The Rendering:
The Building Today:
The Building on Fort Collins Skyline:
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Flashback - Park Lane Towers
Urban living is nothing new to Fort Collins and The Park Lane Towers are proof of that. Way before the Penny Flats, decades before the Urban Living Lofts, and long before the Cortina was conceived the Park Lane Towers pierced our skyline with all the glitz and the style of the 70’s. The two tower complex taking up the majority of the block bound by Mulberry, Howes, Magnolia, and Meldrum streets began construction in the spring of 1965. The 11 story south tower came first and was followed by the 12 story north tower in 1970. While not the most architecturally interesting or pleasing structures in the city, the southern Park Lane Tower holds a special place in our city’s history. When completed the southern tower was Fort Collins first highrise building. So you might be asking yourself why am I making a post about these ugly behemoths. Well I’m making this post simply because I came across this sexed up original rendering of the project. Enjoy.
The Rendering:
The Building Today:
The Building on Fort Collins Skyline:
The Rendering:
The Building Today:
The Building on Fort Collins Skyline:
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2 comments:
i always thought that building was awfully ugly. but i do like the scalloped curve at the top with the windowed rooms at the top.
i think they could spruce that place up nicely if they replaced all those bottom arches with something else. it just doesn't seem to fit with the geometry of the rest of the building. in the older picture the arches almost look like a series of diapers around the building.
The arches are the first thing I noticed as well. This building is actually not as bad as all of the other 60s/70s crap architecture that Colorado is filled with. There are 2 simply things that would make this building look a ton better. #1: glass balconies; #2: more windows on the blank walls. Bonus: tapered roof to hide that extra tall elevator shaft.
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