I'm not so sure about the need for a sizable garage. Business travelers are probably not going to rent a car to do business or attend a conference in town. And leisure travelers, at least those not driving here, are also likely to forgo a rental car. In addition to rental fees, hotel garages charge exorbitant rates. Plus, a car in CC is just more hassle than hailing down a cab or walking. If you're doing business in the burbs, then you're likely staying in the burbs.
Also, underground garages are extremely expensive. I doubt that Blenfest has any desire to make the garage any larger than it needs to be - and my guess is that it won't be that big. Isn't there poster here that works for Marriott. I'm curious to know what his/her take is. I checked the Marriott's convention center hotel website (largest hotel in the city) to see how many parking spaces there are but it didn't say. |
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...although that was before the millions in cost overruns plaguing the work site at present. I worry there may be a lot of design elements that get scrapped in the name of budget cuts. |
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Renderings posted on Cope Linder's website:
http://www.cope-linder.com/uploads/d...70f8_thumb.jpg http://www.cope-linder.com/uploads/d...5b39_thumb.jpg http://www.cope-linder.com/project/c...ew/hospitality |
Hooray, now I know how inaccurate my rendering is.
I'll get a better one up sooner or later. Emphasis on later. |
Love the way this will read as two separate and distinctive hotels at street level. A feeling of more density and activity on that block of Chestnut that effectively gives us a two-fer: two interesting hotel facades at street level, with one terrific tower above. :tup:
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I was wondering why I saw nothing on CL's site when I checked it about 2 weeks ago for info about this project. I guess its been added.
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[IMG]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5718/...33fd26f3_c.jpgUntitled by screennameLLC, on Flickr[/IMG]
^ guy was bookin'.. even on a crutch. [IMG]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5678/...d9de838a_c.jpgUntitled by screennameLLC, on Flickr[/IMG] |
So excited for this one. To me it's a architecturally unique and significant modern building. And that doesn't happen in Philly every day. For all its height, I don't think there's anything particularly special about CITC and some of the other buildings going up (not that I'm complaining). But this, to me, is a special building.
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citc is not distinctive???
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Anyway you sort of expect something interesting from Sir Norman Foster. It's what he does. You don't really expect something this interesting from a small firm like Cope Linder. |
Since work is going so slow, I'll start doing before and afters for easier comparison. As you can see, some orange cones have definitely moved.
7 Aug: http://i.imgur.com/FFbnPiJ.jpg 14 Aug: http://i.imgur.com/hIdF25y.jpg |
i am wondering what is going on with that big hole in the center of the site. They have been working on that for a while.
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^^^ At the far left of the site behind the white pickup in today's photo, it appears that there may be stacks of lagging material to be used with the shoring soldier piles they're currently installing. So THAT would be progress (and should mean that the big dig is really underway). That big hole in the center would seem to be in the right location to be related to the core, but who knows? :rolleyes:
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