A Buckhead Light Circus

jfsatlbldr · #1 Posted **May 10, 2008, 4:45 PM**

Photos taken Friday 5-09-08:

Muskavon · #2 Posted **May 10, 2008, 4:50 PM**

Thanks. I'd like to see more pics of that Mansion lighting scheme to get some more context.

bkporter12 · #3 Posted **May 10, 2008, 5:51 PM**

And that will get even better looking when Sovereign lights up, too. Thanks for the pics!!

BabydaddyATL · #4 Posted **May 10, 2008, 10:47 PM**

Damn, I live over here and I did not notice the new lighting scheme on The Mansion. Thanks for the pictures Joe.

Joe, I have one of your past Buckhead pictures as my screensaver. You are very talented!

dirtybird · #5 Posted **May 11, 2008, 12:30 AM**

Now that Mansion and Sovereign have topped out, does anybody have pictures of the entire Buckhead skyline?

tdawg · #6 Posted **May 11, 2008, 6:25 PM**

I love the Mansion lighting and the balconies on Sovereign are HUGE. You get what you pay for, I guess.

hokiehigh · #7 Posted **May 12, 2008, 7:10 PM**

Awesome pics!! I didn't think it was Atlanta at first. Keep them coming!

James2390 · #8 Posted **May 13, 2008, 8:47 PM**

Wow, I can't get over how great the Buckhead skyline is.

Sovereign is definitely one of my new Atlanta favorites now. I can't wait to see the top lit up.

Labtec · #9 Posted **May 13, 2008, 9:05 PM**

Great pictures like always.

greg_atlanta · #10 Posted **May 14, 2008, 2:15 AM**

The bland, boxy Realm ruins that photo. Looks like temporary worker housing.

Hybrid0NE · #11 Posted **May 14, 2008, 6:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by greg_atlanta

The bland, boxy Realm ruins that photo. Looks like temporary worker housing.

Yes! We should build highrises only for the incredibly wealthy. We'd be ensuring Atlanta's skyline is filled with intrincately designed towers with handsome crowns. Letting those peasants know that this world-class city is completly out of their reach. Save the migrant bland stuff for NYC, they've got tons of it already.

P.S. Awesome work jfs! I'm surprised you didn't get neon-lined Tower Place in there. I was sure it would be there, when I saw the title.

sprtsluvr8 · #12 Posted **May 14, 2008, 9:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by jfsatlbldr

I think I see a small bit of Tower Place green neon reflection on the front of that horrible "boxy, bland Realm"...

Impressive photos of the impressive Buckhead skyline. When I moved to Atlanta in 1989, there was really no Buckhead skyline - it consisted of Tower Place, Lenox Towers, the J.W. Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton.

Andrea · #13 Posted **May 14, 2008, 9:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by greg_atlanta

The bland, boxy Realm ruins that photo.

That boxy look is a real problem with these rectangular buildings.

Fiorenza · #14 Posted **May 14, 2008, 11:45 AM**

What's wrong with Novare architecture? Personally, I find Realm to be attractive, a different stroke.

MarketsWork · #15 Posted **May 14, 2008, 3:04 PM**

Average things are what make really good things really good.

Buck · #16 Posted **May 14, 2008, 6:24 PM**

Buckhead has such a cool skyline now!! Great pictures Joe!

Andrea · #17 Posted **May 14, 2008, 8:58 PM**

Edited for stupidity.

smArTaLlone · #18 Posted **May 14, 2008, 9:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Andrea

For one thing, it's not in Midtown, Fiorenza. Secondly, it's got that boxy shape, like a rectangle. Compare that to your circular, triangular, elliptical, ogee, pyramidal, trapezoidal and free-form buildings -- quite a difference, I'd say.

Give me a break Andrea. Novare's Midtown projects are routinely criticized on this forum.

Andrea · #19 Posted **May 14, 2008, 10:17 PM**

Oh, I'm just teasing. But sorry, seriously, it wasn't funny.

greg_atlanta · #20 Posted **May 14, 2008, 11:58 PM**

Realm and Spire are a huge slab, looks like an office building. The other Novare buildings look better. Metropolis has a well balanced look.