Skyscraper Bases - Page 2

sprtsluvr8 · #21 Posted **May 18, 2008, 9:10 AM**

Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta...worst building base award winner...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hokiefacs/448565263/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/randall_t/985238793/

sixo1 · #22 Posted **May 19, 2008, 5:54 PM**

120 North LaSalle, Chicago, Illinois

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/6354300...7594107925162/

I love the mural!!!

jodelli · #23 Posted **May 19, 2008, 6:29 PM**

Base of the Mariott, Detroit, pictures I took in April:

Riverfront entrance

yarabundi · #24 Posted **May 19, 2008, 6:50 PM**

Kohn, Perdersen & Fox, early 1990's

On the street level.

on the interior.

The whole building.

yarabundi · #25 Posted **May 19, 2008, 7:07 PM**

On the interior, a permanent ici skaing rink.

BrandonJXN · #26 Posted **Apr 21, 2012, 12:16 AM**

191 Peachtree Tower (Atlanta)

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/a...enterfront.jpg

900 N. Michigan (Chicago)

http://tinypic.com/avzm0

Columbia Tower (Seattle)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...boaseabase.jpg

Fountain Place (Dallas)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...INPLACE007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...INPLACE008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...INPLACE009.jpg

777 Tower (Los Angeles

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...77TOWER008.jpg

BrandonJXN · #27 Posted **Apr 21, 2012, 1:30 AM**

One America Plaza (San Diego)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...AMERICA014.jpg

AON Center (Los Angeles

http://photos.blogdowntown.com/36586...7260610814.jpg

http://photos.blogdowntown.com/36594...eb3e87b3e2.jpg

Bank of America Tower (Charlotte)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3565/...38db8fc5_o.jpg

Wells Fargo Plaza (Houston)

http://www.wellsfargoplaza.com/image...page/home7.gif

JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...U-CHASE012.jpg

jodelli · #28 Posted **Apr 21, 2012, 3:11 AM**

Scotia Tower, Toronto, 275 m. The framework is not construction.

BCE Place, Toronto. Building at the end 263 m. to aerial beacon. Building along the right side 208 m.

Penobscot, Detroit, 202 m. to aerial beacon.

Guardian, Detroit, 151 m.

Buhl, across the street, 112 m.

All photos mine.

The_Architect · #29 Posted **Apr 21, 2012, 6:07 AM**

From my recent trip to Chicago last summer:

Trump Chicago (2009):

John Hancock Center (1970):

Marina City (1964):

Chase Tower (1969):

All photos by me.

BrandonJXN · #30 Posted **Apr 21, 2012, 4:33 PM**

I didn't know that Marina City had an actual marina. Today, I learned.

summersm343 · #31 Posted **Apr 21, 2012, 7:13 PM**

PSFS Building (Philadelphia)

http://www.designlinesltd.com/blog/?attachment_id=5701

Comcast Center

http://www.uwishunu.com/tag/comcast-center/

Hudson11 · #32 Posted **Apr 22, 2012, 3:42 AM**

i'm sure when a lot of people see this building in the skyline and then see it at street level for the first time they're like, "wtf?!!"

Citigroup Center, NYC, 278m

flickerhivemind

Chapelo · #33 Posted **Apr 22, 2012, 4:10 AM**

Looking up the World Trade Center, NY (1983) by philzucker, on Flickr

US Bank Tower, Los Angeles, CA (my photo).

BrandonJXN · #34 Posted **May 3, 2012, 1:40 AM**

Bank of America Plaza (Dallas)

http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/bofa-base.jpg

Chase Tower (Dallas)

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/t...hase/base2.jpg

Key Tower (Cleveland)

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/o...wer/3a0085.jpg

DrNest · #35 Posted **May 3, 2012, 2:31 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hudson11

i'm sure when a lot of people see this building in the skyline and then see it at street level for the first time they're like, "wtf?!!"

Citigroup Center, NYC, 278m

flickerhivemind

Yup, that was my exact reaction! Still love this building though.

Nowhereman1280 · #36 Posted **May 3, 2012, 2:09 PM**

One of my favorite skyscraper lobbies:

111 S Wacker

blogspot.com

aiachicago.org

That spiral ceiling is the bottom of the parking ramp leading up into the garage in the building. Beautiful.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

I didn't know that Marina City had an actual marina. Today, I learned.

It's a pretty friggin big marina too, I think it was originally designed to hold like 100 boats or something though I'm sure that number is greatly reduced now that boats are probably 3x the size on average as they used to be.

Steely Dan · #37 Posted **May 3, 2012, 2:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

It's a pretty friggin big marina too, I think it was originally designed to hold like 100 boats or something though I'm sure that number is greatly reduced now that boats are probably 3x the size on average as they used to be.

it's actually a pretty small marina. it has slips for about 20 power boats. when it was being designed, it was envisioned that they would utilize a boat lift and out of water storage to hold hundreds of boats down at the marina level, but that never came to fruition.

the marina is cool though. it's where i launch my kayak when i go paddling out on the river. it's so cool to take an elevator to the base of your condo tower and go kayaking right from there.

Nowhereman1280 · #38 Posted **May 3, 2012, 3:16 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

it's actually a pretty small marina. it has slips for about 20 power boats. when it was being designed, it was envisioned that they would utilize a boat lift and out of water storage to hold hundreds of boats down at the marina level, but that never came to fruition.

the marina is cool though. it's where i launch my kayak when i go paddling out on the river. it's so cool to take an elevator to the base of your condo tower and go kayaking right from there.

Ah, I got that tidbit from "This Is Marina City" which would obviously have been somewhat out of date as it was made right after the towers were completed.

Pretty freaking sweet none the less. Is there another skyscraper in the world other than River City and Marina City that has a marina built right into the plan? I'd imagine there are several in Dubai?

The North One · #39 Posted **May 4, 2012, 11:21 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

One of my favorite skyscraper lobbies:

111 S Wacker

blogspot.com

aiachicago.org

That spiral ceiling is the bottom of the parking ramp leading up into the garage in the building. Beautiful.

Im in love, is this not built yet?