South Waterfront Block 42 | Dead

[CouvScott]

Tentative Schedule of Cases for
Design Commission

3. LU 07-146222 DA Abigail Fowle, 503-823-0624
Applicant: Paul Jeffreys, SERA ARCHITECTS
Site address: 0601 SW Abernethy St
Design Advice for a mixed-use development on Block 43 of South Waterfront.

4. LU 07-151174 DA Kara Fioravanti, 503-823-5892
Applicant: Bruce Brown, GBD ARCHITECTS
Site address: Block bounded by SW Bond Ln, Abernathy and River Pkwy
Design Advice Request for Block 42 in South Waterfront. The proposal is for a 250' tall tower atop a varied podium.
The building wil house approximately 273 apartments and ground level retail, with 3 levels of underground parking.
Parking and loading access will be from Abernathy.

[Dougall5505]

Tentative Schedule of Cases for
Design Commission

3. LU 07-146222 DA Abigail Fowle, 503-823-0624
Applicant: Paul Jeffreys, SERA ARCHITECTS
Site address: 0601 SW Abernethy St
Design Advice for a mixed-use development on Block 43 of South Waterfront.

4. LU 07-151174 DA Kara Fioravanti, 503-823-5892
Applicant: Bruce Brown, GBD ARCHITECTS
Site address: Block bounded by SW Bond Ln, Abernathy and River Pkwy
Design Advice Request for Block 42 in South Waterfront. The proposal is for a 250' tall tower atop a varied podium.
The building wil house approximately 273 apartments and ground level retail, with 3 levels of underground parking.
Parking and loading access will be from Abernathy.

where did you find that?
heres the map in case anyone forgets the location

[bvpcvm]

isn't block 43 the one that tworivers was hinting about last week?
and 42 - i thought that was prometheus, but i could be wrong.

[tworivers]

isn't block 43 the one that tworivers was hinting about last week?

Yes: Sera. I'll try to get a render asap.

And yeah, I too thought 42 was Prometheus.

[bvpcvm]

Originally Posted by tworivers

Yes: Sera. I'll try to get a render asap.

And yeah, I too thought 42 was Prometheus.

actually, just now checked - prometheus was (is?) 41, not 42.

edit: i take that back. 42 appears to be prometheus property (according to a map scanned from the oregonian from a year or two back), but it's block 41 that someone here posted renderings of at some point.

[Dougall5505]

http://www.portlandonline.com/shared....cfm?id=176521
Location: South Waterfront, Block 42
Proposal: The proposal is for a 25-story residential tower. The proposed height is
248 feet plus mechanical penthourse. The building is proposed to be
347,350 square feet of floor area above ground with a FAR of 6.8:1. On
the ground floor, 6,000 square feet of retail is proposed on SW Bond
Avenue. Ten ground floor live/work units are proposed facing SW River
Parkway. Parking will be provided underground for the residential units
(332 spaces).

[tworivers]

while poking around for info I found this timeline on movingtoportland.net:

In November 2007, Prometheus Real Estate Group, a Bay Area apartment builder, announced plans for two South Waterfront towers - they plan to start construction on the first 250-foot tower in the spring of 2008. Just south of the Alexan, Trammell Crow plans to start another 22-story apartment in the fall of 2008.

It seems like block 42 is farther along in the planning process, so I'm guessing that is the spring 08 tower mentioned. Looks like it's called The Landing. Also looks like condos, not apts, right? So maybe the above reference is actually to block 41...

Might be time for a Landing thread Dougall?

I'm with zilfondel on the bulkiness of the towers. We'll see what Prometheus does with materials, but overall I'm disappointed enough with Sowa architecture so far that I'm not holding my breath. (3720 is looking good, though.) At least Prometheus seems to be following Homer and Crew's lead and building underground parking.

[crow]

block 42 being done by Prometheus is going to be apartments - it was condo/apt, then went full apartments. another 250 footer, but from what i have seen at least it does not stack up all the other portland standards.

[CouvScott]

It looks like block 42 will have more floors than we originally thought. If I remember correctly it was going to be a 25 story building. Now...

1. LU 08-116106 DZM Noelle Elliott, 503-823-7812
Applicant: Katherine Schultz, GBD Architects
Site address: Block bounded by SW Bond Ln, Abernathy and River Pkwy
Design review for a new 27-story mixed-use tower, with modifications to height, ground floor windows, required building lines, and the size of a loading bay.

[mudshark]

Hip Hip Hooray! This is a rare in PDX (but maybe becoming a trend such as PAW) where instead of chopping height, they're adding. Makes me happy.

I just applied for a job in marketing with Andersen Construction. I linked them to some of my renders I've placed in here. I'm tired of freelancing and want to go back to work for a company. Hopefully I'll get an interview. I know I could do great work for them in any capacity but also would hope for the chance to illustrate for them.

Again, more height thumbs up! ; )

[IanofCascadia]

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this... feel free to move it if you don't feel it warrants a new thread.

Here's a link to the design review PDF for Block 42 Apartments (Prometheus' first tower) on the South Waterfront. Construction seems fairly close to occurring since I have read several recent articles which have cited an early summer 2008 start.

http://www.portlandonline.com/shared....cfm?id=196875

[MarkDaMan]

^looks awful.

[brandonpdx]

garbage

[CUclimber]

Dear GBD:

Lock your rulers in a drawer, and learn how to integrate a curved surface into a building.

Thanks.

[BrG]

I love how people on this board jump all over some crappy xeroxed elevations, as if these were the final arbiter of how the buildng design is to be.

Sheesh.

[Dougall5505]

I remember everyone was hating on the Alexan also but other than the above-ground parking its turning out relatively nicely.

[dkealoha]

Or how everyone hated the Ladd and now that it's going up, not so bad...

[pdxf]

I actually think it could be a pretty nice, dignified, and strong building. Of course it's just a rendering, but if they make it as light and transparent as it appears in the rendering, it will be a nice addition (as opposed to the dark and heavy buildings in the district). It just looks like a nice, simple building, which isn't a bad thing. I particularly like the west elevation, the proportion is nice, and I like how the glass element drops to the ground, through the blockier podium. The varying heights of the upper floors is also quite nice.

Why does everything need a curve!? There are two curved buildings already in SOWA, and another one going up. I like curves, but if everything is a curve then what's the point (and don't give me that line about curves helping view corridors!)?

[LSPDX]

I have to agree with pdxf. As of now SOWA has plenty of curves, especially with the number of towers down there. However as the district fills in I'm all for more curves and angles. Even tho this tower is not what most of us would pefer, it still provides a variety in height and shape. On the flip side I think downtown needs more curved towers and less boxes.

[Okstate]

We have picked up so many newbies in the past couple months. I'm loving it! It would be interesting to see the stats on how many posts there are per city per day on average. Surely Portland takes the cake in US cities of comparable size.