22 March 2008

more buildings

viewpoint, which i can't see from my balcony, is all but done, but construction continues on the hotel palomar on west peachtree at sixth---it's got less than a quarter of its 20 stories out of the ground but already i can see that, when viewed from the 13th floor, the ancient sycamore in the front yard of the academy of medicine across the street will stand out nicely against the hotel facade---at atlantic station, the 46-story atlantic has maybe a third of itself out of the ground---across 17th street the 25-story bb&t building, which will kill a good part of my view of kennesaw mountain, is maybe a third of the way up--- 1010 on peachtree at 12th is close to being topped out, if it hasn't been already---as they have been pouring the upper floors, the lower floors are getting glassed and finished, with the balcony railings starting up this week----out of view across peachtree is the gigantic hole that will be a hotel and more residences and further down 12th street, the nearly complete luxe condos, which is marketing itself as "parkside," even though it's a half block up 12th street and a row of buildings between it and piedmont avenue----oh, and the w hotel is getting close to being finished with their revamp of the old sheraton----the hotels will do great, unless the city's convention business doesn't collapse because of the tornado---but that's got to be at least another 2000 condos on the market within a three or four-block radius of metropolis----



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Now I've got ranchburger vs condo confusion...WTF?

I like the distant sound of a Briggs and Straton 5hp lawnmower engine in the distance, and the sound of a prop plane flying lazily to some podunk airport. But your condo inspires me to consider city living. What to do? Why am I so conflicted??