My, Hasn't It Grown! RSA Battlehouse Tower Update - Page 2

hauntedheadnc · #21 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 1:45 AM**

Mobile is very lucky to be getting such a classy building. Any city would be, actually. I think it would deserve its hype all on its own, even if it weren't being built in a place that doesn't immediately rise to mind when you think of quality modern architecture. In fact, I wonder if this building wouldn't be lost in the shuffle it was going up in Miami, or Atlanta, or Charlotte. I'm glad that it's receiving the attention it deserves -- and it's probably getting that attention partly for where it's being built.

Go Mobile! Asheville would sure be lucky to be getting such a nice building. Up here our historic architecture is to die for but our modern buildings mostly just plain stink.

rolltide35401 · #22 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 2:02 AM**

Thanks for the update! I love this tower except for the fact that Birmingham won't have Bama's tallest for much longer...

MobileAl1 · #23 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 4:38 AM**

^THATS THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT!

bystander1 · #24 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 5:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by MardiGrasMobile

And of Alabamas big four, to be quite blunt, we were the only city that made it quite clear to Bronner that we would allow him to do whatever the hell he wanted in his project, short of demolishing the Semmes home

Anything Bronner wants, he gets, and thats not something that any of the other cities could have offered him, and thats why over the next decade, he'll be sinking over a quarter billon (thats just currently announced projects) into the Mobile area

Basically, he's our savior

Mobile's not the only city where he does what he wants... he's got numerous projects going on in Montgomery and recently announced to a group at an economic developement meeting that he's planning another project in Montgomery this summer but he wouldn't give any more details to the press about it.

That doesn't sound like a lack of cooperation to me...

DevinLee · #25 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 5:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by MobileAl1

^THATS THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT!

HAR HAR HAR..DUH!
Don't turn this thread into a — match or it will be closed.

Dark Star · #26 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 6:03 AM**

Thanks. I always liked that tower. Mobile should be proud!

Musicisright · #27 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 7:00 AM**

Driving west on the Bayway today, the tower's skeleton caught me off guard. I had no idea it was already so big! The construction cam pictures don't even do it justice. It's pretty much already dominating the skyline.

Let's not get cocky here, MobileAl1...Having the tallest building doesn't make any city better than another. Plus, it won't be the tallest forever. We're definitely lucky to have such a nice tower being built.

BamaGrad04 · #28 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 2:35 PM**

Does anyone have a rendering with RSA and the riverside condo project? I have yet to see one with both included.

thoraudio · #29 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 2:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by bystander1

Mobile's not the only city where he does what he wants... he's got numerous projects going on in Montgomery and recently announced to a group at an economic developement meeting that he's planning another project in Montgomery this summer but he wouldn't give any more details to the press about it.

That doesn't sound like a lack of cooperation to me...

[scoobydoo voice]another project? errrrr??[/scoobydoo voice]

I'm expecting a green top on the capitol building anyday

initiald · #30 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 3:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by BamaGrad04

Does anyone have a rendering with RSA and the riverside condo project? I have yet to see one with both included.

From the gallery:

Laseter · #31 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 3:16 PM**

I can't wait to see this tower once it's completed. It is going to be a great addition to Mobile.

BamaGrad04 · #32 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 3:39 PM**

Thanks for the picture! I was downtown Saturday night and noticed several once vacant warehouses on Dauphin St. now are undergoing conversion to lofts. This is an exciting time for Mobile!

MobileAl1 · #33 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 5:02 PM**

Downtown Mobile is officially Under Renonation. Every street you turn on is having work done on some building. It seems like the new additions to Downtown Mobile is a never ending story. I hope the La Rive Condos will spark development for other condo high rises in Downtown Mobile.

Mobile04 · #34 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 8:08 PM**

Does anyone have any recent pictures of the tower other than the webcam? It's hard to get an idea of how tall it is when you are looking down on it!

MardiGrasMobile · #35 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 8:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Musicisright

Driving west on the Bayway today, the tower's skeleton caught me off guard. I had no idea it was already so big! The construction cam pictures don't even do it justice. It's pretty much already dominating the skyline.

Let's not get cocky here, MobileAl1...Having the tallest building doesn't make any city better than another. Plus, it won't be the tallest forever. We're definitely lucky to have such a nice tower being built.

Its only the first though, and I dont expect it to remain Mobiles tallest for more than a few decades

It will be a great moment when Mayor Bedsole (or Mayor Peavy) cuts the ribbon on the office tower, and on the Maritime Museum, and the Mardi Gras Park, and the condos, and the office tower that Oliver will likely build, and the docks expansion, and of course, City Hall West, as we will finally extend the borders west to Snow Road, down to Bellingrath/Laurendine, and north to Spice Pond Road (this is not ambitious, not whatsoever)

Personally, I think that when Mayor Bedsole (or Peavy) convenes the council, their first official act should be to name Government Plaza after Joe Langan, and their second official act, should be to rename the section of Airport Boulevard between Government and Cody (or Snow, assuming the city limits are expanded) after Mike Dow

Mike Dow Avenue, you know, has a ring to it

jcathens · #36 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 9:17 PM**

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From what I understand, about 35% of the space has been pre-released (or, thats what Bronners representatives told the Business editor of the Mobile Register)

thanks for the info

MobileAl1 · #37 Posted **Mar 21, 2005, 10:55 PM**

Here is one from the gallery. It should be a three or four floors taller than this one.

sahara727 · #38 Posted **Mar 22, 2005, 8:03 AM**

hey, i'm a newcomer to the forum, and being from mobile, i assumed an rsa discussion was as good a place to start as any. does a rendering of the crown to be added to the riverview plaza even exist yet? i'm dying to see how they are going to pull that one off. it's a very rectangular building where as the battle house tower seems to be a perfect square. someone needs to come to my aid, i'm starting to lose sleep over this one...
:carrot:... <-- this carrot is the coolest smiley face variant i've ever seen...just so y'all know

Bama_75 · #39 Posted **Mar 22, 2005, 11:59 AM**

Welcome Sahara727!!

BamaGrad04 · #40 Posted **Mar 22, 2005, 3:02 PM**

Welcome Sahara! No, I have not seent any renderings of the Riverview with the new crown. It's kind of hard to imagine a crown on top of a building of that shape, but I guess that's why I'm not an architect. :-)