Atlanta: Views from The Viewpoint

jfsatlbldr · #1 Posted **Nov 10, 2007, 9:36 PM**

Photos taken Saturday 11-10-07;

damn_sam · #2 Posted **Nov 10, 2007, 10:56 PM**

Nice!

atl2phx · #3 Posted **Nov 10, 2007, 11:12 PM**

WOW! no matter which way you look, the view is beautiful! i'm impressed. thanks joe!

trainiac · #4 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 12:28 AM**

Fantastic shots, Joe! Thanks for posting. I love all the AC units on top of Spire... looks pretty strange.

Sulley · #5 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 12:31 AM**

Beautiful!

atl2phx · #6 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 3:22 AM**

this shot in particular and the view of buckhead is astounding:

Behind_Phips · #7 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 4:03 AM**

That last photo 1180 looks opage. Great photos Joe!!!

atlantaguy · #8 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 2:39 PM**

Wow, Joe! Absolutely beautiful.

You never fail to deliver!

Fiorenza · #9 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 2:50 PM**

Who says Atlanta high-rise development is all lateral?

SteveD · #10 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 4:31 PM**

Sweet, Joe....Sweet. Thanks.

Andrea · #11 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 5:51 PM**

Beautiful photos, as always, Joe. We're fortunate to have you in our midst!

NativeAtlantan · #12 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Andrea

Beautiful photos, as always, Joe. We're fortunate to have you in our midst!

I concur. Those are some of the best Atlanta 'Scraper shots I have ever seen.

Thanks for posting!

atl2phx · #13 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 6:30 PM**

this view will be dramatically different when the proposed 40 story tower rises at 4th street and peachtree (lutheran church of the redeemer property).

not to mention the pending cousins tower that will hopefully rise at peachtree, north and ponce.

untimately there will be a few more towers contributing to the 'canyon effect' that's unfolding down peachtree/midtown mile.

gttx · #14 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 7:32 PM**

Nice shots Joe. I have a lot of the same angles, but also a few that you didn't post. When I get some time I'll go through and upload them.

The penthouses in this building are going to be incredible.

ThrashATL · #15 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 7:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by trainiac

Fantastic shots, Joe! Thanks for posting. I love all the AC units on top of Spire... looks pretty strange.

How efficient could that be? I mean, if you're A/C unit is on the top and you're on the 7th or 8th floor, how hard is the system working?

SteveD · #16 Posted **Nov 11, 2007, 10:58 PM**

Thrash, how interesting that you mention that...I was wondering the exact same thing! The inefficiencies involved in the inevitable loss of energy in the refrigerant lines strung over hundreds of feet for lower units, even if thoroughly and properly insulated, would be huge! I'm a civil engineer, though, not a mechanical engineer, and, this must be the best way to do it, or else some other system would be in place. One thing I'm considering is that they wanted units to be equipped with "individual", "owned" units. A building-wide chiller and boiler system has to be a more efficient way to do it.

ThrashATL · #17 Posted **Nov 12, 2007, 1:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by SteveD

Thrash, how interesting that you mention that...I was wondering the exact same thing! The inefficiencies involved in the inevitable loss of energy in the refrigerant lines strung over hundreds of feet for lower units, even if thoroughly and properly insulated, would be huge! I'm a civil engineer, though, not a mechanical engineer, and, this must be the best way to do it, or else some other system would be in place. One thing I'm considering is that they wanted units to be equipped with "individual", "owned" units. A building-wide chiller and boiler system has to be a more efficient way to do it.

I'll ask my future father-in-law when I see him. He's an industrial/commercial HVAC design engineer. Won't see him til Thanksgiving so I hope I remember.

When you have the side of a building an entire wall of glass, there's no where to hide it near the unit I guess, they probably don't have much choice and nobody wants them sitting on the decks (which are puny to start with).

LizellaJacket · #18 Posted **Nov 13, 2007, 3:39 AM**

Pretty nice shot of Georgia Tech campus there.

john3eblover · #19 Posted **Nov 14, 2007, 3:32 PM**

awesome joe, thanks

Terminus · #20 Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 11:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by SteveD

Thrash, how interesting that you mention that...I was wondering the exact same thing! The inefficiencies involved in the inevitable loss of energy in the refrigerant lines strung over hundreds of feet for lower units, even if thoroughly and properly insulated, would be huge! I'm a civil engineer, though, not a mechanical engineer, and, this must be the best way to do it, or else some other system would be in place. One thing I'm considering is that they wanted units to be equipped with "individual", "owned" units. A building-wide chiller and boiler system has to be a more efficient way to do it.

Building-wide systems are more efficient from an energy perpsective. In fact, they are one of the things that LEED gives credit for. In condo buildings they do place the burden for paying for such services on the HOA, however, and thus assess a flat fee per unit, rather than a pay-as-you-go model. This results in higher condo fees, which, as we know are difficult. I doubt the average buyer is able to differntiate between what is included in condo fees, when comparing properties A & B.