urbanMSP

Here's a 'more advanced' model for google earth. I still don't know exact heights. Has anyone heard anything? I have the roof of the building just shy of 160 feet... the spire rising to 197 feet. I noticed that the floor plans they released don't exactly match the pictures they released. My model is...

I made a quick google earth model... so you can see what it looks like from the bridge nick... but... the full editor, to post pictures, isn't working. Here's the link to the sketchup model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=2ec378c5d0e1666edacbb9fee25a7f45&result=4 You can crui...

boy... I hope they ran the idea of calling this a "village" before some of this forum's members. Anyone have anything to say about how this makes the mayor and/or any of the city council members look like idiots... and you a genius? I thought the Ryan Project was 274 feet... with the possi...

I've put this out there before... but you can download this model I've made and view it in google earth.

Here it is again: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ ... fee25a7f45

I thought it was 376 feet? Either way... 2 feet.... who cares.

Yeah.... I've already gone over that with someone else a few pages back. :D It all comes down to forced perspective. It is true in height. It will look huge from loring park... because the skyline will be in the distance... and smaller in relation to the size of the tower. It will look big from 394....

from loring park https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-THQrPOkVov4/UUicz5iGgOI/AAAAAAAAALM/KFC0bO3ZikU/s750/7.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GV3-skprcM0/UUingfqasnI/AAAAAAAAAL4/bv_YCui5Dcg/s750/3.jpg from 394 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KzOjLMo2PN8/UUipqnbEubI/AAAAAAAAAMY/HT56OURR-ys/s75...

Does anyone else take offense when someone calls another person abhorrent? because of his or her political beliefs? I sure do. You might not agree with a persons every decision... but does that really make them a horrible person? Let's save these political attacks for fox news blogging... please. Th...

I agree. Ryback understands the concept of a yard. Redisciple does not. (I am saying that in the kindest way Red ;) ) Even if he accidentally called it a lake, I don't see the point in pointing that out. But... he didn't call a park a lake. He called it a yard... which makes total sense. Did you kno...

It's good to know there are people on here that like tall glassy towers like me. LPM is my favorite project under construction right now by far. I was hoping the Ryan proposal would include a couple towers similar to LPM but a little taller, say 400-450 feet. Did I read somewhere that there's the p...

How sweet would it have been if a tower similar to this height and this much glass was proposed by the new Vikings stadium on the Star Tribune blocks? I think a city starts to look like a metropolis once towers are built off the beaten path of the core... Just my opinion. Agreed. Perhaps if the Rya...

starting the page off with pictures of snow. ish huh? there should have been a warning.

I'd hope that any new tower not block City Hall's clock tower. Looks so cool from the park. Would the Nic on 5th or Mortonson's tower be visible from the park, or too far north? 4 marq will be. If you go back a page... there is a pic that LeSeur posted. I built a mock up of 4 marq... and you can vi...

It's going to be 276'. But I also heard of a possible change on the top twin peaks that would put it at 294'. Cool. I tweaked my model. 20 floors at 13 feet per floor = 260 feet. Add a 16 foot crown... 276 total feet. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=c900dd77947e6777dacbb9fee25a7f...

For instance, the floor height of the IDS building is 14 feet. Which would mean this building could approach 300 feet. I've re-adjusted the model. I have it at 250 feet. I could try to add another 10+ feet somewhere... but then my proportions would be off. Until I see further details... and an exac...

it HAS to be taller than 222 feet.

it looks like 20 floors. Average 10 feet per floor... a little more for the first floor. Add a crown. I don't know how it could be much taller than 222 feet.

Will 4Marq be that bulky? It's m b p's model of 4Marq, which looks pretty accurate. It is longer than it is wide. I had somebody ask, so I finally got SketchUp connected to Google and uploaded the Model if anyone wants to play around with it. ***It's not perfect, just an estimate. ***Hide the Strib...

From Charley Walters of the Pioneer Press...

Pssst: The Vikings are in pursuit of 3M to become a corporate naming-rights sponsor for their new stadium. 3M could join U.S. Bank and Target.

Oh... I get it. 3M the company... not 3 million dollars. I had to read that twice.

It's not horrible... it's not great...

This is the preliminary design. I think more than a few things will change. It does have potential.

One thing they could easily do to improve the top would be to repeat the tower's whitish square skeletal structure in a narrowing pattern to culminate with a crown. Would soften the boxiness, add a little height, and give it a more vertical orientation. I think the top is the only thing it has goin...

m p b, how did you get so many models in Google Earth? I just downloaded it, and I can only find finished models for about 1/4 of the buildings in the city. Am I missing something here, or have yo just gone and made the whole city yourself? not sure what you mean... In google earth, there is an opt...