When we last visited The Fitzgerald in July, we got a peek at some of the brickwork going up on the 19th and Market corner of the project. In a short few months, the brick has made its way up to the setback on the 7th floor.
Since the building has topped out, we are now able to get a good sense of scale and how it will fit into the Downtown landscape. Let’s start the update with a few photos of the project looking down 18th Street.
Moving in closer, here are some ground and elevated photos from the corner of 18th and Market Street. With the harsh afternoon light in the photos, it is hard to distinguish the different shades of the light brick. The middle section, with the pattern on top, features a darker, grey hued brick.
Wrapping up, here are a few more photos from 19th and Market. The back of the project is currently wrapped in tarp with brickwork underway.
The facade on The Fitzgerald is shaping up nicely. Over the next few months, it will be nice to see the facade revealed on the upper floors.
This honestly looks so good! This was such strange dead space on Market and I am glad, not only that they are building something here but it is a nice building to look at!
This does looks well done… Now, if they can just fill that vacant lot across the street, that area will be twice as nice… Any proposals across the street, Ryan?
There are renderings floating around for the block across the street but sadly no serious proposals.
How about a perfect mirror image of the Fitzgerald? That would save enormous cost on the architect (assuming the ground underneath the parking lot is also identical) and would be visually stunning.
All of this brick downtown makes me happy!
There’s nothing more satisfying than the use of higher quality materials.
It makes the urban core feel more substantial AND resilient.
It’s not a perfect building but imagine how much better this city would look if every development was given at least this level of attention to detail.
I agree, this looks really nice. I especially like the deep recesses on the windows. It makes it look like an older building instead of keeping them flush to the brick.
Similar to Market Street Station, these facades seem to lack depth or creativity. Don’t get me wrong, the materials and colors are nice, and infill was needed on this block, but the no frills blocky design will only inspire a yawn once the new shine wears off
I really like the design of the 5-story part of the building at 19th and Market. The random indented balconies look so cool. Shear Adkins Rockmore did a great job designing this building!
This one was designed by JNS!
https://www.jns.design/portfolio/18th-market/
Oh wow, my apologies. Great job JNS!!
one thing they;ve got to do id like split these things apart into separate internal structures
That rooftop could use a bar
All the comments saying it needs more frills or lacks details, you people must be looking at a different project. Seriously walk by it. It is looking incredible.