December 8, 20231 yr 12 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said: Didn't somebody say it would also be on Fox? Yep it’s on FOX. It’s also free on Apple TV if you already have an Apple TV subscription, meaning you don’t need the special MLS Season Pass subscription to watch it on there.
December 8, 20231 yr 4 hours ago, CbusOrBust said: This weekend's MLS Cup Final is on regular tv! The game against Orlando City was only on Apple TV Ah, I'm an idiot. Didn't realize when the post was made.
December 8, 20231 yr 44 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said: Ah, I'm an idiot. Didn't realize when the post was made. You should definitely tune in. Even if you aren’t a big soccer fan, this Crew team is a lot of fun to watch. They essentially don’t care about defending at all, the entire game plan is geared toward scoring at least 3 goals. This results in a lot of 3-2 or 4-3 games which are a ton of fun to watch.
January 10, 20241 yr The Astor Park office building set to house BBI Logistics is nearly complete. BBI will occupy the second through fifth floors of the office building. Part of the first floor will be a fitness center and about 6,000 square feet will be leased to a third-party food and beverage operator, according a statement from Pizzuti. The first apartments at Astor Park should start construction in the second quarter of this year. The initial building will include 246 apartments and 42,000 square feet of amenity space, include indoor and outdoor areas. A second apartment building will rise during a later phase of the project, bringing the total number of apartment units in the development to 440. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/01/09/pizzuti-astor-park-jaeger-square.html
January 10, 20241 yr Fingers crossed the apartments actually get started this year. And hopefully we get updated plans on future phases this year too. Im not a fan of the current plans for phase two.
January 11, 20241 yr On 1/9/2024 at 7:52 PM, amped91 said: Fingers crossed the apartments actually get started this year. And hopefully we get updated plans on future phases this year too. Im not a fan of the current plans for phase two. There really shouldn't be any open parking spaces either. At least build a 2 story parking garage with the apartments on top with some sort of retail on the main level. There's no reason we keep adding standalone parking garages or lots. I'd rather it be green space than a bland 2 story garage to service the apartments and/or surface parking lot.
January 17, 20241 yr Pizzuti Cos.' Astor Park apartment design to be tweaked before construction starts Pizzuti Cos. will present updated plans for its Astor Park development to the Columbus Downtown Commission on Jan. 23. The original design was approved in October 2021. The developer is now seeking a certificate of appropriateness for a tweaked design and different materials for the residential component of the project, which neighbors Lower.com Field, home of the Columbus Crew. Pizzuti Cos. declined to comment on the new renderings. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/01/17/lowercom-field-crew-astor-park-apartments-pizzuti.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 17, 20241 yr 28 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Pizzuti Cos.' Astor Park apartment design to be tweaked before construction starts Pizzuti Cos. will present updated plans for its Astor Park development to the Columbus Downtown Commission on Jan. 23. The original design was approved in October 2021. The developer is now seeking a certificate of appropriateness for a tweaked design and different materials for the residential component of the project, which neighbors Lower.com Field, home of the Columbus Crew. Pizzuti Cos. declined to comment on the new renderings. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/01/17/lowercom-field-crew-astor-park-apartments-pizzuti.html Looks like were going to get a Grandview Yard style apartment building. I wish we had a restriction for anything downtown stating any new projects cannot include surface parking.
February 13, 20241 yr I...like it? "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 13, 20241 yr Pretty cool. Can’t wait to see it up close on the 24th (go Crew). I do hope plans include big planters or some type of green space between the garage and office building.
February 13, 20241 yr 31 minutes ago, Bryan2Cbus said: Pretty cool. Can’t wait to see it up close on the 24th (go Crew). I do hope plans include big planters or some type of green space between the garage and office building. I think the renderings show some green space, but doesn’t look like much, but there aren’t many views of that area. The renderings do show a lot of green space in other areas, so hopefully planters do happen eventually. This was the best they have: Edited February 13, 20241 yr by VintageLife
April 24, 20241 yr On 4/18/2024 at 1:02 PM, aderwent said: Absolutely love this building, this entire area gives me Western European vibes with the style of the office building and LDC. Huge win overall. Let's hope the apartment buildings are of similar quality!
April 24, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, KyleofColumbus said: Absolutely love this building, this entire area gives me Western European vibes with the style of the office building and LDC. Huge win overall. Let's hope the apartment buildings are of similar quality! Overall, I like the building as well, but I'm not quite sold on the ground floor bare concrete columns. I think something a little warmer to the eye would have been better.
April 24, 20241 yr 23 minutes ago, KyleofColumbus said: Absolutely love this building, this entire area gives me Western European vibes with the style of the office building and LDC. Huge win overall. Let's hope the apartment buildings are of similar quality! I like the area so far, but I do hope we get a little height differences with the rest of the space.
May 20, 20241 yr I don’t think we’re getting a Q2 start to the apartments 😂 honestly, I hope phase two gets pushed back long enough for it to get redesigned to not include any surface parking. Would love to eventually see this neighborhood housing thousands, however. “Work at Astor Park is wrapping up at the BBI office building and construction is planned to start on the first phase of apartments later this year. The development is next door to Lower.com Field. Astor Park will have 440 apartments across two phases of residential buildings. "We think that density, that proximity to downtown, a lot of amenities and then certainly the architecture and the environment will make for a very attractive place to live," Pizzuti said. "Overtime, we see hundreds, if not thousands, of people living in and around that area."’
July 2, 2024Jul 2 Municipal Light Plant houses new downtown event venue "Cameron Mitchell Premier Events is adding a third exclusive event space at the Municipal Light Plant in downtown Columbus. The Stack at the Municipal Light Plant, located at 589 W. Nationwide Blvd., officially opens this summer across the street from Lower.com Field. The space features about 11,000 square feet, including a cellar area and outdoor area. With its proximity to Lower.com Field, Johnson said the CMPE team is working on what can be done around Columbus Crew games. The building was built in 1903 and opened in 1905. All of the downtown street lights and buildings in Columbus were powered out of the building for many years. It closed in 1977. The smokestack was added in 1946 when giant boilers were built to burn coal to generate electricity." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/07/02/the-stack-cameron-mitchell-events.html Edited July 2, 2024Jul 2 by Luvcbus
October 11, 2024Oct 11 I love lower.com but this new stadium in Finland is awesome and something similar would have even really cool. I also think Huntington park would have been cooler with some buildings in the outfield with housing. The mud hens stadium did this really well.
October 11, 2024Oct 11 3 minutes ago, VintageLife said: I love lower.com but this new stadium in Finland is awesome and something similar would have even really cool. I also think Huntington park would have been cooler with some buildings in the outfield with housing. The mud hens stadium did this really well. What does that stadium seat? 8k people? And what are the luxury amenities? Those are some of the most important aspects of a stadium in American professional sports.
October 11, 2024Oct 11 17 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: What does that stadium seat? 8k people? And what are the luxury amenities? Those are some of the most important aspects of a stadium in American professional sports. Oh I get it, I just think these types of designs are awesome. It integrates it 100% into the community.
October 14, 2024Oct 14 On 10/11/2024 at 4:50 PM, VintageLife said: Oh I get it, I just think these types of designs are awesome. It integrates it 100% into the community. It's also integrating into an existing community and context, versus LDC/Astor Park trying to create that neighborhood from scratch. Citypark stadium in STL does a good job of integrating into the existing neighborhood.
October 14, 2024Oct 14 36 minutes ago, PizzaScissors said: It's also integrating into an existing community and context, versus LDC/Astor Park trying to create that neighborhood from scratch. Citypark stadium in STL does a good job of integrating into the existing neighborhood. I don't like the exterior facade (or lack thereof) of Citypark. It's too wide open for me. It looks lazy. LDC's facade is pretty good, and the curtain connecting to the roof is very unique and mostly hides the underside of the bleachers which are completely exposed at Citypark. Citypark looks like they ran of money and couldn't afford to build any sort of facade on half of the building and were forced to leave the underside of the stands, concessions areas, and bathrooms completely exposed to the surrounding streets. LDC does a good job of giving you glimpses of the interior from the surrounding streets without totally exposing everything.
October 14, 2024Oct 14 9 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: I don't like the exterior facade (or lack thereof) of Citypark. It's too wide open for me. It looks lazy. LDC's facade is pretty good, and the curtain connecting to the roof is very unique and mostly hides the underside of the bleachers which are completely exposed at Citypark. Citypark looks like they ran of money and couldn't afford to build any sort of facade on half of the building and were forced to leave the underside of the stands, concessions areas, and bathrooms completely exposed to the surrounding streets. LDC does a good job of giving you glimpses of the interior from the surrounding streets without totally exposing everything. I just wish LDC had some sort of lighting on the roof at night
October 16, 2024Oct 16 On 10/14/2024 at 12:39 PM, 614love said: I just wish LDC had some sort of lighting on the roof at night But why? You can't see the roof from anywhere outside of an airplane or from a handful of buildings that are mostly not open to the public.
November 25, 2024Nov 25 The DC Agenda is posted for tomorrow's meeting, and it looks like we should be getting some updates on the construction plans for the residential portion of Astor Park. There are no materials linked to the agenda right now, but a New Construction Update for 635 Nordecke Dr. is on the agenda. https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/1/business-and-development/economic-development/planning/documents/2.-planning-docs/dc/i.-dc-nov-2024-agenda.pdf
November 26, 2024Nov 26 Skimmed through the YouTube recording of the meeting this morning and felt like the updated visuals were a bit of a letdown. Watching them flip from the previously-approved to new versions felt like someone hitting the "make it more generic" button for each.
November 26, 2024Nov 26 31 minutes ago, PizzaScissors said: Skimmed through the YouTube recording of the meeting this morning and felt like the updated visuals were a bit of a letdown. Watching them flip from the previously-approved to new versions felt like someone hitting the "make it more generic" button for each. Reason: cost cutting. I don't buy the fact they didn't know it was going to cost that much when they first designed it. They're just trying to cheap out now.
November 26, 2024Nov 26 39 minutes ago, PizzaScissors said: Skimmed through the YouTube recording of the meeting this morning and felt like the updated visuals were a bit of a letdown. Watching them flip from the previously-approved to new versions felt like someone hitting the "make it more generic" button for each. We're going to need screenshot RECEIPTS!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 26, 2024Nov 26 11 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: We're going to need screenshot RECEIPTS!!! If someone has more time than I do today, here's the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0ABy55gs0 Edited November 26, 2024Nov 26 by PizzaScissors
November 27, 2024Nov 27 Astor Park apartments' design altered as downtown project moves forward The apartments at Pizzuti Cos.' mixed-use Astor Park development continue to move forward, with some design alterations. Astor Park is planned to have 261 apartments in a five-story, 255,000-square-foot building. A neighboring office building is complete and BBI Logistics is readying its space for move-in. There are plans for a second and third phase of development, with more apartments, parking, retail and public art.
November 27, 2024Nov 27 21 minutes ago, VintageLife said: This is the same design as what was presented all the way back in January No they made some tweaks to materials. The overall design is pretty much unchanged though.
November 27, 2024Nov 27 20 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: No they made some tweaks to materials. The overall design is pretty much unchanged though. Must have been barely noticeable because this looks like the rendering posted back in January by coldayman
November 27, 2024Nov 27 They cut out more of the angular details as well. It just looks boring again.
November 27, 2024Nov 27 I'm not sure when the "previously-approved" (as labeled) renderings were from that they were flipping to during the presentation, but there were a lot of changes in rooflines and the material expression on the facades.
December 12, 2024Dec 12 Glad to see the investment into LDC. With how successful attendance has been though, I was expecting a more substantial capacity increase for the first stadium expansion. It is however more disappointing that the new "East Club" expansion over the loading dock will convert the Upper Centerline Seats into a more premium "club" product. I know of a lot of longtime crew season ticket holders (years at HCS) who are now in the upper deck at LDC. The conversion of some of these sections to a more premium product will likely price some longtime supporters out. I know the margins are in the premium seats (and that's where spectator sports are heading in general), but its still a bummer. A look at the existing gap in the northwest corner: The East Club will have a great view of downtown:
December 13, 2024Dec 13 Crew Proposal to Expand Stadium Tops Commission Agenda Next week’s meeting of the Downtown Commission, the last of 2024, will be a busy one. In addition to a plan to add seats and amenities to Lower.com Field, several development proposals that have been before the board in the past are back for further review or approval. The stadium plans are being presented to the commission for the first time. Materials submitted to the city in advance of the meeting describe two main aspects of the proposal:.. ...below! https://columbusunderground.com/crew-proposal-to-expand-stadium-tops-commission-agenda-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 14, 2024Dec 14 Crew fans might see more premium options at Lower.com Field by 2026 season Columbus Crew officials are looking at adding more premium options at Lower.com Field. The team is proposing an expanded club space on the east side of the stadium and larger interior terraces on stadium's north end, according to documents submitted to the Downtown Commission. The two-story club space addition is planned above the loading dock parking lot and the two terraces will have a new restroom and kitchen areas. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/12/13/crew-premium-seating-2026-season-lowercom-field.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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