I'm not a big fan of the base of the building. It looks very old school to me.
Pics of the area from Wednesday 9-14 and yesterday 9-19. Another empty lot about to dissappear. Downtown coming in from the north is going to be completely transformed.
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Hopefully I'll still be living in STL when these are completed. Having said that, it's projects like this, the Bottle District, Wash Ave, and the new ballpark that are going to keep me around longer than I had originally planned.
It will be a very cool sight when I'm returning to STL from my road trips to Bham...seeing the Arch, new Ballpark, Bottle district, and now this. It will be a very cool site.
Does anybody have the photoshop talents to take the renderings of all the new developments that I listed and put them on a pic of the current STL skyline?
It will be a very cool sight when I'm returning to STL from my road trips to Bham...seeing the Arch, new Ballpark, Bottle district, and now this. It will be a very cool site.
Does anybody have the photoshop talents to take the renderings of all the new developments that I listed and put them on a pic of the current STL skyline?
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St.Louis UAB alumni wrote:
Does anybody have the photoshop talents to take the renderings of all the new developments that I listed and put them on a pic of the current STL skyline?
That would be very cool.
I know I have complained about this development due to the possibility of it or its rival, Columbia Sussex, taking out a whole row of well-established buildings on the already-tiny Landing, but just seeing this lot and knowing it will be filled with high-rises is a bit exciting.
I would ask my roommate, he does 3D animation and modeling, but I don't know if he would have time. He might find it really easy to do, since it's a building and not organic, like a human body. I can give him a pic of STL, and the new buildings.
A lot of construction going on on the north side over the next few years. Imagine how all this is gonna affect the North Market Place as well.
St.Louis UAB alumni wrote:Does anybody have the photoshop talents to take the renderings of all the new developments that I listed and put them on a pic of the current STL skyline?
I sketched it during class once
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i'll give it shot when i can. it will look a bit funny, none of the perspectives will match. but i'll try it
I may give it a shot tommorrow night too, just for the hell of it.
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Moving the party: Tailgaters lose out to casino
By Michele Munz
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
09/21/2005
ST. LOUIS On most days, the 7.5-acre plot just a block east of the Edward Jones Dome and beyond the Interstate 70 overpass was just a gravel lot. But on a handful of fall Sundays, Rams fans transformed it into a little bit of football heaven.
That's where tailgaters pulled in with their vans, SUVs and buses, unloaded barbecue pits, coolers and stereos, tossed footballs, drank beer and mingled with people on their way to game.
But the clock has run out on their fun. Just over two weeks ago, Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. started construction of its $400 million casino complex at the site.
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By Michele Munz
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
09/21/2005
ST. LOUIS On most days, the 7.5-acre plot just a block east of the Edward Jones Dome and beyond the Interstate 70 overpass was just a gravel lot. But on a handful of fall Sundays, Rams fans transformed it into a little bit of football heaven.
That's where tailgaters pulled in with their vans, SUVs and buses, unloaded barbecue pits, coolers and stereos, tossed footballs, drank beer and mingled with people on their way to game.
But the clock has run out on their fun. Just over two weeks ago, Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. started construction of its $400 million casino complex at the site.
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Don't you feel so sorry for them. I can't beleive some would suggest that we should not build there, and instead reserve a ginormous gravel lot in downtown for 8 weekends a year of tailgating.
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Maybe they can go tailgate in St. Louis Centre. There's plenty of room to throw a football around. 
Perhaps less tailgating options will result in an increase in business for downtown bars?
Perhaps less tailgating options will result in an increase in business for downtown bars?
Just a thought, but I never have any problem getting charged for a game. I'm calm and collected until I pass through the gates, and I doubt I stop screaming until I pass right back out of the gates. I love going to Rams games, but I rarely can speak afterwards.
Who are these guys that need to toss a football around and have nice speakers and a tv to get pumped for football? It's freaking football! That should be enough!
Who are these guys that need to toss a football around and have nice speakers and a tv to get pumped for football? It's freaking football! That should be enough!
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brickandmortar wrote:I found this fact sheet on the Pinnacle Website about the new casino. It may be old since it still lists the project costing $250 million.
What intrigues me is the 'secure pedestrian connection' or tunnel b/w the Dome and the new Casino(on p.4). That's a good idea since it is near impossible to access the landing (ped speaking) unless crossing at Washington due to the MLK bridge ramps.
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The tunnel is still part of the project. I was listening to Scott St. James yesterday on 550 KTRS and they had a representative from Pinnacle Entertainment talking about the casino. He mentioned tunneling under Interstate 70 to connect the development with the convention center and Edward Jones Dome.
This is the text from the PDF you linked to above:
Pedestrian Connection
Pedestrians from America?s Center, the Edward Jones Dome or the Central Business District will access the site via a secure pedestrian connection which will tunnel beneath Interstate 70 along the western edge of the site, and enter at the casino and adjoining amenities.
I drove by the site today. Looks like a large chunk of the site has been excavated in the past week and a half. There is a drill on site now, I would expect drilling for piers to start soon, and the structure will be rising not long after. I didn't have time to stop for pics, but McCarthy has made picture taking hard by wrapping a mesh fabric around the fence, obscuring, but not completely blocking the view. I don't get why construction companies do that.
Tailgating is essential to the football experience. With that said, you can find other places to tailgate. It's a big city.
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We should just tear down the Metropolitan Square Building so they can have a place to throw the football around 8 times a year. Progress?, I say Regress!
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You stole my thunder. I stayed on the top floor (17th) of the Hampton Inn Saturday night and took pictures of the same site early Sunday morning. To my surprise, you posted a picture with a very similar view. Thank you.... no need for mine now.
You stole my thunder. I stayed on the top floor (17th) of the Hampton Inn Saturday night and took pictures of the same site early Sunday morning. To my surprise, you posted a picture with a very similar view. Thank you.... no need for mine now.
Does anyone have access to more up-to-date or more detailed renderings of this proposed project. Thank you.
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You stole my thunder. I stayed on the top floor (17th) of the Hampton Inn Saturday night and took pictures of the same site early Sunday morning.
m2tbone:
I took that photo on Oct. 15th, from the Arch. It would still be interesting to see your photo taken 2 weeks later to see how fast they are moving along.
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I believe this an update for the plan on the pinnacle casino......what leaves me this impression is that the project worth on the PDF before stated that it was a 250 million project, now it is updated and reads a 400 million dollar project plus other details about the underground bridge to the casino, the design of the hotel and the casino. However there is no mention of the residential component or the tower in the initial renderings.
http://www.pnkinc.com/i/downloads/StLouis_FactSheet.pdf
http://www.pnkinc.com/i/downloads/StLouis_FactSheet.pdf