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Originally Posted by volguus zildrohar
(Post 6205819)
Not bad. That Sears Crosstown building...I hope that gets saved.
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Thanks! There's an absence of news ever since the group behind the repurposing of the Sears building said they had a funding gap... Makes me scared and skeptical, but, I remain hopeful...
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Originally Posted by Trevor Birchett
(Post 6205924)
You are SO lucky to work in Clark Tower. We've probably both actually been in there at the same time as I have gone up to the top floor many times just to get the view.
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The views never get old. I need to get a better camera to capture the details, especially buildings/areas between East Memphis and Downtown, also, a nice view of the airport. Our office doesn't face east, so I need to find a good view of the buildings in that direction, too.
One thing a lot of people don't realize is that much of the midtown building stock lies to the right of the skyline, and not directly between the Clark and Downtown, because of how the street grids, Poplar Avenue, and the Clark itself are oriented. I'd love to capture that in greater detail someday.
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Originally Posted by mousquet
(Post 6206033)
What? That's definitely unreasonable.
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Indeed. The demolition has been granted a temporary reprieve, we'll see what happens... Tentative plan so far is some kind of small strip mall, ick.
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Originally Posted by mousquet
(Post 6206033)
Good looking job on the tram pavement on that segment and some others in pictures.
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If you look closely, in some places maintenance has been deferred, and gaps have been plugged with plywood. There's a project coming up that should fix that and make the corridor more bike-friendly too. Riding over the bricks, some are loose beneath the wheels.
That being said, the pedestrian-only nature of Main St. has been a detriment for some time (and derided, most recently, in Jeff Speck's book "Walkable City"), but, new places have been opening along the street in recent years and things are looking better along Main St. I've noticed much less vacancy and more street life along the corridor than what I was used to 10 years ago, but beyond that frame of time I really have no reference to what it ever used to be.
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Originally Posted by arkitekte
(Post 6206049)
Grind on brother.
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GNG.
