.

[csmurphy8885]

I've trashed two... i have to get the right green in the trees or else nothing looks right...lol. I think i will have to start painting form pictures... tops of parking garages are great, but windy.

[Florida]

Sounds like you've got a good hobby... you should paint they Symphony...

(slight attempt to get us back on track)

[csmurphy8885]

underconstruction isnt as pretty in paint to me, upon completion, i intend on painting the view up copeland. The Symphony and the fsu school of music! It will be nice. I bet there will be a better market once those condos fill

[Florida]

Absolutely... I'll be a patron, seriously.

[TD]

i see the fence around the symphony also... maybe it will start groovin on up!

[Florida]

Well ya know... its got to "groove" on down first! That building is scheduled to be demolished soon.

[TD]

good.

[Florida]

Copeland @ Tennessee

Over in the area today, I figured I'd take a shot of the intersection of Copeland and Tennessee Street. This will be the busiest intersection near the project... as you can see, it's already suited to support the 90 residential units going in, so not much work will need to be done to this road.

The Floridan project will require Call street to be converted into a 2 way street. This may affect the Symphony project, and FSU commuter somewhat. I've yet to have the time to think of the side affects of such a change.

[Relient J]

I'm really excited about seeing The Symphony go up. It seems like it's been quite a while since the plan was unveiled. It's been since 2004, hasn't it? Despite what FSU thinks, I think this will be a great addition to the area.

[P_McLane]

Despite what FSU thinks, I think this will be a great addition to the area.

I too have been particularly excited about this project. The successful integration of the FSU campus with downtown is crucial to the larger mission of making Tallahassee urban - day and night. If we can get faculty, graduate students, and the citizenry at large to share a high-end dwelling like Symphony, then formerly discrete communities will be meeting and sharing interests of home, shopping, dining, transportation and pedestrian concerns in ways that Tallahassee has not seen - ways that will make real downtown neighborhoods out of inert city blocks.

If "FSU" thinks it has a problem bringing the city closer to campus, then these voices are not considering the greater benefits that will come from having good neighbors - improvements to roads, utilities, parks, retail options that will make FSU that much more attractive as a place to work and study.

[Relient J]

^ I agree that this will likely be good for the city and FSU, but I don't blame FSU for fighting it. I'm just glad The Symphony is going forward. I appreciate the developer being sensitive to the building's future location and designing it to match the look of the campus.