NEW CONDO HIGHRISE! 18-20 Stories! (proposed)

[TD]

hehe bye bye bp... hello condo

[Relient J]

It looks like in that last picture there's a fresh strip of asphalt down in one lane. Are they repaving that part of Tennessee St.?

[TD]

i think they are patching big strips.

[Florida]

According to sources the entire segment should be resurfaced soon. I remember long ago Slnash was complaining about how rough the intersection of Mahan and Magnolia is, they've paved that recently.

BTW... I miss her- Slnash.

[Relient J]

It's definitely a part of town that will benefit greatly from a new surface on the road. Not only for the ride quality, but also for the looks. It's a major part of town, and it looks very old and not well kept.

[Florida]

I think you're right. And to me its amazing they don't pay closer attention to the condition of Tennessee Street. Monroe, not as bad, but Tennessee is often terrible because it is so heavily traveled. I do agree that it will be much more pleasing to the eye to drive down a freshly paved road.

[Tallaman]

Nice photos of the BP. BTW, the owners, George Unglaub and Bill Cloud have been working that station on that corner for over 36 years. I know a lot of you don't mind seeing that station go in favor of a high-rise condo, but George and Bill are the kind of businessmen that helped create the environment needed to support the highrises we all love. When they started, that wasn't even part of downtown. We owe them a lot and can now build on what they started. They will be missed.

[Florida]

I agree... I've supported that Gas station for years... and I think the owners are very respectable people.

[EbonyGardens]

R.I.P. BP. I think all the new condos that are propping up in the city center will get more people to live there, because they could easily walk to work, but not before getting an extra 30 minutes of sleep.

[Florida]

^ Good point.... no one mentions sleep benifits for the people who choose to live downtown, but its something these Student Housing complexes near campus try to sell us all the time. Get the extra sleep and walk to class...

... Downtown, get the extra sleep and walk to work, or watch a little more t.v. in the morning, or read the paper, or take a look outside of your high-rise window. Who cares... you're across the street from your job and you can just jet out 10 minutes before you have to be at work.

Awesome benefit.

[EbonyGardens]

Yep, or you could even stay home one minute before you clock in and leave right at 9am. Your boss won't care, at least I don't think so.

[Florida]

Did I tell you all that I called Booth Properties and they were very cold with me on the phone about their plans. If they are building something, I'm not going to support it until they apologize.

[csmurphy8885]

lol

[EbonyGardens]

They don't want to leak any more of their plans before the project is complete, that'll take away the suspense.

[Florida]

All I know is they better not build this condo out rainbow colored vinyl siding.

[EbonyGardens]

lmao@rainbow colored. That would look kind of fruity.

[Florida]

Yes it would. But that's what Booth had made its reputation building.

Look!

University Gardens

Star Suites

Magnolia West

Sweet Bay Club

Osceloa Ridge

The Only Booth Commercial Development I know of:

Frenchtown Renissance Building

Based on their residential work, I'm a bit nervous.

[TD]

i want bp to die already and sprout this mammoth!

[poonther]

It's Booth that is the developer for this property? Ah man, that stinks. I think they are by far the worst multi-family developers in the city. I loathe all of their brightly colored cheap-looking properties. Even if they are student housing, they could do better. In 5 years all that brightly colored vinyl will fade in the sun to become even uglier. The only thing they do well is that they sometimes put the parking for their properties underneath the building thus saving space and giving the property a more urban feel.

A 20 story brightly colored vinyl rainbow building will look like a pack of Smarties candy or a pack of Pez candy.

[EbonyGardens]

And you know how much I love Smarties candy

[TD]

they wouldnt approve a rainbow tower, i believe it will be conservative.

[Florida]

So I take it we don't want to see a Rainbow Tower of plastic siding! Pez candy! LOL! Hopefully its built more like the Renissance building in quality, only with an Urban Design.

[poonther]

they wouldnt approve a rainbow tower, i believe it will be conservative.

Well that's almost as bad to me for that means....bricks and crappy myrtles galore.

How 'bout some glass towers people?

I've noticed in your skyline shots TJ that almost all of our skyline is plain white or tan. BORING! Not enough color in it. Some glass would be cool (yes I know Highpoint, but one bldg is not enough.) For a city that is what 35% non-white? We sure have a "honky" skyline.

[EbonyGardens]

Already, I was wondering when someone would say something about oru bland skyline. Why our skyline gotta be white, why can't it be glass like those big-city skylines. I'd be all for a black skyline if it would make for an attractive city center.

[Florida]

Already, I was wondering when someone would say something about oru bland skyline. Why our skyline gotta be white, why can't it be glass like those big-city skylines. I'd be all for a black skyline if it would make for an attractive city center.

Well Tallahassee needs a skyline suited for a mid-sized city before we can get a big city skyline going. We're on out way to a mid-sized city skyline but we've got a way to go. The buildings in our skyline are mainly white because they're mostly government buildings and government buildings are normally white or ivory colored. But we're diversifying, and as we continue to do so the buildings will take on a different character, and give our skyline more excitement.

Poonther, I'm all for the glass!