Uptown Renderings

[AuLukey]

Fantastic work Aussie! Thanks to everyone making the time to create these intricate maps. Is there any chance we can get these renderings on Google Earth? Does Urban Planet already provide this capability?

BTW: Is this the Carolina Theater Site:

[ChiefJoJo]

Holy crap! That is awesome! I've done a bit of work in sketch up so I know what it took to produce that. Aussie luke, you get a .

[setfiretoflames]

here's the same crapy rendering if Trump decides to build on N. Tryon instead, and I found a better Hong Kong building to use for the new Wachovia office tower haha

Delta_USAir -- the 210 trade does fill in pretty good but I'm think I placed too far to the right (most of the building are probably misplaced)

but the building I used though is from Hong Kong but it really does look a lot like 210 from that angle

[Charlotteman]

That's a cool idea to show how a Trump tower would look on N.Tryon and S.Tryon. Personally I think it looks wonderful on the Goodyear site.

I'm lovin' all these future renderings, but I'm wondering is the Vue really gonna be as tall as these drawings depict? I had thought it was gonna be about the height of Wachovia #1 (?) And many of the depictions show 210 Trade as being as tall as the Hearst.

Maybe just wishful thinking on everyone's part:)

[AuLukey]

I think the reason behind why the Vue looks so tall is both the perspective and the lack of buildings surround it. It looks tall because you have nothing to reference around it compared to Hearst which is right next to BoA making it look small. Next time I'm at my desktop I'll try and get an angle that shows a better representation of this. I used the same scale on Sketch-up for all the models, so as long as the numbers on here and emporis are accurate, those renderings are relatively accurate for heights. Another thing this rendering can't depict is topography, so our overall skyline will not look like this because the ground level altitudes can't be accurately altered, not until I learn more about sketchup.

[Delta_USAir]

Based on all these awesome renderings Aussie made , I'm actually disappointed that 4 First Union was not built.

[AuLukey]

I finally got Twelve in there and most of the low rise within 277 (but not all.) I tried long and hard but this is the best angle I could find that had the relative heights of each tower from the same perspective.

[cinco]

excellent work, aussie! i can't wait to see this with the renaissance project included.

[Delta_USAir]

The two trump towers, and the two new Wachovias really work good together in the second pic.

[AuLukey]

The new One Charlotte Tower looks a bit funny next to my rendition of Trump towers and the WB complex.

But it makes for a nice step down from the east (and I'm assuming from the stadium as well.

Assuming this tower is 40 stories not including the crown and could possibly receive a lower level LEED rating (as is the trend on that end of town,) I placed it at around 500ft making it about the same height as BoA Plaza. This also helped match it up to the ratio to the Westin shown in their renderings. While not too shabby on its own, it is dwarfed by not only the other planned towers, its pencil-esk shape makes it look proportionally smaller.

[rockhilljames]

Looks like a Chicago mini-me.

[rjp212]

I was actually thinking the same thing but was wary to post it because it would probably start a city vs city argument.

[CharlotteGamecock]

Aussie - I was wondering if you could give us the same angle in your model as in the computer rendering of the new one charlotte condo that shows the westin, the jukebox wachovia etc that was released on the announcement. I was thinking that you would probably see Vue Charlotte off in the distant in the void next to the carillion. Thanks

[brokenraven]

I thought the Trump project wasn't official yet.

[AuLukey]

Aussie - I was wondering if you could give us the same angle in your model as in the computer rendering of the new one charlotte condo that shows the westin, the jukebox wachovia etc that was released on the announcement. I was thinking that you would probably see Vue Charlotte off in the distant in the void next to the carillion. Thanks

[redjeep77]

Sure, I have to take my friend to the airport in thirty minutes, so I'm killing time however I can. I did my best to get all the angles right, but the spacing between towers obviously isn't quite right, I'm not enough of a perfectionist to change the elevation and point of origin to get the view perfect.

Original rendering:

Same angle with all U/C and planned/rumored towers:

The amazing view from the top floor of One Charlotte Residences.

Look towards the west at the stadium from OCR and you get a face full of Trump and/or Wachovia. That view wasn't worth posting on here. While boring right now, the eastern view provides an unobstructed view of the NHOF, which I imagine will be quite colorful at night.

[rjp212]

I feel like One Charlotte will be a little closer to the Westin, but that just a minor thing.

[AuLukey]

Yea, I think so too. I just kinda plopped it on the deck until they release a rendering showing proximity a little better. Having one picture to work off of for perspective is kinda hard--compared to WB which had about twenty.

[Neo]

Charlotte received a couple of new buildings in Google Earth from what I can tell. It would be great to get most (if not all) of the buildings downtown in Google Earth but it is a start nonetheless:

[Eastwestrob]

Charlotte received a couple of new buildings in Google Earth from what I can tell. It would be great to get most (if not all) of the buildings downtown in Google Earth but it is a start nonetheless:

[AuLukey]

Who puts these buildings in officially? Is it just regular amateurs or Google themselves? Hearst looks pretty dang retarded.

[CharlotteGamecock]

Seems if google was smart they would use aussie's work.

[grodney]

There's a better Hearst in Google's 3D Warehouse:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/det...mp;prevstart=12

But I don't understand how Earth decides which ones get included. Probably some more reading of the help pages would reveal the answer.

[CharlotteGamecock]

Aussie - Here is another project to add to your rendering:

[CharlotteGamecock]

An older rendering found online