your kidding right?

No. The more I see it, the less it appeals. That big pedestal box of parking is extremely hideous. That tower screams "Miami Throwaway".

To each their own.

Well, a few dozen more "fugly looking monstrosity" towers like this one should make everyone happy -- including those like me who like it and those like ThrashATL who don't. A skyline filled with such "hideous" "Miami Throwaway" buildings will better highlight the towers they actually like. Win-Win!

Riding my bike along the Freedom Park Path, this tower is doing great things for the skyline. From that vantage point (near the Carter Center) it has quite a nice presence -- it makes the whole skyline more cohesive. From that distance it actually looks quite a lot taller than it is too.

sounds like you should take your camera with you... :)

by far, the feature that offends most is the parking pedestal. i've said it before, but i think novare should have taken on the cost of dropping parking at least two floors below peachtree grade - the difference would be quite noticeable, and worth the cost IMO. additionally, once retail flanks the south side of the project, the pedestal will be minimized.

overall, i think viewpoint is coming along nicely. as 'marketswork' so eloquently pointed out, this project provides a nice gap closing addition to midtown that everyone should be able to appreciate.

I agree. And from some western "viewpoints" it appears as the tallest of a nice little cluster of buildings South of 10th.

looks like they need to finish the current floor (35th), 1 more floor, then the roof and crown. This is the fastest construction I have seen in a while.

Though I would have love to seen this building at 40 floors a guess 37 will do. They are building the last full floor now. :( I miss Backstreet but I suppose this building does the lot some justice.

I just have one question. The Viepoint tower 1 has always been shown as the tallest of the three. If the back two are converted to office space won't that make towers 2 and 3 taller than tower 1. It would seem to make more sence to convert towers 2 and 3 into apartments for the time being. At least that would allow the developers to stay tru to the original asthetic of the design.

Thoughts?

I'd try and find a hotel for one of the towers and apartments for the last.

I'd be ok with that too.

Not sure I understand this... can you clarify your logic here..? I dont think any plans have been made for towers 2 and 3 and I wouldnt put much on seeing them get built. Who knows, maybe someone else can enlighten us here... :)

Hmm... something about the front of this tower reminds me of Backstreet.

http://www.area950.com/bldgs/viewpoint-backstreet.jpg

:haha: Classic.

:lmao: ROFL I never thought of this building this way... but now I do. I have got to show this to my friends they are going love it!

One and a half more floors until it's topped out! It looked lovely today with the glass nearly to the top.

Man, its just average
hahaha:haha:

Are they currently pouring the ceiling of the last floor? Looks like it's about time for the wave...

Taken 10-08-2007:
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6926/pa080231xm3.jpg