I agree with everything you said. Great execution and the temporary nature of the way its set up is perfect because that way these businesses dont need to be supported outside of game days. Shade us the only issue as I was melting, but its August and thats just the way it is!Does anyone know how the Hyatt will/if connect to the square?
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Plaza Tower
I see there's a "For Sale" at the Plaza Tower. Doesn't seem to bode well for any quick transformation of that property.
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q...ed=0CDUQsAQwBA |
Timelaspe/Construction Cam of Concourse D expansion.
http://www.oxblue.com/pro/open/mcdonnel |
Plaza Tower
There's a "for sale" at the Plaza Tower site now. I thought once they removed the asbestos the developement would move forward. Guess not soon anyway.
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Would New Orleans could bid for the Pan American Games in 2019???
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I thought that was the original plan for the Plaza Tower. The company that bought it was going to gut it out and then sell it to a developer.
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Looks like the city will be using the leverage it has in closing streets, to demand much less surface parking at the new LSU hospital and a more retail on Tulane and Canal. Thats all that is needed to make the proposal look great. Its amazing the difference between the VA which is embracing modern urban design and the LSU teaching hospital which is about as a suburban as a Wal Mart with its sea of parking. Lets hope the city can get these concessions out of the board and create a great urban teaching hospital.
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Heres a link to some great renderings of the VA hospital under construction.
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Glad to see we're getting some competence in City Hall, finally. |
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What I like about their approach is it relies less on the celebrity of the chef whose name is on the marquee and more on finding new talent to create the concept. This avoids the pitfalls of a guy like Emeril who has restaurants all over the country. Quality control suffers inevitably. Consulting is a better way to avoid the pitfalls of restaurants being to persona driven.
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Market Street Power Plant developement
It'll be interesting to see what they turn this eyesore into.
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World War II Museum's $35 million Freedom Pavilion to be formally announced Friday
A flock of warbirds will be the stars of the latest expansion of the National World War II Museum. Construction of the $35 million U.S. Freedom Pavilion: Land, Sea and Air will be formally announced Friday as part of the museum's overall $300 million expansion. The pavilion will be financed by a $20 million grant through the Department of Defense and $15 million given by the Boeing Co. http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2...35_millio.html |
http://www.sdsgroup.com/images/proje...m-pavilion.jpg
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"Place St. Charles" - the now-defunct plan from Giannasca. (Terrible name, btw... it's nowhere near St. Charles) I don't think they own nearly this much land... it's just long-term planning. http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6...harles01lg.jpg http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5...harles02lg.jpg http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3...entergy1lg.jpg http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6...entergy2lg.jpg |
The Iberville may be coming down.
Iberville redevelopment quietly gets underway |
Damn, the good news just keeps coming. The LSU hospital is facing significant pressure for a re-design, the city wants to get moving on Crescent Park and the Lafitte Corridor ASAP, Market Street is moving out of a legal morass, and now the single biggest obstacle to downtown redevelopment has an RFP.
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