June 2, 201015 yr Word is that construction on the tiara will continue next week. Yeah I was going to post something about that. I see they've got a new shipment of tiara pieces as well. It's about damn time.
June 2, 201015 yr Here's an update from this past Sunday. Looks like some official signage is now up long with most of the facade. edit: meant to upload this one. more or less the same
June 2, 201015 yr I was coming down Sycamore today and noticed that this building has a great light catcher in the design. Having that round shape wall really helps catch the evening sun. Excellent.
June 5, 201015 yr I want our gaping hole to go away badly. Hopefully Cincinnati won't have to wait more than twelve years to see ground broken on something really tall there.
June 6, 201015 yr I have some pictures from today (Over 200, need to sort through them). Will post them later. I went all over downtown, well not all over but you'll see.
June 7, 201015 yr You can check the rest of them out here: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,23043.new.html Hope you like them. Here's my favorite. It looks like a computer rendering haha...
June 7, 201015 yr It has been a while since I checked this thread. Amusing discussion and great photos.
June 7, 201015 yr I'm starting to think QCT looks like a Transformer or Voltron or something. Like it's ready to sprout arms and legs and either wreak havoc on the city or defend it from invaders.
June 7, 201015 yr I'm starting to think QCT looks like a Transformer or Voltron or something. Like it's ready to sprout arms and legs and either wreak havoc on the city or defend it from invaders. What the?? :wtf: Dude I laughed out loud at that one. Weird that you would see that in QCS?
June 7, 201015 yr ...or do you mean... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 7, 201015 yr But it has no crown! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 7, 201015 yr Someone needs to photoshop the robot head on the knockoff Voltron. WTF is a Megazord anyway?
June 7, 201015 yr Coming in from the airport yesterday, you can see the crown from where I-275E merges onto I-71/75N
June 7, 201015 yr Someone needs to photoshop the robot head on the knockoff Voltron. WTF is a Megazord anyway? From Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. LOL! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megazord So does anyone else agree? I've heard people call Scripps the Darth Vader building. Why can't GAT be the Voltron (or Transformer/Autobot/Decepticon) building? I think Voltron or Decepticon sounds the best.
June 9, 201015 yr The more complete the tower gets, the more I like it. I think it has a really cool Art Deco/Gothan City look going on.
June 9, 201015 yr The more complete the tower gets, the more I like it. I think it has a really cool Art Deco/Gothan City look going on. Yep, I think the same thing... it's the lines.
June 9, 201015 yr Stupid question - again. More to the point, this will sound a bit weird. When viewing the construction progress on the queencitysquare.com webcam, can anyone look at the crane and extrapolate what spot on the crane would be the same level as the apex of the final arch in the tiara? I mean, first section down from the top...second...middle of the third...? Don't ask why I'm asking - it's just a stupid thing I'm trying to picture in my mind. Thanks.
June 10, 201015 yr Someone was kind enough to model QCS in Google Earth. Here is the model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=f9a7861be9545565b2f52a2bcb0397fa&prevstart=0 Why wait for the building to finish when you can enjoy the completed thing right now?! Download and view to your hearts content!! “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
June 10, 201015 yr Stupid question - again. More to the point, this will sound a bit weird. When viewing the construction progress on the queencitysquare.com webcam, can anyone look at the crane and extrapolate what spot on the crane would be the same level as the apex of the final arch in the tiara? I mean, first section down from the top...second...middle of the third...? Don't ask why I'm asking - it's just a stupid thing I'm trying to picture in my mind. Thanks. Not weird at all. I was wondering the same exact thought. If we know where on the existing crane (at what "marker" per say) it would provide a great indication of the final height. Anyone care to answer? Much appreciated.
June 10, 201015 yr If you look at the rendering, the second band of the tiara seems to be about half the height of the tiara. So if you imagine that to be doubled, you'll get the full height. That's how I've been picturing it, anyhow.
June 10, 201015 yr the north side now has 3 rings of the tiara in place, south side has 2. 5 of 13 rings are completed.
June 10, 201015 yr Someone was kind enough to model QCS in Google Earth. Here is the model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=f9a7861be9545565b2f52a2bcb0397fa&prevstart=0 Why wait for the building to finish when you can enjoy the completed thing right now?! Download and view to your hearts content!! God bless your heart! I'd seen that before and was looking for it just the other day, and I couldn't find it anywhere. Thanks so much for posting that. JVarney, glad to know I'm not the only one wondering about that. I don't feel so weird now. :lol: Natininja, thanks for the idea. It gives me something to work with. I appreciate it.
June 11, 201015 yr Here is a teaser from today. They were aligning a piece of the tiara so they could thread a bolt through and connect the piece.
June 11, 201015 yr That's an awesome picture Sherman. Too bad the Enquirer doesn't just contract you to do photog for their development stories.
June 12, 201015 yr Someone was kind enough to model QCS in Google Earth. Here is the model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=f9a7861be9545565b2f52a2bcb0397fa&prevstart=0 Why wait for the building to finish when you can enjoy the completed thing right now?! Download and view to your hearts content!! I was bored, and this model inspired me. So I plopped a 700 footer at Third and Vine.
June 12, 201015 yr Civvik, that would be AWESOME! I'd love it. But then we'd need to get an 800-footer somewhere north of 6th Street to really make the skyline punch. Of course, someone would come along and find a way to still say Carew Tower was taller, or looked taller. LOL! :wink: (Don't anyone go bashing me now. I'm just being a smart-alec.)
June 12, 201015 yr A 750 foot 500 unit condo tower would be nice. Miami does it all the time .;) Hillarity! Fountain square west would have been a big lift for downtown.
June 12, 201015 yr A 750 foot 500 unit condo tower would be nice. Miami does it all the time .;) What the hay...we're a waterfront city, too. So I say "go for it". LOL! Okay, not exactly the same kind of waterfront, but still.... :-P
June 12, 201015 yr I think a hospital(private) and new school would make things roll downtown. These are things that will be needed once gas get's too $5 $6+ a gallon. I want QCSII to feel dwarfed.lol
June 13, 201015 yr That building looks out of place right there. Well, you've got to be careful what you ask for. There are a handful of spots downtown where a tower would be probable: Third and Vine, Fifth and Race, Fountain Square West (Fifth and Vine). If you get height-happy and call for a 700+ or 800+ now that we have a 600+, the rest of Cincinnati's buildings start looking odd. Because they aren't very big. Here's the same model brought down 50 feet (to 700 even) and flipped. Better, but still making all but QCS look like midgets. Just for shits and giggles, let's take the tallest in another medium-large skyline, Seattle's 945 footer, and put it at Fountain Square West: Cincinnati now looks ridiculous, even when you put the building in the center of downtown.
June 13, 201015 yr Nice work. Architect Christopher Alexander suggests that no building should be more than one story higher than adjacent buildings. He also suggests a four story limit, so he is obviously not a fan of skyscrapers. Imagine what Over-the-Rhine would look like if the floor area of QCS were replaced with an equal floor area of 4 story buildings on parking lots in Over-the-Rhine! Plus, imagine how many storefronts would be possible! QCS has a one-block perimeter at sidewalk level. An equavalent number of 4-story buildings would have many times that. Just for fun, could you add the Empire State, World Trade Center, John Hancock, or Sears Tower to Cincinnati?
June 13, 201015 yr Sears Tower at Fountain Square West: OK, that's all the requests I'm taking for now. Time to work on a model for The Banks.
June 13, 201015 yr That really illustrates how scale can be so relative. Approaching Cincinnati from I-75 northbound in Kentucky is just as impressive as seeing the Chicago skyline from Lake Michigan or South Lake Shore Drive, even though it's not nearly as large.
June 13, 201015 yr Civvik, those are awesome, could you do a few more? I would like to see one with FSW at about 750 ft., another decent sized one where you had your original one, the old 312 Plum proposal (it was just east of 312 Elm and about as tall as Scripps, with the same shape as 312 Elm, but mirror imaged), and anything you want to put at Plum between 4th and 5th. That would be killer if you have the time!
June 13, 201015 yr When you did that 700 footer it looked better. Plus I think an 800 footer behind QCS would look nice as well as another 700-900 footer over in Fountsquare West...what a skyline that would be...can you do one of those Civvik?
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