Triton Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Edited April 22, 2014 by Triton 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 And somewhere near 1919 Smith the proverbial tortoise also known as "Uncle Sam" with great pain and animation takes one more small step towards the finish line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I have to say, this does look better. Is it currently occupied during the project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 It is occupied while the reskin is going on. The interim lobby/security area has all the charm of Penn Station; however, the new elevator cabs look sharp. BTW, I'm as perplexed as the next guy as to why it's taking so long to finish, but I have to point out to the gummint haters that the work is being performed by private contractors. I wouldn't be surprised if the new lobby area being added on had a couple of unforeseen issues to work through, and/or the sawtooth corner wasn't going together correctly, since those seem to be the general neighborhood of the delay. IIRC one of the reasons for the reskin was the original wall system leaked, and I can see both of those being potentially problematic details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 My only guess as to why its taken so long is that the building is occupied. Still, 4 years for a reskin? sheesh. maybe they just had low manpower for the job? Don't know.... it is slow.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 2014-06-17 20.02.31 by marclongoria, on Flickr 2014-06-17 20.02.25 by marclongoria, on Flickr 2014-06-17 20.03.18 by marclongoria, on Flickr 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 They're still not done with this?? Thanks for the update! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 The amount of workers has increased 10 fold VERSUS three-four weeks ago. Looks like they are heading for the finish line!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 The amount of workers has increased 10 fold VERSUS three-four weeks ago. Looks like they are heading for the finish line!!!!!!! The must have something worked out. This thing had been progressing like there was one lonely dude trying to finish it by himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I suspect there was some sort of scope or cost issue that had to get worked out before things could progress. Gummint contracting is a way different animal from private projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I like the way the security barricades are humanized on the plaza side. Thanks for the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Will this be ready for the Superbowl? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) ^This is an pic from a couple weeks ago; the mast climbers have been taken down from the south face. Edited August 21, 2014 by infinite_jim 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Infinitejim, pardon my nosiness but what building are you taking pictures from? I like the different perspective your shots give us. It's like we're hovering over Pierce Elevated. I certainly hope you'll continue posting these as Central makeover marches on.Are the finally completed with Mickey Leland now? It looks pretty well complete in the night shot, but this one took awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 IMG_1174 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr IMG_1175 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 I love the improvement, but it probably would have been quicker to tear it down and just build a new building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Are they doing internal remodeling as well as the new shell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Are they doing internal remodeling as well as the new shell? Yes. This building ended up in the Federales' hands via foreclosure during the 80s bust. Not only was the building itself never a paragon of structural integrity, the original lobby layout was really, really poorly suited to current concepts of secured access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Yes. This building ended up in the Federales' hands via foreclosure during the 80s bust. Not only was the building itself never a paragon of structural integrity, the original lobby layout was really, really poorly suited to current concepts of secured access.Interesting. So they basically gutted the tower and replaced everything? Are there any renders of the interior? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 I wouldn't say that they gutted the office floors - I just don't know about them for sure, but what I've seen looks pretty much as-was except for carpet, etc.; I imagine there was some partition moving and the like. The lobby and ground floor level, however, is getting pretty much a complete makeover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 2014-09-09 19.20.16 by marclongoria, on Flickr 2014-09-09 19.20.04 by marclongoria, on Flickr 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 It's taken a silly long time (I speculate because of significantly different site conditions than expected, which slow things down anyway, followed perhaps by hitting a reset button on the contracting process), but it is a huge improvement over the original skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Driving down the road, these two buildings really compliment each other: 2014-10-04 14.15.2Mickey Leland Federal Building8 by marclongoria, on Flickr 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 http://instagram.com/visual_contrabrand?modal=true 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 It's taken a silly long time (I speculate because of significantly different site conditions than expected, which slow things down anyway, followed perhaps by hitting a reset button on the contracting process), but it is a huge improvement over the original skin.Well it's also taken a long time because it's a project bring done by the government. Those always take a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Well it's also taken a long time because it's a project bring done by the government. Those always take a long time.And triple the cost. I wonder how much they (we) spent on that skin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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