Thanks so much @Geowizical- always love your visualizations!  Your first rendering above really underscores how much Bedrock would  add to tha skyline if it’s anywhere around 500 feet or more.
 

Something  similar to Detroit’s 685’ HUDson Tower would be epic.  Big city vibe and undisputed best skyline in Ohio.  Make it so Bedrock! 
 

 

Crazy what you can get done when the snow keeps you home... 😅

 

Edited February 4, 20223 yr by Geowizical

Would this be a good picture to try and add SW new headquarters??

 

 

 

1 minute ago, Geowizical said:

Crazy what you can get done when the snow keeps you home... 😅

Beautiful! Great job as always!

 

As a side note, I find the trend of adding green roofs into every rendering obnoxious. They almost certainly won't be there in the finished product, so it ends up just being a cheap way to make the development look more "green"

Just a brutal amount of asphalt in a city center.  Can't wait to see it go.  More Toledo than Chicago.

 

13 minutes ago, Geowizical said:

Crazy what you can get done when the snow keeps you home... 😅

I’ve never liked the new SW tower visuals more than in this rendering - what a difference it’ll make for the city’s image. In This  perspective, it seems to fit in perfectly. And the steel blue color really looks great. 

Edited February 3, 20223 yr by CleveFan

Thats the money shot. I've always loved this view of the city. Thanks

23 minutes ago, Geowizical said:

Crazy what you can get done when the snow keeps you home... 😅

 

I wish I had this available before I published my Scranton Peninsula update today!! That's really good.

Thanks for the kind words everyone! I do especially like the render with Scranton Peninsula in the foreground too 🤩

I don't know if it's just me, but every time I see these visualizations, which are amazing, I think to myself how nice they'd be (or finger's crossed will be) without the Justice Center sticking out like a sore thumb. Here's hoping!

1 hour ago, CleveFan said:

I’ve never liked the new SW tower visuals more than in this rendering - what a difference it’ll make for the city’s image. In This  perspective, it seems to fit in perfectly. And the steel blue color really looks great. 

Agree.  Some of the angles where the top isn't well defined or it blocks the more cohesive, elegant buildings i don't care for it, but in this view it looks great! 

@GeowizicalThank you - a thousand times, thank you for contributing; it really is a treat and a unique addition to the forum. 👍

That is a beautiful shot! 

 

You know for all my bitchin' about how we're falling behind our peer cities if you ever go to the Pittsburgh, Columbus or Cincinnati forums on different sites you will read comments complaining about the lack of progress in building high rises. Skyscraper site has a before and after picture of different cities skylines. It shows Pittsburgh in the 1980's and now. No difference. One local guy commented that Pittsburgh was stuck in the 80's. Meanwhile, slowly but surely good 'ol Cleveland IS making steady progress one building at a time. 

 

Now if we could jumpstart the economy, grow Case Western, identify Cleveland with NASA, establish the city as the prime container port on the Great Lakes with ships lined up to load and unload and...well I see I still have some bitchin' to do. Sorry guys.

12 hours ago, cadmen said:

That is a beautiful shot! 

 

You know for all my bitchin' about how we're falling behind our peer cities if you ever go to the Pittsburgh, Columbus or Cincinnati forums on different sites you will read comments complaining about the lack of progress in building high rises. Skyscraper site has a before and after picture of different cities skylines. It shows Pittsburgh in the 1980's and now. No difference. One local guy commented that Pittsburgh was stuck in the 80's. Meanwhile, slowly but surely good 'ol Cleveland IS making steady progress one building at a time. 

 

Now if we could jumpstart the economy, grow Case Western, identify Cleveland with NASA, establish the city as the prime container port on the Great Lakes with ships lined up to load and unload and...well I see I still have some bitchin' to do. Sorry guys.

I always tell folks to consider how dense our skyline would be if we were confined to the "Golden Triangle". That said, pgh has narrower streets downtown and it really helps it feel like a buzzing downtown. But I digress. 

 

Thanks @Geowizicalfor your renders, if ya don't mind I may shoot some more photos your way :) 

16 hours ago, Geowizical said:

Crazy what you can get done when the snow keeps you home... 😅

 

Okay sorry, photodump incoming, but feel free to use any of these when you're bored. I've got pleeeeeeeeeeenty more if ya need any lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, GISguy said:

I always tell folks to consider how dense our skyline would be if we were confined to the "Golden Triangle". That said, pgh has narrower streets downtown and it really helps it feel like a buzzing downtown. But I digress. 

I assume downtown Pittsburgh does not have as many parking craters.

The geography and narrow streets help but to be fair a big part of the buzz is they probably have more people working downtown as well.

 

 

 

I'm probably won't have time to do all of these @GISguylol, but I'll pick a few of my favs as I find time:

 

Figured I'd start formatting "commissions" just for consistency and recognition of the person who requested/took the original photo, timestamped ofc

 

And yes, this is now the official logo for my future dream design firm lmao

I think the company motto would be something like "Let's get this thing built already" 🤪

Edited February 4, 20223 yr by Geowizical

^ I’m not gonna lie and tell you that I really know what an NFT is, but it’s maybe something you should look at. 

34 minutes ago, Geowizical said:

I'm probably won't have time to do all of these @GISguylol

 

So what you're saying is you need more photos to use?? lol kidding. No expectations here, just figured I'd throw some options your way!

1 hour ago, Geowizical said:

 

And yes, this is now the official logo for my future dream design firm lmao

I think the company motto would be something like "Let's get this thing built already" 🤪

Your format and logo should have a way for people to contact you - not just your contributors

12 minutes ago, bjk said:

Your format and logo should have a way for people to contact you - not just your contributors

Absolutely, thanks for the suggestion!

I guess I wasn't thinking much of it past doing the work for all of y'all here on the forum and KJP 🙂

26 minutes ago, bjk said:

Your format and logo should have a way for people to contact you - not just your contributors

 

2 hours ago, LibertyBlvd said:

I assume downtown Pittsburgh does not have as many parking craters.

Yes and no. As soon as you go across the river or across the highway they just have blocks and blocks of consecutive craters, especially near their arenas and convention center. It's been a while since I've been there so maybe that's changed. 

I could have sworn I found my twitter cover pic here, maybe not:

 

Edited February 4, 20223 yr by E Rocc

34 minutes ago, KFM44107 said:

 

Yes and no. As soon as you go across the river or across the highway they just have blocks and blocks of consecutive craters, especially near their arenas and convention center. It's been a while since I've been there so maybe that's changed. 

 

I know it's a sidebar convo in here, but the Northside is starting to build up around the stadiums (baseball and football) and I just saw today that an apt bldg has been proposed on a lot by the ballpark (I think). They're also building up around the Strip District where there was a lot of lots. The PNC Tower was under construction when I still lived there and it was a cluster vs SHW site and our wide roads/such a massive buildable lot. I'd be game to continue the conversation in a more appropriate part of the forum haha. 

Here's a potentially interesting perspective if Geowizical has the time.  It was uploaded to Google Maps by a Paul Duda.

I feel like we're asking too much out of you @Geowizical, if you're in trouble blink twice!

In the meantime, we’re getting some great (and not as frequently seen) CLE skyline pics! 

1 hour ago, ryanfrazier said:

Here's a potentially interesting perspective if Geowizical has the time.  It was uploaded to Google Maps by a Paul Duda.

That’s the owner of the art gallery at Professor and Jefferson http://www.pauldudagallery.com/

 

 

20 minutes ago, tastybunns said:

I feel like we're asking too much out of you @Geowizical, if you're in trouble blink twice!

 

Haha, not in trouble, just refining my skills and having fun 🤩

18 hours ago, GISguy said:

 

I know it's a sidebar convo in here, but the Northside is starting to build up around the stadiums (baseball and football) and I just saw today that an apt bldg has been proposed on a lot by the ballpark (I think). They're also building up around the Strip District where there was a lot of lots. The PNC Tower was under construction when I still lived there and it was a cluster vs SHW site and our wide roads/such a massive buildable lot. I'd be game to continue the conversation in a more appropriate part of the forum haha. 

 

I'm surprised the AT&T Building hasn't added apartments on the ballpark side.

33 minutes ago, E Rocc said:

 

I'm surprised the AT&T Building hasn't added apartments on the ballpark side.

I think that building is full of servers. I remember taking a tour of it with someone who worked for AT&T and he told us that it was actually an important part of the internet infrastructure. 

48 minutes ago, Kurtis said:

I think that building is full of servers. I remember taking a tour of it with someone who worked for AT&T and he told us that it was actually an important part of the internet infrastructure. 

 

I've noticed that almost all the windows are dark at night, even when the Indians are playing.

As for the Ohio Bell, aka AT&T, (aka OneAmerica Network OAN Financier) Building on Huron; it may not make sense to illuminate the exterior of the building given the sad appearance of those rooftop rigs, but a few light bulbs left on inside here and there on timers would improve AT&T's appearance on the skyline and look as if they care or wish to contribute to the life of our town. - If not with bodies in the building, at least with a modest appearance of vibrancy. 

Edited February 5, 20223 yr by ExPatClevGuy

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I'm surprised the AT&T Building hasn't added apartments on the ballpark side.

I've always fancied additional levels to this building (which was once considered and thus structurally feasable).

Edited February 5, 20223 yr by Barneyboy

I wish Art Deco and Beaux made a comeback, unfortunately molding and textile industries haven't been very cheap in recent years. I would hate for every new building to be a glass cage from here on out. I always love the look of vintage.

 

 

Beautiful. Now that's a gap filler!

Great work!  I like how SHW makes the courthouse tower finally look like it belongs in the skyline, it always looked like an outlier.  Now we just need a 600' tall Bedrock Tower between the Beacon and PNC Building!

On 2/5/2022 at 3:10 PM, tastybunns said:

I wish Art Deco and Beaux made a comeback, unfortunately molding and textile industries haven't been very cheap in recent years. I would hate for every new building to be a glass cage from here on out. I always love the look of vintage.

 

 

have hope -- there are modern versions. at least in nyc. like all the robert h.m. stern tower stuff -- ie., 15cpw. and modern deco like the fitzroy in chelsea. the 1 vanderbilt tower uses deco-ish tile in a modern way too and the new disney building in hudson square also will. some of these trends are bound to carry over elsewhere -- ie., minneapolis just got a nice stern modern throwback tower. but yeah, the old stone wedding cake office building days are over!

On 1/30/2022 at 9:32 AM, Watertiger1962 said:

I believe the first  picture was taken in 2011 and the second was a future of current and proposed buildings for the 2020’s.

It would be cool to see a current updated visual to the 2011 picture and an updated 2020’s planned and proposed future picture.

Btw- this view looking north from Lake Erie and the view looking north from the 490 bridge have always been my favorite.

This image has been really useful over the years to visualize the future skyline.  I found an image on twitter from NWS Cleveland that I feel like can do the same thing, but is more updated for the existing skyline than the 2011 skyline and has a little more color, instead of being just gray lol.  Might have to crop/zoom to make it more useful.

 

Also, this is my first post on the forum so I hope this posts correctly and you can see the image I attached. 

Edited February 12, 20223 yr by fujiyoshida

Nice first post, @fujiyoshida. Welcome! 

20 hours ago, fujiyoshida said:

This image has been really useful over the years to visualize the future skyline.  I found an image on twitter from NWS Cleveland that I feel like can do the same thing, but is more updated for the existing skyline than the 2011 skyline and has a little more color, instead of being just gray lol.  Might have to crop/zoom to make it more useful.

 

Also, this is my first post on the forum so I hope this posts correctly and you can see the image I attached. 

Legendary first post! 

That is actually from the Cle water crib cam. It was down for a while looks like it is back up.

 

On 2/5/2022 at 1:42 PM, Barneyboy said:

I've always fancied additional levels to this building (which was once considered and thus structurally feasable).

 

I was surprised by how much One Wall Street, completed in 1931 (today, a NYC apartment conversion) looks like Ohio Bell with better proportions.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Didn't expect my post to be that popular off the bat!  

 

I've been following the forum for about 5 years but have never put the time into making an account.  Excited to be involved in the community!

On 2/3/2022 at 3:24 PM, Geowizical said:

Crazy what you can get done when the snow keeps you home... 😅

 

Hi Geowizical, thank you for all the time you put into these visuals- I absolutely love them!  When you get the chance, I have a request.  Would it be possible to expand on this visual and add Bedrock's riverfront development plans across from Tower City?  I know it'd likely be difficult since the the textures are different, but I was interested in seeing how all these projects would look together.  Thank you!

Wow!!!...i just turned 60.  My biological clock is winding down lol.  I wants to see this in reality before i check out

 

 

Hey, is the SW tower in the render?  I cant tell.

Edited February 18, 20223 yr by B767PILOT

6 hours ago, B767PILOT said:

Wow!!!...i just turned 60.  My biological clock is winding down lol.  I wants to see this in reality before i check out

 

Ouch...this, to me, is like the Lakefront Plan. Not so much for us, but for our grandchildren.