Many of the Ponce City Market renderings too date have looked like something you could only enter on your Xbox. Which I suppose is why I found this new, dramatic, sunset rendering so lovely and interesting.
And what’s all that stuff on the various roofs? A golf course? Chicken coops? A merry-go-round?
Rendering courtesy of Silverman Construction
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I had the great fortune of taking a Hard Hat tour with the architects managing the project. ponce City Market is going to be fantastic. It is clear that they are putting a lot of thought into every element of the design of this building. The interconnectivity of the beltline will creat an amazing hub that travels through Ponce City Market.
PS – Did you know it is the largest brick building in the entire SE United States. Over 2 Million Sq Ft.
From this rendering, it looks like they will be taking down the whole east wing, which could cut into its standing on the “largest brick buildings” list.
EDIT: Oh, wait, I guess the track is on top of the east wing. M’bad.
Yeah, I’m actually having a really hard time getting my bearings on which angle we are looking at for some reason.
EDIT: Nevermind, the green space in the upper left was throwing me off. I guess it’s just an artist rendering of what Ponce used to look like?
And a track? For real?
The view is looking slightly northwest from North Ave. What appears to be a street in the foreground next to the entrance is actually part of their North Ave. parking area. The track is sitting on the east side of the current building.
Not pictured – 102 degree heat index.
Speaking of which, what’s with the 4 lane race track on the right?
And it appears that we will finally have flying cars! Or more specifically, flying food trucks, which can access that raised platform in the middle.
Larger image here:
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I’m sure it doesn’t fit into whatever optimal personal shopping experience you currently have.
Don’t be so sure. I can’t wait for this thing to get done. Just throwing out some lighthearted comments on the rendering, that’s all.
There are huge freight elevators that are more than capable of taking food trucks all the way to the roof. This has been covered before and someone from Jamestown mentioned the possibility of having a food-truck court on the roof. I’m not holding my breath that it’ll become a reality but it’s certainly a possibility.
Where’s the pool? I think I see lawn chairs and a bar on top of the wing on the left but not a pool. If there’s a carousel, food trucks, a track, putt-putt golf, and a bar, surely there can be a swimming pool.
This is a great rendering.
But I’m a little disturbed by the upper left of the image — someone’s torn down Eats and replaced it with a green lawn. The grass is pretty and all, but I’d prefer to keep Eats. Mmm, jerk chicken.
I like it, actually. A lot! Looks like if all goes according to plan, this could become a very exciting, happening place to live!
Since they erased all the current commercial space on Ponce, why not just put the old Atlanta Crackers stadium back?
I guess for us old timers it will always be Sears. Santa Claus in the basement level and the great smell of roasting peanuts and cashews wafting through the second.
It looks like the sign atop the structure is similar to Pike Place Market.
AMB: Sounds like it used to be an amazing place.
Back in May, my wife and I took a trip to NYC, and explored the Chelsea Market. It was the old Nabisco factory, and has been turned into a mixed use development with retail, restaurants, residences, and businesses. (The Food Network has their studios there, for example). The whole thing was a Jamestown project, which made me really happy. If they do as good a job with the Sears building as they did with the Nabisco building, it will be awesome!
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In fact, the architects referenced the Chelsea Market as an example of what the final product will be. The beltline passes directly behind the building (and across the bridge on Ponce past the Old Cracker Field -Magnolia still intact) connecting Old Fourth Ward to Piedmont Park. The backside of the building is designed to have open “Beltline front” spaces for local markets, newstands, etc….
Originally, the rail line entered the building (so Sears could efficiently ship their catelog goods). They have uncovered the original rail tressel and preserved it. So the basement area will be covered, open air market with Beer Gardens, retail, etc…. resting under the old rail trellis. Entry would be from under the raised pation are shown in the diagram. It is really very cool.
The other idea they want to implement is an open air corridor directly through the middle of the building off the beltline that connects all the way to the Glen iris side of the building.
As an intown ATL native (who will also always remember this as the Sears building) I cant wait to see the final product. The Jamestown architects seem very well connected to the history of the building and surrounding neighborhoods.
My father worked in that building for 13 years, when Ponce de Leon Park was across the street, so it’s definitely the Sears building toe as well!
W/re Chelsea Market, the High Line passes by it the way the Beltline will pass Ponce Market. It should be very similar.
By the way, speaking of Ponce de Leon Park, old-time ATLers will recognize my avatar as the Atlanta Crackers logo!