I'm really starting to dig the blue screens and crosses that cover the garage openings.
The large fenced in area in the back will be used as a view garden for the 6th floor residences to block the parking garage. Too bad it won't be used as a common area for the residents.
Check out the free-standing door frames. It seems like an odd way of building but I'll trust the experts.
This 6th floor corner unit appears to be nearly complete inside. They have been leaving the lights on at night and you can see much of the finish work.
You couldn't pay me enough to do this fellows job. He was having to lean way over the edge to finish the concrete.
This image makes me think that the architect might have changed his mind regarding the columns at the parking garage level. On the FSR website the renderings show the columns throughout the openings but based on what I saw today it looks like they wouldn't fit with the blue screens and crosses.
@spw1965, you're so right about the "Spongebob" view. With a little imagination you can see "Patrick" on the left standing on the corner of Congress and Cesar Chavez in this shot:
Great, thanks for the update. It's good to see some close ups. I think the building's starting to come along now and not look so odd. And I also see they're finally putting in the glass at the very top to hide the mechanical penthouses. I'm curious to see how they'll light it. I'm hoping they'll back light the glass around the penthouse. It would make a big impact on the skyline.
Today I noticed the lights on the upper section. They had them turned on and it was cloudy enough outside that I could see them shining upward, mounted outside and centered within the main columns just above the last residential floor. They should look pretty dramatic when night falls. I'm assuming they are going to have a similar lighting scheme at the bottom of the building based on the external wiring that can be seen in one of the images posted above.
Do anyone know what that brown pole running up the side of the building is for? It goes right up the center of the building on the south side right next to the balconies. It starts around the 10th floor and goes to the top floor. It's kind of a neat design feature, I was wondering what it was for.
It probably has two functions. I'm not a mechanical engineer but I assume it adds some structural integrity to the terraces. Mostly however I believe it is for aesthetics. Yesterday I noticed they were encapsulating the metal pole with a larger casing which matches the lower columns on the patios. Recently they have started installing the additional columns for all of the lower patios. You can see where they are going, right where the glass patio walls have openings. It is a mix of square and round columns, with the round ones located in the center of the building. When it's complete I think it will look very interesting with all of the crosses that get formed. However as a future resident I'm not too keen on losing some of my view by the center column!
By the way, the images are showing the north side of the building, along Cesar Chavez. Of course the lake side has basically the same design.
Today I noticed the lights on the upper section. They had them turned on and it was cloudy enough outside that I could see them shining upward, mounted outside and centered within the main columns just above the last residential floor.
I tried to get some night shots late Monday night of FSR's crown and the skyline from a few quick stops. I was in a hurry and it was cold so most of them didn't turn out that great, but here's a few of the better ones.
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