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Well for the sake of imagination, I do wonder what a modern landmark tower would look like in Albuquerque. Lots of cities like Miami and Vancouver erect all these glass box residential towers with the same shade of sliver and blue hues, I think they're boring. I guess looking at other city skylines in our league of peers, we could compare cities like Omaha, Des Moines, maybe Boise, and perhaps Oklahoma City and their landmark towers. I can't ever see something like OKC's Devon energy tower on our landscape. Those glossy glass towers wouldn't fit in here. We can't even look to Phoenix for any inspiration, their skyline sucks too. So in utopian world where this project is fully funded; what would a modern iconic tower look like here and what would make it unique to Albuquerque?
I agree completely. Most likely a tall skyscraper here would be a glass box and look like any other in any other city. I wonder if we have the smarts and gall enough to build something truly original. My instincts say, no.
First five floors could be a homeless shelter with associated support services and job training. Fixing, or better managing, this problem would be helpful for downtown.
News Oct 21, 2016, 2:07PM MDT Homeless housing coalition wants more partners for future development
"We want to have those conversations and we're looking for partners," said the Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico's new executive director, Steve Ross.…
News Feb 3, 2015, 10:22AM MST
<a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2015/02/03/enterprise-constructing-3-5m-health-care-facility.html" target="_blank"> Enterprise constructing $3.5M health care facility in north Downtown
Health Care for the Homeless — the nonprofit that provides services to more than 7,000 clients each year. The organization's main campus is located at 1217 First St. NW, just north of Downtown. The new 8…
First five floors could be a homeless shelter with associated support services and job training. Fixing, or better managing, this problem would be helpful for downtown.
News Oct 21, 2016, 2:07PM MDT Homeless housing coalition wants more partners for future development
"We want to have those conversations and we're looking for partners," said the Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico's new executive director, Steve Ross.…
News Feb 3, 2015, 10:22AM MST
<a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2015/02/03/enterprise-constructing-3-5m-health-care-facility.html" target="_blank"> Enterprise constructing $3.5M health care facility in north Downtown
Health Care for the Homeless — the nonprofit that provides services to more than 7,000 clients each year. The organization's main campus is located at 1217 First St. NW, just north of Downtown. The new 8…
And what about the other twenty or so floors above this "five story homeless shelter", what's that plan for that? Trendy market rate lofts? Class A office spaces for this multi-million iconic building that the city would be investing to revitalize downtown? Do you believe any perspective clients or tenants would actually want to deal with five floors of that? I'm not being "heartless or hateful", as some might accuse me of being, just realistic.
I suspect the other twenty floors would be empty -- my opinion is that this is a bad idea and is a boondoggle. Something like the Imperial Building (see link) or a similar affordable concept would make more sense.
A plan to build the tallest building in downtown Albuquerque will be opposed by a local neighborhood association if that structure goes up at a currently vacant lot in the 300 block of Second Street SW.
A group called the Silver Platinum Downtown Neighborhood Association has said that the proposed 360-foot tall structure would block the sun from the rooftop of the nearby Imperial Building, which was completed last year.
The Imperial Building is located across the street from the potential site of the new high-rise. A second site under consideration by city officials is located at the corner of Third Street and Marquette Avenue.
A group called the Silver Platinum Downtown Neighborhood Association has said that the proposed 360-foot tall structure would block the sun from the rooftop of the nearby Imperial Building, which was completed last year.
Yes, there is a "Silver Platinum Downtown Neighborhood Association"
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