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by m b p
August 29th, 2014, 1:31 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Rumors: A Historical Record of Mystery
Replies: 1127
Views: 182410

Re: Rumors!

So in other words, Opus would be going from incredibly mediocre and underwhelming to incredibly superior and over-the-top fantasmic? What a 180!! The former shouldn't be approved by the city, whereas the latter (in its Nathan Foster forms, of course) should be eye-rolled a "yes, duh!" by ...
by m b p
August 28th, 2014, 12:47 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Rumors: A Historical Record of Mystery
Replies: 1127
Views: 182410

Re: Opus Ritz Block Development

Our friend, TexasRE, from another site, has informed us that bigger towers may be planned here. In the meantime, here's a rough model for the current concept: Download concept 1 https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/warehouse/getpubliccontent?contentId=e34c6e99-883f-4001-a2a9-b40265fa9da3 http://finance-...
by m b p
August 22nd, 2014, 8:06 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
Replies: 2909
Views: 447888

Re: Downtown East Project (Ryan Companies / Wells Fargo)

The last I read, the residential portions, of both buildings, on the northeast side, were on hold. However, they wanted to start construction of them before finishing construction of the towers + residences on the southwest side (facing the park). phase i: office portions, park, and residences facin...
by m b p
August 10th, 2014, 4:25 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: 4Marq - 400 Marquette Ave (313' - 30 Stories)
Replies: 835
Views: 181438

Re: 4Marq - (313' - 30 Stories)

^The windows, on both the Xcel HQ and 4marq, seem to have gotten grayed out. The windows were painted with a pattern. Sometimes, when loading models into google earth, a pattern will show up as just being gray. In that case, delete the model, in google earth (left side), and reload it. Doing other t...
by m b p
July 31st, 2014, 10:09 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: TCF Bank Building Redevelopment
Replies: 384
Views: 87051

Re: TCF Bank Building Redevelopment

^ we all have opinions. I love simple form. No top! ;)

I was also trying mimic the simplistic form of the foshay. The foshay is an obelisk... a simple column. I tried to make a modern simple column..... focusing on it being a column and not what a column would support (a crown).
by m b p
July 31st, 2014, 9:00 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: TCF Bank Building Redevelopment
Replies: 384
Views: 87051

Re: TCF Bank Building Redevelopment

grant... you should upload it to the 3d warehouse... that way we can all view it in google earth. :) I created a mock tower for that site recently as well. This is what, I imagine, 44 floors at 15 ft per floor and 600,000 sq ft could look like: Download/view TCF Concept Model https://3dwarehouse.ske...
by m b p
July 31st, 2014, 7:00 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Alia Tower - 200 Central - 483' / 40 Stories
Replies: 897
Views: 189130

Re: Alatus St. Anthony Tower (Washburn-McReavy Site)

updated model: Alatus - St. Anthony Main Tower https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/warehouse/getpubliccontent?contentId=9ae202cc-b018-4eac-b886-e7d906510a3e https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-d1fNk3q4R5o/U9o6FoNIZKI/AAAAAAAAAx4/VFEDSIiycWw/s800/5.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PzJS4IyELso/U9o6F...
by m b p
July 29th, 2014, 10:10 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Alia Tower - 200 Central - 483' / 40 Stories
Replies: 897
Views: 189130

Re: Alatus St. Anthony Tower (Washburn-McReavy Site)

Here's a rough initial model, I made, for the project. https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=uaf4447d8-7d0a-49df-aaec-3cc44aa4315e https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/3dw/getpubliccontent?contentId=e149ea79-29a8-4a37-aca2-9eca9ceb61f0 https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wFZqG1S5zWU/U9hYDm8PcZI/...
by m b p
July 17th, 2014, 2:23 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: TCF Bank Building Redevelopment
Replies: 384
Views: 87051

Re: TCF Bank Building Redevelopment

Image

140 ft x 160 ft x 680 ft, at TCF site, in red.

View is from south of downtown... looking north on 35w.

(other arrows indicate other visible current projects)
by m b p
June 16th, 2014, 2:07 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: 4Marq - 400 Marquette Ave (313' - 30 Stories)
Replies: 835
Views: 181438

Re: 4Marq - (313' - 30 Stories)

I noticed that my old model had issues. I made a new google earth model for 4marq. Here it is: https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=ued91fd97-6727-4cc9-a2e9-788e51eee903 https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/3dw/getpubliccontent?contentId=e4858472-bb0c-452e-84db-c446b2e303ad Here's a link to ot...
by m b p
May 16th, 2014, 12:56 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: 365 Nicollet (334' - 30 stories)
Replies: 624
Views: 136474

Re: Opus Ritz Block Development

so a shorter stubbier version of Aqua in Chicago?
by m b p
May 13th, 2014, 4:09 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Target Center Renovation
Replies: 548
Views: 129306

Re: Target Center Renovation

I feel like I'm looking at a cosby sweater... very busy.
by m b p
April 25th, 2014, 11:06 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Stadium Parking Ramp Development Site - 25 stories / 294'
Replies: 1070
Views: 262451

Re: Stadium Parking Ramp Air Rights Development

Initially the stadium would be the shortest of the structures. That was when the WF towers were planned for 301 feet (and the stadium was planned at 272 ft) However, the latest numbers have the WF towers around 260 ft. The stadium is still at 272 ft. The hotel/residential tower plan has yet to be su...
by m b p
April 20th, 2014, 8:21 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: U.S. Bank Stadium
Replies: 2080
Views: 189059

Re: Minnesota Multi Purpose Stadium

I remember reading an article back in February that said the same thing.... US Bank Stadium.
by m b p
March 28th, 2014, 2:06 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
Replies: 2909
Views: 447888

Re: Downtown East Project (Ryan Companies / Wells Fargo)

Information I got just recently from a Ryan super is the Wells Fargo towers will be 17 stories at approximately 260 feet. The hotel/apt tower on top of the parking ramp (which is 7 stories) will be an additional 17 totaling 24 stories at approximately 250 feet. The ramp is being designed to hold 17...
by m b p
March 28th, 2014, 12:57 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 64
Views: 5755

Re: Climate Change

You're a doctor. I don't believe that humans needs water. Tylenol is fake. Headaches are caused by satan. Smoking relaxes the throat. Excersise kills. You're a doctor. You know everything I just said is bullshit. However I believe it. You know I'm wrong. Dietary cholesterol clogs arteries, eating s...
by m b p
March 28th, 2014, 11:18 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 64
Views: 5755

Re: Climate Change

The Kid... I don't know where you are getting your information, but hardly any of it is accurate. Antarctica is losing ice as well. Huge sheets of ice are breaking off and floating away. You're a doctor. I don't believe that humans needs water. Tylenol is fake. Headaches are caused by satan. Smoking...
by m b p
March 27th, 2014, 5:23 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 64
Views: 5755

Re: Climate Change

Did anyone watch last week's Vice (HBO)? The first half of the 30 minute episode is about climate change. it was very interesting... look for it on your on-demand or piratebay or whatever you use. From that episode, this should be some very simple basic proof for climate change deniers: It is a fact...
by m b p
March 27th, 2014, 3:31 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 64
Views: 5755

Re: Climate Change

Saying the science is settled doesn't make it so. But I do love that phrase. That's what they said to Galileo. I remember when Al Gore said the North Pole would be ice free by, when was it, this summer, last summer? Or when the Met Office said kids in England would grow up "not knowing what sn...
by m b p
March 27th, 2014, 3:06 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 64
Views: 5755

Re: Climate Change

^Coldest winter in 30 years... for North America. The northern hemisphere just had one of it's hottest winters on record.