Cyan | 175 feet | 16 floors | Complete - Page 2

65MAX · #21 Posted **Oct 11, 2007, 10:51 PM**

Doesn't take long to demo a one-story building.....

Castillonis · #22 Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 12:19 AM**

I took this photo today Thurs 11Oct07 at about 1600 from SW 4th and Mill

Castillonis · #23 Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 12:36 AM**

I took this photo 11Oct07 at about 1600

MarkDaMan · #24 Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 4:53 PM**

^holy crap! WoW!!!

So there goes a piece of Portland's first experiment with urban planning?

ericb4prez · #25 Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 7:49 PM**

there have been many rumors of a grocery store being in the lower level of the building...

as a resident at the harrison, i'd love to see that happen.

any ideas as to what it will be?

vjoe · #26 Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 7:53 PM**

Man, I hope it's New Season.
That would be great. Or trader Joe's would be cool too.

WestCoast · #27 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 1:41 AM**

I'm in the harrison too, and the safeway on 10th is decently close enough, especially by streetcar. Walking isn't bad either unless you have a real large haul of groceries.

I really think some small retail, and a cafe or something would really help bring people around here, at least more than a grocery store at this point. It's just so dead past 5pm

zilfondel · #28 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 5:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by MarkDaMan

^are you sure. I walked past it last week and there was internal deconstuction, but the outside appeared completely intact. There were even some cars parked under the building.

Yea, I'm sure.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericb4prez

there have been many rumors of a grocery store being in the lower level of the building...

as a resident at the harrison, i'd love to see that happen.

any ideas as to what it will be?

According to G/E's proposal (which includes 4 blocks!), they are looking at putting in a grocery store at the surface parking lot currently being used for the sales office, 1 block directly to the south of the 1700 block.

Castillonis · #29 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 5:48 PM**

A New Seasons would be great at the Cyan sales site. I wonder if they would be able to make enough to justify the cost of the location.
Mark, if you want to see your old beauty; use the google link in the previous posting and click on streetview. Your building is virtually intact on google's disk drives.

hi123 · #30 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 11:12 PM**

will construction start immediatly after demo?

Sioux612 · #31 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 11:31 PM**

That (teal/tan) building is so hideous.

MarkDaMan · #32 Posted **Oct 14, 2007, 1:44 AM**

that just amazes me...I actually liked that office building, it was funky...the area needs the Cyan and Montgomery Blocks...but damn...

Sioux612 · #33 Posted **Oct 14, 2007, 1:49 AM**

Do you have any pictures of the old office building?

Castillonis · #34 Posted **Oct 29, 2007, 9:06 PM**

The Cyan site has been graded and dump trucks are hauling dirt. They have dug a shallow trench and laid geotex and aggregate preparing for the pilings at the west site of the parking structure which will be dug down 4 floors below on the east side of the trench.

WestCoast · #35 Posted **Oct 30, 2007, 1:08 AM**

I was wondering what the trench was for. So you're saying only the east side will be excavated down for the parking?

Castillonis · #36 Posted **Oct 30, 2007, 1:29 AM**

Yes, according to the foreman.

WestCoast · #37 Posted **Oct 30, 2007, 1:53 AM**

good source then! I stare out my window every morning and evening, and this trench thing had me stumped. Interesting to watch either way.

MarkDaMan · #38 Posted **Dec 14, 2007, 6:31 PM**

Here today but gone tomorrow
Developer Gerding Edlen leaves no trace with Cyan sales office
Daily Journal of Commerce
POSTED: 06:00 AM PST Friday, December 14, 2007
BY NATHALIE WEINSTEIN

A mysterious sign proclaiming “Live without a trace” accompanies a mysterious building at Southwest Fourth and Harrison Streets. One starts to wonder if the glass and wood structure under construction there might vanish into thin air one day, like a message from Mission Impossible.

And that is exactly what the sales office for Cyan/PDX will do, according to its developer Damin Tarlow of Gerding Edlen.

Cyan/PDX will be a 16-story condominium tower with 354 units, each offering 600 square feet of space and featuring “European high design and high sustainability,” Tarlow said.

The Cyan sales office will be a miniature version of the tower, with the main purpose of serving as a showroom for would-be condo owners. Once that purpose has been fulfilled, the sales office will be leveled and its building materials recycled.

Or at least that was the plan.

“People have been calling and asking to buy it,” Tarlow said. “Either way, it will be recycled, whether we tear it down or sell it to an outside party.”

Living without a trace also refers to the earth-friendly focus of the project.

Thomas Hacker Architects and GBD Architects have partnered on the project to design smaller, more-affordable units with energy saving features.

Large 5-by-8-foot-windows surround the units, letting in natural light to lower energy and heating bills.

The tower’s proximity to the streetcar, MAX and walk-able garden blocks also limit the need for motorized transport.

“The idea here is thoughtful development,” Tarlow said.

The Cyan sales office will be completed at the end of January 2008.
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDeta...n-sales-office

WestCoast · #39 Posted **Dec 15, 2007, 4:59 PM**

ask and ye' shall receive

Photo by me 12-17-07

Dougall5505 · #40 Posted **Jan 19, 2008, 6:49 PM**

I got this in a email:

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Tower crane installation will reduce SW 4th to one lane this weekend
This weekend the tower crane for 1700 SW 4th building will be delivered and installed on site. The work will require the temporary closure of two lanes of SW 4th Avenue between SW Montgomery and Market streets, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 18, until 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 20. On-street parking will be removed, and one lane of through traffic will be maintained next to the left-hand curb.