Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 2620 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.202.227.12
| Posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 - 3:20 pm: | |
Everytime I travel up the Lodge by MotoryCity I see two massive columns going up where they are building the new hotel. Does anyone have a recent (relatively recent) of how it will look? |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3530 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 - 3:29 pm: | |
stlin, keep your eyes on the road. The Lodge is not a designated scenic highway. jjaba, on the Dexter bus. |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 2621 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.202.227.12
| Posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 - 3:35 pm: | |
lol normally Jjaba I am in the back of a cab when I am taking that route or the passenger seat of my brother's car... |
623kraw
Member Username: 623kraw
Post Number: 880 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200
| Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 6:17 am: | |
Drove by there on the way to the Greyhound station. Several cranes are in position. I'll try to get over there with a camera soon (I need a new camera). |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 3481 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 6:58 pm: | |
Detroit Stylin, here is a small rendering (a very general one) of what the hotel tower will look like: Plain and uninspired, as usual, but 400 new hotel rooms can't hurt. |
Restoretheroar Member Username: Restoretheroar
Post Number: 680 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 192.193.221.141
| Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 7:28 pm: | |
that plan doesn't even look right for 17 stories. |
Llyn
Member Username: Llyn
Post Number: 1493 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 68.61.197.206
| Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 8:19 pm: | |
Ugh. |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 2622 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.202.227.12
| Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 9:38 pm: | |
Hoestly.... That looks like ass on a stick. I am almost sorry I asked.... |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 661 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137
| Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 9:41 pm: | |
Thats the original rendering released, right? I am sure it has changed, as the other two have... I would guess it would match what they have already got going on at MotorCity? |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 3482 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 10:07 pm: | |
It's similar to the original design, but is actually the most recent. The second design was a PoMo design that looked like a French Chateau, and then they went back to the original and refined it, and this is what we get, today. |
Eric Member Username: Eric
Post Number: 402 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 35.11.210.161
| Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 8:02 pm: | |
You'd think they'd provide a more detailed image. I found this additional description on the Planning Commission site
quote:A high quality metal panel will be used as the primary cladding for the casino, the hotel and the food service and events building. Precast concrete, stone, glass and other materials will be deployed throughout to complement and articulate the facades. The hotel tower has been enhanced by wrapping the glass curtain wall around the building corners to partially enclose the east and west facades. The storefront treatment will include a stone ledge and will define the ground floor façade for much of the complex excluding the parking decks. The casino building is to be clad with the metal panel and decorative fins along with the ground floor storefront treatment described above. The tallest portion of the building, the third and fourth stories of the Wagner Building, along Grand River at Temple, includes a mechanical screen atop the roof, inspired by the top floor of the hotel tower. The screen sets off this end of the building and begins to denote the vehicular entrance to the complex. A band of super graphic images similar to the previous vision but less imposing will be placed at the south end of the building. The metal panel portions of the façade include small random rectangular recesses of varied sizes to imply window openings. The casino is still exploring other refinements and variations to the façade
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Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1960 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.150.33
| Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 8:17 pm: | |
Thanks Eric.... but why is it when I read that my mind wanders to the Boulevard Building, and the wrap-around pre-cast concrete of that structure. "The metal panel portions of the facade include small random rectangular recesses of varied sizes to imply window openings". Gee that means that they are going to "imply" architectural embellishments on their implied fortress. I never liked this design from day one. (Message edited by Gistok on April 05, 2006) |