The rendering is the top one. Are you saying the bottom one is better?
Yeah.
Is that bottom picture what is actually being made?
I was very excited when I saw the top renderings...
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Is that bottom picture what is actually being made?
I was very excited when I saw the top renderings...
The bottom rendering is what is currently being prepped for. Could change again if needed, but close to the final site.The rendering is the top one. Are you saying the bottom one is better?
Yeah.
Is that bottom picture what is actually being made?
I was very excited when I saw the top renderings...
The top one has the buildings mainly along University Ave. I think JP and/or the developers wanted a corridor between JTS and Hilton.
If that bottom rending is what actually happens, this project was a complete flop, bust, and let down.
I find some of you really difficult to understand. Cytown will be earth shattering for Iowa State and Ames if it gets built to plan and is successful.
Way to early to say any of those things right now, they are starting to put up the first building, lets get the thing built and start making decision if it was a good idea once its all finished and up and running for a couple of season.
There is less than 0 chance they would tear down a really expensive less than 20 year old building.
Oh, man. I really, really hope it changes.
I want CyTown to succeed and look great, I don't know too many on here actively rooting for it's failure. Just that the 2nd photo shared just looks so underwhelming compared to what was proposed.
I'd love to eat crow and hope it is beautiful and becomes the place to be in central Iowa (and not just on gamedays.)
It’s a pretty pretty valid concern if it’s the most recent rendering.
Many have already made up their minds against the project, it's been a common discussion at our tailgates this season. I have no clue if it will be worth it or not, but I am at least willing to give it a chance, before I say Yes or No.
JP could have bikini-clad beauty queens handing out free sides of beef and (some) people would complain.
The plan being built has been the concept for at least three years. Here's a release from September 2022. Don't know the date for the other concept but the current design has been around for some time.
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The plan being built has been the concept for at least three years. Here's a release from September 2022. Don't know the date for the other concept but the current design has been around for some time.
Iowa State Unveils CYTown Plans - Iowa State Athletics
Ames, Iowa— More than half a century after the first Iowa State Center building opened, Iowa State University is proposing an innovative plan to reimagine it...
Early designs looked worth it, most recent do not.
@Cytown12 works in the AD. Confirmed
I work in the AD because I don’t think Cy Town is going to suck. It hasnt even been built yet.
Who knew CyTown would turn out to be like a portal transfer for us to criticize: "It's undersized! Original profile looked better!"
The original plan looks like a cheap 1990s era strip mall.
No one said it will suck, but the most recent renderings suck compared to what it was supposed to be.
