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AAF plans Miami "Supertower", proposal calls for 1,120 feet tower
All Aboard Florida has been calling one of the planned towers at MiamiCentral a ‘supertower,’ and it could could become one of the tallest buildings in the country.
According to a recent filing with the FAA, All Aboard Florida wants to build the tower as high as 1,120 feet above ground (or 1,131 above sea level). That would make it taller than any building that exists or is under construction in the U.S., outside of New York and Chicago. It also won’t be the only tall tower at MiamiCentral. At least one other high rise at the site is proposed to rise to 840 feet above ground. Site work is already underway at MiamiCentral and the first phase will begin full construction soon. The tower at MiamiCentral is one of several that are vying to break the 1,000-foot mark in Miami. The FAA has been reviewing a tower at Brickell City Centre that is proposed to rise 1,040 feet above ground for over a year (Swire has already reduced the height from initial plans that exceeded 1,100 feet). http://i.imgur.com/ogDuZbY.jpg Link: http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...e-tallest-u-s/ |
Site work begins at Miami Central station
Site Work Underway At All Aboard Florida’s Miami Central Terminal In Downtown Miami
By TNM Staff on November 5, 2014 Heavy equipment rolled on to the Miami Central site yesterday to begin prep work for the CBD’s most important project in decades. Miami Centrals’ first phase will add 178,000 square feet of retail space to the area, including a supermarket (see leasing plans below). Banners placed around the property say that the project, which will serve as a terminal for All Aboard Florida’s rail line to Orlando, is ‘arriving’ in 2016. The Miami-West Palm Beach portion of the project is fully funded. Work recently began on the Ft. Lauderdale station. http://i.imgur.com/i1AdtGM.jpg ^ Metrorail & Metromover tracks pass by one of the blocks where site work has commenced. http://i.imgur.com/b1eaZxW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/BDerPe1.jpg http://i.imgur.com/y3GYL1e.jpg http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...comment-393634 |
Yay!!!
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Very cool!
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http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2f13c603.png http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5e623cf4.png The expansion airport terminal will be built around the intermodal station, which may include an additional hotel. The Intermodal Station will have the following connections: All Aboard Florida SunRail - Orlando's Commuter Rail train system which will have a new link directly to the airport The Airport People Mover (between terminals) Maglev (connecting the airport to International Drive) - believe this one when you see it... |
Wow. that OIA intermodal station certainly exceeded my expectations. I like the wide platforms and the tall, wide canopy structure with skylights.
I've forgotten how the arrangement at that station will work... AAF will own a waiting lounge and... will they also own their own platforms? If not, how will they resolve the high-platform level-boarding issue? Also, great to see work starting in Miami! |
Sigh...Finally!!! Long overdue!!!!! :tup::tup:
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nice update on the Orlando Airport.....
what tracks are SunRail and AAF???? |
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Here is a great fly-through simulation of the Orlando station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3_...ature=youtu.be |
Okay, got it. AAF will lease the platform and two tracks, with the other two tracks going to SunRail. It looks from the video that the platform meant for AAF will be a high platform and the other (SunRail) will be a lower platform, so that both types of boarding height can be accomodated. It struck me as odd at first that the airport would build and lease a piece of infrastucture that was so specific (AAF will be the only intercity rail service in Florida using/requiring high-level platforms, to my knowledge). But I guess that may not be necessarily true in the future.
Regardless of my initial confusion, this looks like a good project. ...Though I still kinda wish AAF were able to go to downtown Orlando as well. What would it take for trains, after stopping at OIA, to continue on the Sunrail corridor to, say, the Orlando Amtrak station? (or any other centralized location near downtown?) Besides trackage rights, there would need to be a new high platform constructed on a new siding track, which isn't that hard to do... Just sayin'. |
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anybody seen the NEW pics of the WPB station???
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more stuff on Tri-rail/AAF very good info thou
stupid politicians. http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/...tomypbp_launch |
http://mt1.miamitoday.netdna-cdn.com...florida-4c.jpg
Sorry for the size of the picture - it isn't mine. I pulled it off of the Miami Today news article below: Miami Today, All Aboard Florida revises station planshttp://www.miamitodaynews.com/2014/1...station-plans/ It looks like they are planning to build two AAF platforms, two Tri-rail platforms, and one that could possibly be used as either in the middle. It has a high platform on the AAF side, though I can't tell if that is meant to be a low platform on the other. Also, TRAINS magazing recently ran a story on the Florida East Coast Railway, and had this little snippet to say about AAF Quote:
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I read that Miami Today article about the NEW pics of AAF miami station
but nothing is new ..... seems same as before |
new link for OIA orlando airport expansion
anybody know a better website for airport news?? http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4581801/goaa122014.pdf |
http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...-now-reviewed/
great article with good pics, but still dont know whats really newish. |
Feds give All Aboard OK to issue $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds
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East-west passenger rail for Miami?
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