The Rumor Mill

[goodbye]

So that proposal was 30-stories, and Bob Ellis is working on a possible new tallest for the state?! This is too much fun! I really hope BOTH are built before 2010. We could definitely make up for the long drought in the high-rise department with these additions. Let's hope they happen and are beautiful visual ambassabors of Greenville's international image.

[GvilleSC]

Now... if we could only get the corporation that is looking at the Greenville Mall Site, to instead invest downtown... If my hunches about this are correct, moving to Woodruff Rd would not be a good move... we shall see

[distortedlogic]

GvilleSC, I think you have replaced btoy as the current KING of teasers!

You are cruel

Care to share some more of your hunches ?

[g-man430]

Please do share some.

[RestedTraveler]

...If my hunches about this are correct, moving to Woodruff Rd would not be a good move... we shall see

I think your hunches are correct. If I were a corporation, I'd opt for downtown ove Woodruff Road any day.

[btoy]

I think your hunches are correct. If I were a corporation, I'd opt for downtown ove Woodruff Road any day.

When you hear the corporations is, you will be glad to have them on Woodruff Rd.

[Greenville]

When you hear the corporations is, you will be glad to have them on Woodruff Rd.

Is this a done deal, or is it still up in the air whether this company will locate in Greenville?

[breed]

When you hear the corporations is, you will be glad to have them on Woodruff Rd.

Piggly Wiggly?

[NYTransplant]

^

[RestedTraveler]

Oh brother. In that case, they should put their office somewhere else...say in Tennessee.

[goodbye]

Oh brother. In that case, they should put their office somewhere else...say in Tennessee.

Or downtown Pickens.

Any hints as to what type of corporation this one is, btoy? Any info on how interested they are in moving to Greenville/Woodruff Road? ANYTHING to tell?

[GvilleSC]

Ok, yall... different subject here... I've seen some renderings of a residential tower. I know NO details. It's not all that tall, it would probably fit in well, height wise, with the South Main crowd. Anyway, I'm assuming it's for Greenville, but I don't know for sure. Much less do I know if it's downtown. But it looks like a classy building with a roof that is NOT flat. So, maybe I'm just getting hopes up I don't know, BUT I couldn't hold out on you guys...

If I find out more info I will pass it along.

[g-man430]

Can you tell us how many floors it is or give us a range like 5-10 floors or 10-15 at least GvilleSC, seeing how you have seen renderings of it?

Edited July 21, 2006 by g-man430

[Greenville]

I am guessing he means 8-10 stories. Depending on where it goes, it could have a real impact. Hopefully it will add to the skyline and density, though.

[RestedTraveler]

I'd be interested more in knowing what category the crown fits into if it's not flat. Dome? Spires? Other (generic details, if you can provide them, please)?

[g-man430]

Pretty please with sugar on top and ice cream in the middle.

[StrangeCock]

Ok, yall... different subject here... I've seen some renderings of a residential tower. I know NO details. It's not all that tall, it would probably fit in well, height wise, with the South Main crowd. Anyway, I'm assuming it's for Greenville, but I don't know for sure. Much less do I know if it's downtown. But it looks like a classy building with a roof that is NOT flat. So, maybe I'm just getting hopes up I don't know, BUT I couldn't hold out on you guys...

If I find out more info I will pass it along.

I hate you.

[g-man430]

I hate you.

[distortedlogic]

Ok, yall... different subject here... I've seen some renderings of a residential tower. I know NO details. It's not all that tall, it would probably fit in well, height wise, with the South Main crowd. Anyway, I'm assuming it's for Greenville, but I don't know for sure. Much less do I know if it's downtown. But it looks like a classy building with a roof that is NOT flat. So, maybe I'm just getting hopes up I don't know, BUT I couldn't hold out on you guys...

If I find out more info I will pass it along.

See, the KING of teasers

Notice he didn't comment on his last hunch about the company

[GvilleSC]

Well, if I comment on the company and word gets out and ruins the deal and it never happens then was it worth the comment? I don't think so. And it's just a hunch.

The residential tower- I saw it from a distance... But I'd say that it is around ten. The top seemed to have indentions on the top two floors or so on the corners. So, other than a parapit (sp?), it might not be all that dramatic. Maybe the correct phrasing would have been that 'it's not a box'. But the building is kind of skinny, so the indentions, which are sizable, will have an impact on the building's top... Hmm, Sounds kind of confusing. I'll appologize in advance.

[goodbye]

I think most of us are more interested in the design you saw for the "new tallest." Was it glass? steel? round? futuristic? classic? complex? simplistic? What did the top feature, if anything? You get the idea.

[g-man430]

What's a parapit? Oh yeah, I saw NYTransplant at tonight's Drive game.

-I'm with Skyliner about the tallest building thing.

Edited July 22, 2006 by g-man430

[goodbye]

A low protective wall or railing along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balcony. Basically, the walls are inset at a certain point, creating a "step" look.

[Fiddlestix]

What's a parapit?

I haven't been following this thread, but I assume the word is parapet (click on link for Wikipedia entry).

[g-man430]

GvilleSC was telling us a little bit about the possible 8-10 residential tower that could be coming here and said it had a parapit, but obviously it's spelled parapet. Thanks for the info, Fiddlestix and Skyliner.

Would that molding on the top of the Fieldhouse at West End be considered a parapet?

Edited July 22, 2006 by g-man430