#3534 response of dr. nevergold--- i agreed w/ you completely about the 170 state office building. again, i worked in that building for several years, and it was very attractive in style, it had a very nice granite lightly colored mezzanine floor, and nice wood strips, essentially probably for acoustical purposes. the ground floor had a decent breakroom , which led out to street level on the poplar ave. side, and on the opposite side the underground parking was available, continuing down to the lower parking level.
my main complaint about the building was that, at the time i worked in the facility, bathrooms were located on every other floor, which, sometimes could be quite annoying, depending on the position one held. one other small gripe centered around the use of copiers on the 2nd and 14th floors. to collate material so often required for my work, my secretary would have to go up to 14 to get her reports finished. many times this took an hour or two, depending on the number standing in line at those designated copiers.
i have heard many discuss the rapid demolition of the approximate 19 or 20 story randolph building located on adams (near the new cancer institute and the translational building being constructed. i have never seen the speed w/ which that building was history, and in comparison, this building was nicer than the 170 building. imo, a ridiculous decision, and even more ridiculous to make a statement that the building just was obsolete. if patterns concerning construction of the past, any new construction will almost be obsolete by the time it is brought on line. think about the biology/science building and the nursing building on union had three or four redraws, prior to deciding the way it looked. then trying to get it built is another story. the same is true of the translational building. the new mid mid-rise pharmacy building, and the revamp of the old holiday inn highrise in the medical center. there are others, but these are just a few. it seems that getting important buildings and projects are terribly long in getting them finished. no sense of urgency. not only several of these buildings have been demolished, but others in mid-town have turned to dust. #3356, a post written by dr. nevergold (i think) discusses one beale project.... i didn't go back, after i check the article and looked at the suppossed last drawings of one beale, i realized there were several comments and drawings about the project. forgive me if i have mixed up the post numbers; however, i noticed that several comments and the drawings were practically the same in content. my questions have to do w/ the total ht, size, shape and what those who indicated that they thought the buildings were so special, had taken that persuasion, in general. frankly, i appreciate mr. carlisle's interest in the city central, the confidence that he obviously has in making the memphis business market better overall, while likely giving a needed direction to memphis w/ his more than substantial investments in memphis history, business, his philanthropic endeavors, and civic participation.
personally, i thought the dark black buildings which had the sort of wave walls and glass was attractive to me. i like the idea of two towers, and i am very much in favor as to their proposed location. however, w/ the criticism received by the design of the horizons towers, i was a bit surprised at the reception received by these last drawings. to me they were not ugly; however, they were a bit "ho hum", when one considers that these buildings were billed as a reshaping of the cities future, where memphis is going and where it has been. i certainly am disappointed about the ht issues of both buildings. in fact, there are several buildings that currently surpass the 22 and 30 stories, in addition to the linear ft. in addition, the buildings apparently will be be built on the slope of the of the 3rd bluff, if my count is correct. while i never entertained the thought that the buildings would range from 700', while the other would range between 435' to 515'. nevertheless, some change will be able to be seen from several blocks. who knows, perhaps another investor will come in and build the tallest, which will have to beat the tallet metro building in tunicia, and east memphis.
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