Comments on: Pic of the Week http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/pic-of-the-week-38/ A Downtown Raleigh Blog Fri, 18 May 2012 19:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ernest http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/pic-of-the-week-38/#comment-1432 Ernest Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:40:47 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=494#comment-1432 Mike, I do hope that we get the type of corporate relocations that could justify skyscrapers. Unfortunately, our city has yet to take a more aggressive position on attracting large corporations, but then again it is not an easy task. Easier said than done :( I would love to see a signature tower that would be at least 800ft tall, but for the moment I am "forced" to take a more down-to-Earth approach. In other words, I hope all the proposals get built, without any scale-downs. Let's keep the dream alive :) Mike, I do hope that we get the type of corporate relocations that could justify skyscrapers. Unfortunately, our city has yet to take a more aggressive position on attracting large corporations, but then again it is not an easy task. Easier said than done :( I would love to see a signature tower that would be at least 800ft tall, but for the moment I am “forced” to take a more down-to-Earth approach. In other words, I hope all the proposals get built, without any scale-downs.

Let’s keep the dream alive :)

]]> By: Mike http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/pic-of-the-week-38/#comment-1431 Mike Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:24:38 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=494#comment-1431 Ernest: I agree with you! Even 10 more HIGH rises within the next 3-5 years (not 10 years), HIGH = minimum of 40 stories, not Raleigh developers definition which is 5-10 floors. Raleigh needs to build a structure/building that will be the tallest in the Southeast - a signature building that is the gateway to the Southeast (because Raleigh is the "true" gateway to the Southeast, not that backwards hole in the wall Richmond, Va) Ernest: I agree with you! Even 10 more HIGH rises within the next 3-5 years (not 10 years), HIGH = minimum of 40 stories, not Raleigh developers definition which is 5-10 floors.

Raleigh needs to build a structure/building that will be the tallest in the Southeast – a signature building that is the gateway to the Southeast (because Raleigh is the “true” gateway to the Southeast, not that backwards hole in the wall Richmond, Va)

]]> By: steelcity36 http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/pic-of-the-week-38/#comment-1430 steelcity36 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:31:18 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=494#comment-1430 Of course it is the best view of Raleigh! Why else would all the homeless people of Raleigh sleep under the bridge you are standing on. I can guarantee you its not the efficient concierge staff, it is the beautiful view of a somewhat thriving Downtown that attracts them!!! Of course it is the best view of Raleigh! Why else would all the homeless people of Raleigh sleep under the bridge you are standing on. I can guarantee you its not the efficient concierge staff, it is the beautiful view of a somewhat thriving Downtown that attracts them!!!

]]> By: Ernest http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/pic-of-the-week-38/#comment-1429 Ernest Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:07:30 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=494#comment-1429 Another 20-30 high-rises between 40-70 stories and we'll be set for a few years :LOL: Thanks for the nice photo, Leo. It is much appreciated. Another 20-30 high-rises between 40-70 stories and we’ll be set for a few years :LOL: Thanks for the nice photo, Leo. It is much appreciated.

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