River City Tower.

39 stories currently U/C in Brisbane CBD.

What do you think?

jt

http://www.devine.com.au/rivercity/images/design_1.gif
This is under construction on the corner of Albert and Mary Streets in Brisbane CBD.

There are two cranes on it and they are currently up to the top of the podium level or at about level 5 or 6. The core goes up alot further.

JayT

Geez, why the hell is Brisbane getting so overdone with 40 story appartments.

Cant they combine 2 of them to creat an 80 story monster?

Its ok design wise. Is this just near Felix?

Originally posted by Rusty
Geez, why the hell is Brisbane getting so overdone with 40 story appartments.

Cant they combine 2 of them to creat an 80 story monster?

Its ok design wise. Is this just near Felix?

Well, it seems like Emerald Tower is trying to do that, with its 77 storeys! ;)

Either the design for River City is not bad, or Devine has been clever in giving out small renderings because its a crap design.

The rendering looks like a VERY tall Torbrek.

jt

All these residential high-rises look similar. It looks alright though.

I like this one. yeah its another 40 storey apartment, but this one I really like. Again, I took this pic on the 14th september, im sure it would be different now!.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid31/p45bc8abfb89d78f0040750dd01be02a7/fd46e80f.jpg

Brisbane is gonna look very similar to the GC with all these 40 story appartment towers.

Brisbane will look like GC? I don't think it will, at least Brisbane has some variety with office buildings, the Gold Coast has only got apartment buildings and 99% look like carbon copies!

hah.. how can people say stuff like brisbane will look like the gold cost beacause of the size of the buildings.. obviously you havent heard about the 3 maybe 4 new tallies for Brisbane..

I know this is contradicting what I just said but those 3 tallies you talk about, 2 of them are fully apartment buildings.

what in the podium ?
office ? retail ? both ? apartments ?

Is Devine doing it? I dont think they are. Here's some pics.

http://www.pd.com.au/rpc/images/index_images/main_pic.jpg

http://www.pd.com.au/rpc/images/building_map.jpg

http://www.pd.com.au/rpc/images/cityaerial.jpg

Thats River Park Central, that is currently under construction accross the street from River City.

That tower deserves its own thread.

jt

Originally posted by Rusty
Brisbane is gonna look very similar to the GC with all these 40 story appartment towers. Kangaroo Point is already looking like a section of the Gold Coast i.e. a little bit of the Gold Coast in Brisbane. :)

A slightly larger rendering of River City:

..........................http://www.devine.com.au/rivercity/images/tower.jpg

yeah i know what you mean Brizzythoma.. but the new tallies dont look anything like the GC buildings nor are they 40 stories high

Originally posted by chrisaus
what in the podium ?
office ? retail ? both ? apartments ?
Retail at the base, several floors of carparking, then things like gym, pool etc on top of the podium.

Here's 2 pics I took today:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/chrismayhew59/these001.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/chrismayhew59/these002.jpg

great pics didnt realize it was so big,

The best part about looking at that photo is seeing the wop of Warterfront Place.

That sketch rendering is sooooo old. What they are actually building is a little bit different.....they used to have a model on display that was more accurate.....there are photos of the model on the site hoardings. The top of the tower is a bit different, and the balcony treatment and fenestration is slightly different, but the model photos are much better looking than that rendering. Having said that, the design is pretty average:rant:

The architects for this and River Place were Woods Bagot. Devine are now using COX Rayner for Festival, Georgian and Casino Towers (cox redesigned the interior, which was originally done by Marc Newson.....but the exterior was designed by Nettleton Tribe Architects when the project was the Llama). Given the way The Georgian and Festival towers look, I much prefer them over River Place and City

Oh, almost forgot---I remember one of the sales reps at the display suite saying there would be projection screens at the base of the tower (the coloured bits in the rendering).......if it has not been already cut out of the budget. I think the Aurora developers got their plasma screen idea from this building

So, Woods Bagot is a pretty crap architect comany?

Cox are better!!!!!! Woods Bagot do some pretty good work, but not in Brisbane......>(

I noticed today that RiverCity is really starting to take on its form. The tower section is rising rapidly and the podium is built. The tower section is moving fast now.

Seems a shame really because before we know it this one will be finished - and I like the construction.

JayT

........It is a shame when any devine building is finished;)

lol...from the rendering, I always thought this was going to be a nice tower, but I suspect it could turn out quite bland.

Driving past today this one seems to be progressing quickly. it looks like the balcony railings are already being installed. Anyone with a digital camera able to get some updated shots?

It's progressing quite quickly. Yesterday I headed up to the top of the adjacent Margaret St Parkade to look over it and found I now have to look up at it.
It's funny seeing the balconies so close to the carpark. It would be easy for undesirables to gain access to units this way.
The fumes from passing vehicles would be a major annoyance as well.

You know, if festival towers proceeds, plus one or two other buildings, that whole albert st precinct from tha mall to the botanic gardens is really going to come alive.

I saw River City a few weeks back and it was already about 15 stories high to the core, so I presume its probably about 20 now?

It's up to about 10 floors above podium.......there is an interseting cantilever of the balconies on the albert street side. They have started glazing on the facade, which looks very ordinary - bit like a cheap suburban office block, but at least it is not all balcony

Here are some pictures I took today 24/12/02.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid43/p833a170ab7fdd800ff7d9ff66477dff5/fce5e208.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid43/p16b715f395a444e56b1cffcfb13685f5/fce5e204.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid43/p6bf3c5bad4a46f26443939c031eff793/fce5e205.jpg

It seems to be rocketing up!
Here is another view showing 121 Margaret St tower crane on the far right and the two river city cranes on the left. They are very close towers.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid43/pa823b91ef76999ed9239d49bf5c6eddd/fce5e0c4.jpg
Sorry about the quality of this pic - its pretty crap I know.

JayT

You mean 212 on Margaret :)
It's surprisingly easy to jump onto that crane from the adjacent car park.

I agree this one has really jump on the after burner and it is going up in no time. I really wish Felix will progress at the same rate too.

Its really getting going!

They're certainly not procrastinating!

Despite being a devine, gold coast-esque tower I'm happy because It'll still liven up that area noticably.

If only all of our construction companies were as regimented...(you know who i mean)

cheers - oz.

dam, will the concrete be covered in some way ? looks so bland, i would be very pissed of living in brisbane seeing all these crappy towers filling prime sites, when you lack land like brisbane CBD does, you have to hope for tall quality towers, not cheap verticle conctrete shoeboxes
i hope felix and aurora turn out nice, and set a precedent to build quality....

I agree. River city does look bland and cheap, doesn't it?

@felix and chrisaus

Give them a break and let them at least finish the building before you start criticising it! Of course they aren't going to leave it as bare concrete. Plus the photos are focussing on one small section of the building rather than the whole thing.

Have a look at the renders to get an idea of the overall finished product!

Dec 25th:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/chrismayhew59/brizzy005.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/chrismayhew59/brizzy006.jpg

Wow, that's really shot up. Unlike Felix which appears to be taking forever.

Great pics Chris, BTW, why weren't you at home having christmas dinner like everyone else? Or was that taken in the morning?

Jt

Haha, actually, I had planned to do a Christmas day run down to the CBD to get some shots of the city with no one around, but I forgot to, and at about 6pm I decided to quickly drive down and get some shots....just before dinner. :)

amazing to see the scalpfold moves up alongside with the building. Where does it get its support?? Looks terribly fragile.

I think they're just supported by the steel frames which are attached to the concrete and they gradually keep moving them higher and higher.

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....well, felix started construction about 6 months after river city;)

Fountainhead, Felix is actually 2 months behind River City. Cheers;)

Devine have updated their website with photo and construction update. This is the text from www.devine.com.au

River City Construction Update January 2003

With a new floor being poured every three days, construction is progressing well on Devine’s 17,600 square metre River City Apartments.

The 39-level tower at the corner of Albert and Mary Streets is scheduled for completion in July, 2003, and in mid January, work was underway on the 520 square metre Level 17.

Lift well cores were at level 21, and fit outs were underway on apartments at Level 6.

Apart from its 221 apartments, River City has six levels of parking, including two below ground.

There are also 270 square metres of retail and a striking external facade to the podium level which features a gymnasium, heated 25 metre lap pool, spa, sauna and barbecue areas.

Hmm have a look at those balconies, I have a feelings its gonna be a typical Devine tower. I know its not finished yet, but I'm not feeling good about how this is gonna look when finished.


http://www.devine.com.au/rivercity/images/construction_jan03_large.jpg

So let me get this straight, the council gives Emerald the runaround yet this bland concrete thing is built and approved in a flash?

What's wrong in Brisbane?!!

It's so boring! I won't even look twice at it when it's finished.

well, at least it is better than river place...........it won't be a blight on the city, but it is very average

ray, I totally agree - there is something wrong with council, and it is because they approve buildings totally disregarding their aesthetic appeal - as long as it fits within the code and is not "controversial", the bcc will approve anything!!!! unforunately, they are letting brisbane go to the dogs - if this was built in sydney or melbourne, it would not have a snowball's chance in hell of getting approval>(

hopefully emerald will get approval and reverse the trend of poor quality buildings in brisbane, along with Queens Square and Felix, and to a certian extent Aurora and Riparian

Like you said, at least it won't be as bad a River Place. Plus its a more typical box shape, and not thing and wide. And the fact that its in the middle of the city means it will hide amongst the buildings a lot more and be no where near as prominent.

It is quite prominent from the Kangaroo Point cliffs and at Woolloongabba when driving over the Riverside Xpressway now, so it will look pretty big at these points when it is finished.

it aint horribly ugly, itll add more density to that part of town so im happy to see it getting built.

27.01.03 River City poking through the skyline, as seen from Kangaroo Point.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p6f05d29a3cb9a8b346659e3c6f9d9076/fcb902a1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p8cd6cb57295d1ae7668a2e0b0d91a49d/fcb902a2.jpg

Its filling in a gap, so I'm not complaining.

Good pictures. I didn't realize it had such a clear view of the river through the gap - although that will change in future.

Found this render - new one I think - in a Devine newsletter.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/rivercity.jpg

It actually sort of looks like it has 4 sides, rather than a front and a back. That render makes it look a lot different to all previous seen renders.

Gee this render looks alot like the Festival Tower render.
Hmm indentical Devine projects! :moods:

its awfully bland, lucky its not in a really prominant position

It is bland, but don't you ever think its cool to just have a ton of dense buildings in the hope that it might one day look like something out of Blade Runner. :)

I went past a few hours ago and they are currently removing the scaffolding from the podium as I am writing this. The wall on the Mary street side is completely free of scaffold and there is now a large concrete wall - looks ugly!

I hope they cover it with glass or something as its quite bad to look at.

JayT

The renders and website show it having artwork on those walls.

Lets hope so!
jt

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the white concrete walls will be pretty much as they are right now, but the space in between (where you can see the carpark behind) will be filled with backlit panels

you can also see the swimming pool projecting out over the street - being supported by very ugly red steel struts

river city update: 22/02/2003
floor slab to around level 26

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Oh I was wondering what they were.
jt

Damn, its looking pretty huge now and still about 1/3 to go.

It's looking big now. Just looking out the window of my office in St Lucia towards the city, I noticed I can just see the top of the core box.

:cool:

As at 26 February there were (according to Devine's report to the Stock Exchange) 212 units at unconditional contract status with a 10% deposit paid, a further 2 units under contract and the balance of 7 units unsold.

walking through the botanic gardens river city is becoming really noticable. ive actually began to like its blandness

Saturday March 8th

Took some pics, it looks fantastic, looking quite tall when you walk down the street. There is so many cranes around this part of the city! All you can hear is construction happening.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/paf52ba0cedfc9460f08c2bb1f26b366d/fc89e5b4.jpg

Looking down Mary Street you can see River City.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/p54ab18c0f3a2a4ec12abc37cebb2c626/fc89e5b6.jpg

i seem to be able to see this building wherever i am in the city. maybe its going to have more of an impact than we thought. great pics

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@fountainhead

The painting of the white walls was pretty much completed yesterday. Renders of the building show that those steel struts will also be covered by backlit panels.

Rivercity from corner of Charlotte and Albert Streets today.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/rivercity1.JPG

another 10 storeys to go

You can see River City Apartments looking up Mary Street, its not a very good pic, but you can see it!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid58/pe5b117339eecd004aed5236b9d47419c/fc648a42.jpg

From Devine's website

River City Construction Update

March 2003

River City rises on the CBD skyline

Workers are achieving three and four-day construction cycles for each new level of River City Apartments.

The latest Devine Limited contribution to Brisbane's skyline will soar to 39 levels by its expected completion in August and provide 221 apartments for CBD dwellers.

Despite several weeks of rain-affected weather, construction was at level 24 of the apartment core by mid March, and at level 29 on the services core.

Trades teams had fitted out apartments between levels 6 and 9, and work was continuing on the fifth level podium amenities, including installation of the swimming pool shell.

Concrete work was completed at ground level in Mary Street, and awning installation was underway on both Mary and Albert Streets, to be followed by pre cast aluminium glazing work.

You can see the core popping up from the skyline from the South East Freeway at Mount Gravatt :)

Sounds like it will top out this financial year.

Can also be seen from Musgrave Road at Normanby five ways.

It's not that bad, just not very exciting.

It looks exactly like the towers that CE are putting up in Melbourne. Devine and Central Equity must have the same dull architect, maybe they should merge and become Devine Equity :-)

I see river city is making its mark - note ther cranes in the Southern end of the CBD.

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/6834/1646834ml1050541481.jpg

jt

It's making an impact from the south side too.
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/3463/1673463ml1049787688.jpg
jt

ohhhhh what one could do with the MLC Centre..........!

a State Law twin anyone ? ;)

lol @ Devine Equity!

if anything it's looking like the Sentinell (which will be interesting to see how it turns out, it's looking promising, likewise River City)

tays

Latest update from Devine to the Stock Exchange yesterday.

The 221 apartment River City development is on schedule for
completion in August of this year with only 7 of the units remaining
available for sale.

It looks fairly ugly, but it's gone/going up very fast, and you can see it from places you wouldn't expect to (victoria bridge etc). The views from it must be pretty good.

Latest update from Devine website:

River City Construction Update - Wednesday, April 30, 2003

River City rises on the CBD skyline

Construction is powering ahead on River City Apartments, with work at apartment floor 31 and services core floor 35 by end of April.

Contractors expect to pour the last central core floor by mid May and the last apartment floor by the end of May.

Apartments on the initial floor – 6 to 9 – have now been completed. Wall and floor tiling was at level 20 by the end of April and wall framing work was at level 20.

Podium level concrete pre cast panels are complete to Mary Street and the building’s footpath awnings are underway.

It just keeps getting taller and from the renderings it looks like it has quite a way to go.

jt

The speed is quite amazing. Given that the building is 39 levels it means that they expected to add 4 core levels in around 2 weeks and 8 floor levels in around 4 weeks. As it is now May 14 core should be virtually complete.

It's also a little mind boggling that a building under construction can be fully completed on the lower levels whilst the top of the building is non-existent.

Has anyone seen the collored panneling on the Mary street side of the tower, it looks fantasic!!! At night its all lit from inside and looks great.

jt

hey, surprise:D

new rendering from realestate.com....the podium treatment is different - there is a new glass screen between the pool and coloured panels on mary street. Also, the grey colour on the tower used to be blue.....I actually don't mind it too much from this render, at least it is neutral and inoffensive and won't detract from baroque!!

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/6228/4626228ml1051170677.jpg

Just a quick question for someone, is the River City Apartments going to be "taller" then the AMP & Comolco?

no it won't be taller than AMP or Colmaco tower. It will be 130m to top of fins. It looks a lot skinner in real life than the rendering.

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Only during daylight hours. The colours are different from those shown on the render attached to the hoarding around the site.
This tower is looking less like a future slum and more like a reasonable tower every day.

I really like that new rendering, particularly around street level.

This thing is looking huge now!!!

The two cranes now dominate the view of the city from my office window in St Lucia. Sorry I don't have any pics to show at the moment, but I'll try to post some in the near future.:cool:

:cheers:

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Only during daylight hours. The colours are different from those shown on the render attached to the hoarding around the site.
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The Project architect for this tower, from Woods Bagot, came to talk to us last thursday at UNI. And he touched on the design of Rivercity. The base is going to be really interesting, there is a pool that we will be able to see in cross section from the street, which will seem to be canitleved out dangerously over fine glazing work. Lots of glass panels and layering. He projected the current renderings of the base up onto the wall and they looked fantastic. I'm still not so overly excited about the tower above it though.

It is exciting at street level. Albert street could look great in a few years if developers show some initiative.
I hope Festival Towers podium levels raise the bar.....

Latest from Devine's website.

River City Construction Update

Monday, June 2, 2003

Landscaping begins soon at River City Apartments, as construction enters its final stage.

Work continues in a variety of areas with the tower structure now up to level 35 and finishers working on apartments at levels 30 and 31.

Entire floors to level 10 are now being closed off after final inspection of the apartments to ensure they meet quality standards.

Work teams also are now working on the ground floor retail areas, the podium level fit outs, the facade and the footpath awnings.

The building managers expect to move in at the end of June two months prior to hand over.

http://www.rivercityapartments.com.au/images/construction_may03a_large.jpg

http://www.rivercityapartments.com.au/images/construction_may03b_large.jpg

Cool photos!!

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/3519/1693519ml1053302183.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/4323/1754323ml1054772827.jpg

jt

Zoomed photo of River City from Kangaroo Point cliffs this morning. I notice that the red concrete pump has gone from the top of the core. Does this mean that the core is complete?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/8junerivercityzoom.JPG

Taken 14 June 2003

http://home.iprimus.com.au/sdlennon/construction/rivercitjun1.JPG

River city has almost topped out.

The tops of the cranes must almost be the tallest structure in brisbane CBD at the moment when in their most upright position???

What do you reckon?

I'd probably say they're a fraction below CP1.

I must admit, so far River City has turned out way better than I expected.

Looks very skinner and taller up-close

It certainly has more of a presence than I thought it would. The base to height ratio helps. It really fills in that crapolla mid-rise part of town.

Photos from today.

This one is from the Wintergarden Carpark - note that the core box has gone, which means that the core has reached full height. Only two or three floors of building to go!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/21junrivercity2.JPG

This is the podium.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/21junrivercitypodium.JPG

And this is from the corner of Charlotte and Albert Streets.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/21junrivercity1.JPG

The Margaret street side is being painted today!!!

jt

I see Blondie is on at Festival Hall. What is happening with Festival Hall? I have been in the UK for over 2 years now, I thought it may have been knocked down.

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Devine has purchased the site and are developing a revised plan. Festival Hall is continuing to operate and will presumably do so until Devine are ready to commence construction. Wouldn't seem to make much sense to tear down an income producing building until it was necessary.

i think we all would agree that river city is turning out much better than we thought it would originally. im quite a fan of this boxy bad boy now

Although Festival Hall has been receiving a stay of execution for a while now, I have heard that Blondie will be the last gig there ever.

River City must be very close to topping out. One crane is down.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/29junrivercity1.JPG

This is the last bit of the crane visible from Albert Street being lifted out this morning.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/29junrivercity2.JPG

Thanks for the pics duke! It certainly dominates the area.

The core has probably topped out, as you say.

I wonder if the blade will be assembled on the roof or delivered via helicopter?

Looks like River City is due to be completed mid-August. A work colleague who enquired about rentals was told apartments would be available from 20 August.

Taken today, 13 July

http://home.iprimus.com.au/sdlennon/rivercity1307031.JPG

Also taken today. Close to finished on this side.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/13julrivercity1.JPG

I was glad to see that River City had its top fin on! I was surprised when I saw it today, looks great!
Hopefully I can get some pics of it.

From Albert Street today. Note the palm tree on the podium just above and left of the traffic light!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/27julrivercity1.JPG

Originally posted by brissyThomas
I was glad to see that River City had its top fin on! I was surprised when I saw it today, looks great!
Hopefully I can get some pics of it.

judging by duke's above pic, it does look good.

a really nice height too.

build more Brisvegas!

tays

One less tower crane for Brissy,The last of Lindores Favco's climbing down on River City today should be all dismantled by tuesday arvo or wednesday

Nice picture. It does look like the renderings. The reflection of the glass does look blue here even though it's not tinted. Now I can't wait till FELIX, RIPARIAN and AURORA finishes.

the fins theyve added to the top really complete the building. has a really big presence in that part of the city

Originally posted by FAVELLE
One less tower crane for Brissy,The last of Lindores Favco's climbing down on River City today should be all dismantled by tuesday arvo or wednesday

It doesn't take long to be dismantled. I checked it out from my office in Milton this morning and the crane was still higher than the building at 9am. By 1.30 pm the crane couldn't be seen at all.

This tower turned out alot better than I thought it would. So is it officially completed?

It fills a big gap in that part of the skyline which is good to see.

Pic taken today, crane is gone and its looking very complete.

http://loa.ausgamers.com/Images/rivercity.jpg

WooHoo! Looks better than the renderings and model did.




Now - how will it be lit?
jt

your talking about how the fin will be lit arent you jayt?

i dont know if it will be, there are apartment windows going half way up the fin, and i know if i payed $1million that i wouldnt want some spotlight illuminating me apartment or a big neon buzzing just out side my window. Thats presuming those windows are apartments not a corridor or something, they should be seen in the penthouse levels though.

Narf.

Still looks very 70s Gold Coast. It'll age quickly and terribly, me thinks.

Here is a view from the Kangaroo Point Cliffs, August 2 '03
I really like it with the top fin!

http://home.iprimus.com.au/sdlennon/rivercity02080311.JPG

Thanks for the continual photo updates guys.
After around 5 weeks away I returned to the city to find this thing all but finished and, well....wow.
Kudos to Devine. This tower actually looks better than it's render.
Thomas's picture doesn't really do it justice.
River City looks very smart driving in on the Captain Cook Bridge and certainly won't be the ugly duckling in a neighbourhood growing to include 212 Margaret, RPC, "Baroque" and Felix.

Congrats to Devine. They didn't build the big bloody boring blocky beige building I expected.

Regarding lighting of the fin!

I was driving into town lat nite and they had lighting on the top. Basically theres lights shining on the fin. It appears...you guessed it...blue! Or maybe purple...

At least there's some consistancy in Brisbane.

Blue lights here...blue lights there...

Definitely looks purplish to me.

Devine have announced completion of River City.

http://www.rivercityapartments.com.au/report.html

Woah its been great watching this one rise from the dust to the completed tower now!
I didn't think it would be quite as noticeable as it is, especially from the northbank side.

I suppose this thread can go into the "completed in 2003" area now.

Remember this, Sept 2002
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid31/p45bc8abfb89d78f0040750dd01be02a7/fd46e80f.jpg

I noticed this morning they were putting the finnishing touches on the top.

The Letters "RIVER CITY" now appear on the fins!

jt

Well tonight, River City is lit up like a christmas tree!
I drove past it and it looked awesome, like when River Place was complete, River City had every single light turned on! It looked brilliant and when I drive past it, it was so bright, it was like day!

The "RIVER CITY" on its fin looks fantastic, with neon blue light.

Originally posted by Orodreth
Well tonight, River City is lit up like a christmas tree!
I drove past it and it looked awesome, like when River Place was complete, River City had every single light turned on! It looked brilliant and when I drive past it, it was so bright, it was like day!

The "RIVER CITY" on its fin looks fantastic, with neon blue light.

Yeah there was a photographer in Mary St taking pictures (at least when I left work @ 5) I noticed all the lights on and theorised that it was for a camera somewhere. Didn't get to see it after dark though :(

Views from Rivercity.

http://preview.raywhite.com/objects/props/0228/4750228dl1062114501.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/0228/4750228bl1062114484.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/0228/4750228cl1062114493.jpg

jt

How did you get these? I dunno, I don't think I like it. It feels like you're on a shelf for display, and there are other apartments looking right across. There's no planting a shrubbery screen either up here.

Originally posted by kaleb777
How did you get these? I dunno, I don't think I like it. It feels like you're on a shelf for display, and there are other apartments looking right across. There's no planting a shrubbery screen either up here.
The photos are from raywhite.com

One last photo taken 20 September from corner of Mary and Edward streets. (The white areas are curtains!)

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/20seprivercity.JPG

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/7935/4667935ml1064186846.jpg

RIVER CITY NIGHT VIEW

JT

I must say tho, this isn't the normal night view, it was only done for the opening, photos.

Don't know where the last River City thread went but the tower has now got its final glory, so to speak.

If your in Brisbane take a look at the towers podium at night. There are now images beamed onto the concrete facade of the tower from accross the street. These images appear to be real and mimic the towers own grid shaped facad at street level making the building appear to move and open up revealing falling water and other hidden treasures. I love moving art!

Its quite entertaining.

jt

I haven't seen that yet. Sounds neat.
This tower ended up better looking than most of us expected.

Yeah, River City does look good, Devine have done a good job.