One Hundred on the Park - 100 N Kingshighway at West Pine

NewMidwesterner · PostSep 09, 2019#8012019-09-09T00:15+00:00

ok, so quite obviously the balconies are 11, 15, 19, 23, 27*, 31 with a 5-story block on top for 36. Is it that hard to grasp?
They're taking reservations for apartments now, so it's not like they're still trying to figure out how many floors they're building.

urbanitas · PostSep 09, 2019#8022019-09-09T00:22+00:00

NewMidwesterner wrote: ok, so quite obviously the balconies are 11, 15, 19, 23, 27*, 31 with a 5-story block on top for 36. Is it that hard to grasp?
They're taking reservations for apartments now, so it's not like they're still trying to figure out how many floors they're building.

So either the roof is counted as the 36th floor, or the top tier is actually 6 full stories between terrace and roof. That's the only way that would add up.

NewMidwesterner · PostSep 09, 2019#8032019-09-09T00:37+00:00

However you want to interpret this:

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 8:44 AM Ken Hall <khall@macapartments.com> wrote:

"Basically how it works, the apartments are in stacks of 4 (5 at the top) starting with a balcony, getting slightly larger floor by floor, then it resets and a new balcony comes into play.

11, 15, 19, 23 & 27 are all identical layouts with balconies
8, 12, 16, 20, 24 & 28 are all identical layouts and slightly larger than the floor below
Same goes for 9, 13….
Same goes for 10, 14….

Standard floor plans start on level 8. Level 7 has a few 3 bedroom apartments and the amenities. Here are floor plans, sq. ft. & pricing for 905 & 1005!"

Top level apts are out of my range, so feel free to inquire of the property manager above.

urbanitas · PostSep 09, 2019#8042019-09-09T00:48+00:00

^Ya, because that doesn't answer the question. We would need to know if 31 or 32 has a terrace.

wabash · PostSep 09, 2019#8052019-09-09T04:36+00:00

^I was on the 11th floor of Barnes’ Parkview Tower recently. The views across Forest Park and out to Wash. U., Clayton and the Loop were really amazing. And it’d be cool seeing storms role in, sunsets, and the annual balloon glow and race from there.

So, even from the lower apartments the views will really be something to behold.

urbanitas · PostSep 09, 2019#8062019-09-09T06:23+00:00

^The lower floor views - the treetop view - of Forest Park might even be better in some ways.

I think the studio apartments on the north side of the building are going to be very popular. Because of the angled windows, they will have north, east, and west views (this is old, so I'm assuming they haven't reconfigured that space):

PostSep 09, 2019#8072019-09-09T06:30+00:00

chriss752 wrote: Went digging around on the One Hundred website and found some new images and things. Neat rendering of the entrance.

And the best amenity of all; each resident has access to the on-demand airport shuttle parked right outside the front door!

Trololzilla · PostSep 09, 2019#8082019-09-09T07:29+00:00

ldai_phs wrote:

It’s a great building but your getting ahead of yourself there.

I dunno. Even on Skyscraperpage's forum, there's been more than one non-local commenter that's made the remark that One Hundred is the most exciting/architecturally pleasing building being built in America right now. It really is a fantastic design - it just needs a few more siblings in town.

chriss752 · PostSep 09, 2019#8092019-09-09T07:32+00:00

My favorite comment on Skyscraper Page is in the middle of the screenshot. Besides that, people like this.

aprice · PostSep 09, 2019#8102019-09-09T14:00+00:00

NewMidwesterner wrote:the apartments are in stacks of 4 (5 at the top)
11, 15, 19, 23 & 27 are all identical layouts with balconies
8, 12, 16, 20, 24 & 28 are all identical layouts and slightly larger than the floor below
Standard floor plans start on level 8. Level 7 has a few 3 bedroom apartments and the amenities.

Urbanitas is correct, the key to this would be whether the next balcony is 31 or 32.
"stacks of 4 (5 at the top)" does not exclusively read as "the top tier is the only set of 5" to me. The emailed list of floors with balconies does not accommodate the top tier. By the way, the top tier could very well appear to have 5 floors but only have 4. The original rendering had a false floor at the very top. While I trust the newer rendering on floor count and the garage screen, the materials at the top got sloppier. I hope that the parapet is more like the original rendering, although the view of the mechanical penthouse in the Feb '18 rendering doesn't make me feel great about that.

sc4mayor · PostSep 09, 2019#8112019-09-09T16:54+00:00

Trololzilla wrote:
ldai_phs wrote:

It’s a great building but your getting ahead of yourself there.
I dunno. Even on Skyscraperpage's forum, there's been more than one non-local commenter that's made the remark that One Hundred is the most exciting/architecturally pleasing building being built in America right now. It really is a fantastic design - it just needs a few more siblings in town.

I was going to say something about this too. While I don't expect gaggles of archi-tourists swarming the building, this one does seem to be getting a lot of outside attention. I was in St. Louis this weekend with two buddies from Denver (got to attend a Stanley Cup party!) and both asked to be driven by it because they wanted to see how awesome it already looks (plus one of them used to live in the CWE and desperately misses it). I have friends in Chicago that are planning trips to St. Louis to see it when its done, and anyone can scroll up and see the various links and articles in this thread from national publications about this building.

I won't speak for idai_phs, but I am one of those archi-tourists that specifically sets aside a day whenever I visit St. Louis to see a building or neighborhood I haven't seen before. St. Louis is great like that when it comes to architecture, always something to discover.

And for what its worth...Lambert's Main Terminal was designed by a prolific starchitect that also designed the original World Trade Center and his terminal design in St. Louis influenced terminals at both JFK in New York and Charles de Gaulle in Paris. The Wainwright was one of the (not the) first skyscrapers ever built and if that feat wasn't enough its incredibly intricate terracotta work is to die for. The Arch speaks for itself and already sees over 2 million visitors per year who come to admire that architectural feat. The vast majority of people aren't going to be swarming these places for a photo op, but those of us that sincerely appreciate architecture and history will be visiting.

chaifetz10 · PostSep 09, 2019#8122019-09-09T18:14+00:00

Who wants to start a St. Louis Architecture Tour company with me? We'll just get a single open air tour van / small bus and have tours on the weekends. Would be easy to set up an hour loop starting near downtown, going by the Arch / Old Courthouse / Wainwright, hitting up some of Midtown Alley / Downtown West, out through the CWE to drive past the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis and One Hundred, swing through Forest park to drive past the Jewel Box, and then duck down through Shaw / TGS / Tower Grove Park before coming up through Soulard / Lemp / AB on your way back downtown to end.

(Note - if anyone here actually does this, I just want a 10% cut of the profits).

sc4mayor · PostSep 09, 2019#8132019-09-09T18:22+00:00

^ That's actually a pretty good idea. I know Landmarks does walking tours downtown, they would be perfect for running something like that. Kansas City has some open air tour buses that roll around town. I've never really seen anyone on one, but it's a good idea nonetheless. I know I would take advantage of something like that in St. Louis (maybe even apply for a driver/guide job!).

chaifetz10 · PostSep 09, 2019#8142019-09-09T18:44+00:00

Anyone have a few thousand dollars they want to lend sc4mayor and myself to get this kickstarted?

urbanitas · PostSep 09, 2019#8152019-09-09T18:46+00:00

sc4mayor wrote: ^ That's actually a pretty good idea. I know Landmarks does walking tours downtown, they would be perfect for running something like that. Kansas City has some open air tour buses that roll around town. I've never really seen anyone on one, but it's a good idea nonetheless. I know I would take advantage of something like that in St. Louis (maybe even apply for a driver/guide job!).

Had those here too. I don't know how long it lasted or where it went, but used to see them on Washington Ave.

sc4mayor · PostSep 09, 2019#8162019-09-09T18:50+00:00

^ Interesting, I don't remember that. I do remember various trolley buses that shuttled people around to bars and other popular areas, but don't recall any architectural tours. Let's bring it back!

urbanitas · PostSep 09, 2019#8172019-09-09T19:36+00:00

^It was back when Washington Ave. was booming over a decade ago, and I don't think they were architectural tours per se, more like tours of various historic buildings / sites in and around downtown in an open-air, double-decker bus like the ones in Chicago. I think it might have even been the same company.

symphonicpoet · PostSep 09, 2019#8182019-09-09T19:40+00:00

^^I've been informally doing it for friends for years. Eads Bridge is also frequently on the list and the Priory Chapel out on Mason Road. If you want to get some history and get further afield Ste. Genevive, Kaskaskia, Menard House, Prarie du Rocher, Ft. des Chartres, Cahokia Courthouse, Cahokia Church, and Cahokia Mounds makes for a good circle.

urbanitas · PostSep 09, 2019#8192019-09-09T19:54+00:00

Anyone else wondering why One Hundred is so far down the list on the Studio Gang Project page? You have to scroll way down to the bottom third, among a lot of conceptual and long-ago-completed projects to find it. That's strange considering the building opens next summer, and the acclaim the building will likely receive. I see no logical project ordering which would result in that position.

aprice · PostSep 10, 2019#8202019-09-10T13:46+00:00

urbanitas wrote:Anyone else wondering why One Hundred is so far down the list on the Studio Gang Project page?

b/c st. louis

Bart Harley Jarvis · PostSep 10, 2019#8212019-09-10T14:40+00:00

urbanitas wrote:
sc4mayor wrote: ^ That's actually a pretty good idea. I know Landmarks does walking tours downtown, they would be perfect for running something like that. Kansas City has some open air tour buses that roll around town. I've never really seen anyone on one, but it's a good idea nonetheless. I know I would take advantage of something like that in St. Louis (maybe even apply for a driver/guide job!).
Had those here too. I don't know how long it lasted or where it went, but used to see them on Washington Ave.

Did they have Olde English font or were vaguely Tudor-inspired? I feel like I remember seeing something like that going through FP years ago.

shadrach · PostSep 10, 2019#8222019-09-10T15:07+00:00

Wonder if you’re remembering the old Cheshire Inn bus. Its graphics weren’t ‘ye olde English’ but could mentally ‘Tudored up’ by association.
https://images.app.goo.gl/AAZxdWPsP4BRxJdY9

Bart Harley Jarvis · PostSep 10, 2019#8232019-09-10T15:14+00:00

shadrach wrote:Wonder if you’re remembering the old Cheshire Inn bus. Its graphics weren’t ‘ye olde English’ but could mentally ‘Tudored up’ by association.
https://images.app.goo.gl/AAZxdWPsP4BRxJdY9

It's probably this, but I was thinking they were brown? Minds/memories are weird.

urban_dilettante · PostSep 10, 2019#8242019-09-10T15:30+00:00

Not sure where to put this, but since Chris referenced SkyscraperPage a few posts ago I'll just plop it here. (Mods feel free to move somewhere more appropriate.)

Looks like skyscraperpage.com has shut down suddenly and permanently. The site is inaccessible and I found this on Wikipedia:

SkyscraperPage was an internet forum for skyscraper hobbyists and enthusiasts^[3]^[4] that tracked existing and proposed skyscrapers around the world.^[5] The site was shuttered September 2019 after over 20 years in operation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyscraperPage

It was there yesterday evening so must have been taken down some time during the night or this morning. RIP SkyscraperPage.

moorlander · PostSep 10, 2019#8252019-09-10T16:43+00:00

The SkyScraperPage.com forum is still there. I'm on it now.

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