so noone is currently working on this place....right?
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I've spent hundreds of hours in this building... I'd be extremely interested to see how much if any has changed in the last 3 yrs....
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MattnSTL wrote:I'm thinking the alarm is probably still working.
it is!
thechariot wrote:nope! failed attempt! ill be back though..with pics!
Cool. I admire your perseverance, if not your blase attitude towards the law.
Any news on this project, btw? Are the Roberts in fact planning on taking the it over?
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they probably took security seriously with all the materials theft occurring.
also pictures here
http://irrationalecstasy.blogspot.com/2 ... lding.html
and I posted some earlier in this thread from a year ago.
http://www.urbanstl.com/viewtopic.php?t ... &start=150
also pictures here
http://irrationalecstasy.blogspot.com/2 ... lding.html
and I posted some earlier in this thread from a year ago.
http://www.urbanstl.com/viewtopic.php?t ... &start=150
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Here is a set of photos I took of the Arcade from atop a scissors lift (I was up there to see if the wires that hang the vaulted ceiling have rusted to the point where they might fail... fortunatly they are in great shape).
http://flickr.com/photos/vanishingstl/s ... 077186654/
I have literally thousands of photos from my several years of work on the building. I will try to post some more sets to Flickr.
As for the question what has changed: At the time the job was halted, selective interior demo was complete down to the 11th floor (everything outside the historic corridors & elevator lobbies has been cleared out). Basement, sub-basement, and first floor retail spaces have all been cleared out as well.
Have not heard anything lately about anyone taking over the project. Its sheer size is likely holding back prospective buyers. I would not be suprised if the building sits until the lending market loosens up again, which may be a while. Even people with large projects of comparable size that have all their ducks in a row for financing are having to jump through many new hoops to get the banks to come to a closing.
http://flickr.com/photos/vanishingstl/s ... 077186654/
I have literally thousands of photos from my several years of work on the building. I will try to post some more sets to Flickr.
As for the question what has changed: At the time the job was halted, selective interior demo was complete down to the 11th floor (everything outside the historic corridors & elevator lobbies has been cleared out). Basement, sub-basement, and first floor retail spaces have all been cleared out as well.
Have not heard anything lately about anyone taking over the project. Its sheer size is likely holding back prospective buyers. I would not be suprised if the building sits until the lending market loosens up again, which may be a while. Even people with large projects of comparable size that have all their ducks in a row for financing are having to jump through many new hoops to get the banks to come to a closing.
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thanks man! i have been "caught" i guess you can say, by police and other people on more than one occasion. ive always explained that im there to take pics and nothing else, i even offer them the right to search my person and bag to prove im out to do no harm. they usually ask us to leave, which is no problem.(i can return later) ive never been harmed or charged with anything (knock on wood)steve wrote:thechariot wrote:nope! failed attempt! ill be back though..with pics!
Cool. I admire your perseverance, if not your blase attitude towards the law.
Any news on this project, btw? Are the Roberts in fact planning on taking the it over?
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thechariot wrote:thanks man! i have been "caught" i guess you can say, by police and other people on more than one occasion. ive always explained that im there to take pics and nothing else, i even offer them the right to search my person and bag to prove im out to do no harm. they usually ask us to leave, which is no problem.(i can return later) ive never been harmed or charged with anything (knock on wood)steve wrote:thechariot wrote:nope! failed attempt! ill be back though..with pics!
Cool. I admire your perseverance, if not your blase attitude towards the law.
Any news on this project, btw? Are the Roberts in fact planning on taking the it over?
Wow, it sounds like you are very brave!
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UrbanArchStl wrote:Have not heard anything lately about anyone taking over the project. Its sheer size is likely holding back prospective buyers. I would not be suprised if the building sits until the lending market loosens up again, which may be a while. Even people with large projects of comparable size that have all their ducks in a row for financing are having to jump through many new hoops to get the banks to come to a closing.
I have to believe you're right. Spinnaker is supposed to develop at least some Pyramid properties, but I have to imagine The Laurel (former Stix Baer & Fuller/Dillard's) is their first priority, and maybe The Concord (St. Louis Centre) after that.
Getting information from them, however, is like getting information from Cordish. Good luck. That doesn't bode well for The Arcade, and I cannot imagine any developer stepping up until the markets improve, and who knows how long that'll take?
Aside from Ballpark Villlage, this is the one project downtown I am anxious to see completed. Thanks a lot Pyramid, for biting off so much more than you could chew.
ThreeOneFour wrote:UrbanArchStl wrote:Have not heard anything lately about anyone taking over the project. Its sheer size is likely holding back prospective buyers. I would not be suprised if the building sits until the lending market loosens up again, which may be a while. Even people with large projects of comparable size that have all their ducks in a row for financing are having to jump through many new hoops to get the banks to come to a closing.
I have to believe you're right. Spinnaker is supposed to develop at least some Pyramid properties, but I have to imagine The Laurel (former Stix Baer & Fuller/Dillard's) is their first priority, and maybe The Concord (St. Louis Centre) after that.
Getting information from them, however, is like getting information from Cordish. Good luck. That doesn't bode well for The Arcade, and I cannot imagine any developer stepping up until the markets improve, and who knows how long that'll take?
Aside from Ballpark Villlage, this is the one project downtown I am anxious to see completed. Thanks a lot Pyramid, for biting off so much more than you could chew.
Can you imagine if they had gotten the Syndicate like they wanted. Thankfully the city did something right and realized Pyramid had too many projects already.
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no alarm can stop me!
my best adventure to date, this building amazed me on every floor.
the view of the city was awesome.
pics later....maybe.
my best adventure to date, this building amazed me on every floor.
the view of the city was awesome.
pics later....maybe.
Geez that is a rediculous amount of parking that can be seen from window. I love how all of the top decks are empty of cars as well. Please tell me this was not taken during the week? If so, demolish a garage already!
new word on this place? anyone know? new boards up over all windows on ground floor, and a new door...
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i am no hipster by any means.Grover wrote:^ Is that from some obscure hipster song that I don't know?