The City Club

[emerging.me]

Thanks for those pictures. This development has made some serious progress. I am not digging those port-holes though. Is this supposed to be a boat?

[krazeeboi]

I didn't really even notice the windows until Spartan said something; it's a negligible detail, IMO.

[Spartan]

I disagree, krazee. It was the first thing I noticed except for the the paint, which I hope is a primer. I assume its lighting for a stairwell, but it just looks weird to me.

[krazeeboi]

I guess my taste in architecture isn't as refined as you guys', LOL--and that's ok.

[Captain Worley]

Those ugly portholes are at the stair landings, I believe.

I vaguely remember 325K was the going rate, but I'm not swearing to it.

[ColatownGamecock]

Are there any plans to bury those power lines that run parallel to the river (Williams St.)?

[Spartan]

Welcome to the forum ColatownGamecock!

I haven't heard of any plans to bury those lines. I would like to see that and the power substation buried as well.

[ColatownGamecock]

Welcome to the forum ColatownGamecock!

I haven't heard of any plans to bury those lines. I would like to see that and the power substation buried as well.

[krazeeboi]

Welcome to the forum, ColatownGamecock.

Columbia has a few power substations downtown that I wish would be buried, or at least disguised.

[digital_sandlapper]

Not bad, but I wish they faced Gervais Street.

[krazeeboi]

Let's start a new topic for that.

[krazeeboi]

It appears as though City Club is selling well. I didn't know it was going to be as high-end as it is though.

[Captain Worley]

I didn't either! I really didn't expect there to be much of a market for them. I guess that's why I'm not in real estate....

I still cant get over a cool million for a condo. At least it is huge.

[krazeeboi]

^Yeah, the square footage is definitely generous.

[BryCola]

Man, I went to high school with Wade Caughman. He was kind of a goof-off then. Who knew he'd be a model in Europe, then develope these high-end residences. Maybe I should have been nicer to him.

[waccamatt]

The City Club looks all right, but he developed that awful place on the West Columbia side of the river with the horrible faux stone wall and where he clear cut all of the old growth trees on the river. After that tree/wall debacle I don't trust the guy at all.

[krazeeboi]

Yeah, those two developments do provide a lesson in contrast--adaptive reuse/urban/sense of density on one side of the river, and a gated McMansion project on the other.

[CorgiMatt]

I have always had a slightly unique opinion about the removal of the greenery on the West Columbia side. Actually he didn't remove anything but bent up, deformed trees that had been held down for years by dense vines, including kudzu. They all made for a very interesting entrance to that part of the greenway, but the trees he planted there will eventually create a nice lining to the walkway. The houses, while not yet built out, are quite pretty so far, and the automobile motor oil runoff will be only a fraction of that from the riverwalk and New Orleans parking lots. The material used for the wall look so real that anyone who didn't watch as it was going up or look at it through the proverbial microscope would never know it's not a stone wall. Aesthetically it looks very nice.

[BryCola]

I have always had a slightly unique opinion about the removal of the greenery on the West Columbia side. Actually he didn't remove anything but bent up, deformed trees that had been held down for years by dense vines, including kudzu. They all made for a very interesting entrance to that part of the greenway, but the trees he planted there will eventually create a nice lining to the walkway. The houses, while not yet built out, are quite pretty so far, and the automobile motor oil runoff will be only a fraction of that from the riverwalk and New Orleans parking lots. The material used for the wall look so real that anyone who didn't watch as it was going up or look at it through the proverbial microscope would never know it's not a stone wall. Aesthetically it looks very nice.

[waccamatt]

I'll explain my distaste for the project (hate is too strong a word):

1. It's gated and I'll rail against any totally gated community.

2. I don't like any clear-cut development, which this was.

3. Corgi, with all due respect, I don't think the faux stone wall looks like anything but plastic.

[BryCola]

I'll explain my distaste for the project (hate is too strong a word):

1. It's gated and I'll rail against any totally gated community.

2. I don't like any clear-cut development, which this was.

3. Corgi, with all due respect, I don't think the faux stone wall looks like anything but plastic.

[waccamatt]

I just have this thing about what I consider to be elitist, "nouveau riche" types of developments. I don't even like privacy fences, lol. I like living in the city because I like being around people.

[emerging.me]

I can't even really explain my distaste for both Congaree Park and the Village at Riverwalk... Has anyone ever read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell? To me, for whatever reason, these developments just do not pass the smell test. I have the same problem with so many of the new developments going up in the Columbia area. It's like something just isn't right...

We need some developments that, for lack of a better way to put it, have a little bit of heart/soul.

[krazeeboi]

The main reason I dislike the development along the river in W. Columbia is because I think it's a big wasted opportunity. W. Columbia could have had something besides the riverwalk to truly make its riverfront special, even if it was just an ornamental park; people would have used it. It's really a shame.

[BryCola]

The main reason I dislike the development along the river in W. Columbia is because I think it's a big wasted opportunity. W. Columbia could have had something besides the riverwalk to truly make its riverfront special, even if it was just an ornamental park; people would have used it. It's really a shame.