It is good to see that something is being built I wonder if any body know how tall this tower is going to be.
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tha lou wrote:It is good to see that something is being built I wonder if any body know how tall this tower is going to be.
I'm sure the Roberts brothers do.
Think somewhere in the ballpark of 300ft. Right guys?
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According to Skyscraper page it is 90.0 meters. Converted into feet that comes to 295.275 ft. So yeah 300. It wont be a prominent tower on the skyline, but it will make the Old Post Office Square look great.
The Picks look great. It is nice to see the progress from a different POV. I just would have thought that they would be further on the park. Thats what the winter does to construction. It also looks like they are still having trouble digging the support structure for the tower. It still seems as if they are running into a lot of old foundation as they drill.
The Picks look great. It is nice to see the progress from a different POV. I just would have thought that they would be further on the park. Thats what the winter does to construction. It also looks like they are still having trouble digging the support structure for the tower. It still seems as if they are running into a lot of old foundation as they drill.
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^ There is alot of debris from the demo of the previous buildings. They could very well be running into that same quicksand issue that plagued the construction of the PBB in the 20's.
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I can't really tell from the pics, as the first is the only one to have Roberts Tower in it. However, it appears they have moved one of the drill rigs, a sign that they might be nearing completion of the caissons. I cannot tell for sure, but it looks like they might be piling I-Beams on the Southwest corner of the site in prep for excavation. Like I said though, hard to tell.
Boy we sure need to get over that 275 ft - 375 ft range but anyway it is good to see something new being built.400 ft would have been nice on this one.
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shinpickle wrote:
Does RT extend south to Locust? If not, what will be between the tower and the sidewalk?
Even though the classic from directly across the river won't really reveal the RT, others have mentioned that from an oblique angle or looking from the west (ie the shots that the skyhouse renderings use), the tower should be quite noticable. Is this true given the 300 ft mark?
^^ This picture should help (it's too wide to embed). I think the answer is trees.: http://www.kozenywagner.com/Portals/0/O ... hitect.jpg
^^^The south face of the Roberts Tower is roughly parallel to the south side of the Orpheum. The rest is park, with some space theoretically set aside for the use of the Roberts Tower retail space. The Roberts Tower has a very small footprint, like ~8000 SF.
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that's what I thought, does the plaza extend to 8th or will this be a seperate "park." Isn't there some kind of outdoor cafe there as well?
EDIT: Ah, now I see, thanks INNO
EDIT: Ah, now I see, thanks INNO
What is up with every developer in St. Louis pushing close to, but not reaching 300 feet..
Also with the Robert's tower extremely small footprint, i don't know how much taller it could be before it would topple over.
Sliver, LEED Silver or the color silver?Framer wrote:I guess this will be our first sliver building.
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2taall wrote:What is up with every developer in St. Louis pushing close to, but not reaching 300 feet..
because a 300ft building is so much cooler than a 295ft one.
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Directorscut18 wrote:Also with the Robert's tower extremely small footprint, i don't know how much taller it could be before it would topple over.
There is a tower that is 25 feet wide and 565 feet tall being built right now in New York. I'm fairly sure I have mentioned this before in this thread.
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Perhaps the 300' barrier is driven by some technological cost reason. An elevator that can go up a <300' building is less expensive than one that goes higher or the crane rental rates for a crane that can build a <300' building are much cheaper than for a 300+' building.
I would look to the market for your answer more than anything else.
innov8ion wrote:Sliver, LEED Silver or the color silver?Framer wrote:I guess this will be our first sliver building.
Sliver is a term used for an unusually thin, tall building. They're fairly common in cities like New York and Chicago. Of course, this building just might fit all three of your options.
I saw in the business journal that this place is still on target to be done in Fall of 2009. How is that possible with no floor plans? Does anyone have any new information on this project?
I don't know about that, but I do know they are now digging the basement level out.
Maybe each unit will be custom and they are just building a shell. Of course, you can really only do custom to an extent due to constraints such as plumbing. Just throwing out a possible idea. It's also very possible that there are floorplans, but none of us have seen them.
Maybe each unit will be custom and they are just building a shell. Of course, you can really only do custom to an extent due to constraints such as plumbing. Just throwing out a possible idea. It's also very possible that there are floorplans, but none of us have seen them.
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Some of us have seen them 
. There are deffinitely floorplans. They had the plans in the sales center early last summer. They had 3 units per floor on some floors and 2 units on others. I don't have any idea why they do not have any of this information available on their website, seems foolish to me.
. There are deffinitely floorplans. They had the plans in the sales center early last summer. They had 3 units per floor on some floors and 2 units on others. I don't have any idea why they do not have any of this information available on their website, seems foolish to me.