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Located at 221 Riverside Avenue, the proposed YMCA building is conceptually designed as a three story, 85,000 square feet structure. The 60 foot high building will include a splash pool over a storm water vault and park facing the riverwalk.
Adjacent to the Northbank Riverwalk, the building will replace the existing YMCA complex along Riverside Avenue, which will be demolished and replaced with a surface parking lot. In the long term, the YMCA anticipates the future development of a mixed use structure and parking garage on the surface parking lot site.
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Noone
January 11, 2013, 04:49:17 AMvery nice.
So what is the next step?
Traveller
January 11, 2013, 08:07:18 AMI assume the second floor will have some weight equipment and not just 7,000 cardio machines.
johnny_simpatico
January 11, 2013, 08:19:14 AMYou can be sure the lobby will have a lovely framed print of blond Jesus and a gigantic flat-panel television tuned to Fox News.
fsujax
January 11, 2013, 08:22:25 AMno one is forcing you to go there johnny.
tufsu1
January 11, 2013, 08:40:08 AMwell it is a Christian organization after all....and having been a member at that YMCA before, I can assure you that the stations on the TV in the lobby can be changed
If_I_Loved_you
January 11, 2013, 09:12:13 AMTacachale
January 11, 2013, 09:27:21 AMNice site plan. Obviously that huge surface parking lot is not optimal. Though considering what's happening in Brooklyn right now, it's possible we won't be waiting as long for that street side development as we might be elsewhere.
Dog Walker
January 11, 2013, 11:10:09 AMIt's The Y! You don't have to be young, a man, or Christian, just Associated.
That building is going to be spectacular from the Riverwalk and flooded with sunshine in the mornings.
Jason
January 11, 2013, 11:23:52 AMThe view from the running track will be amazing too!
I'm really hoping they're able to lock down funding on this development very soon. Brooklyn is on the verge of becoming a serious boomtown.
funwithteeth
January 11, 2013, 11:34:51 AMSpeaking as both a member of the YMCA and an atheist, I'm wondering how insecure you have to be to let some painting bother you, or that perhaps just one of the many TVs they have is tuned to a channel you don't like.
5PointsGuy
January 11, 2013, 11:54:46 AMWow, Riverside Avenue is shaping up to be quite the urban corridor. Also, the concept drawing looks amazing. I might have to pony up for a membership when the new building is complete.
Roger904
January 11, 2013, 02:47:10 PMThe floor plans don't show the Metro offices that are slated to be relocated from Mandarin
urbaknight
January 11, 2013, 04:48:46 PMI just hope they can develop the Riverside ave part of the parking lot into that mix use building they've been talking about. But I'm all for parking between the two buildings. People have to park somewhere, until/unless JTA can improve on their part of this whole thing.
Ocklawaha
January 11, 2013, 10:35:35 PMHoly Crap Batman, I might even be tempted to join up and get fit... Um... Well... maybe not, but it does look very cool. Actually Libby and I were long time members of the Y in Central Florida - once upon a time.
Ocklawaha
January 11, 2013, 10:37:41 PMAfter thought, just for the appearances, sure would be cool to get three or four high rises somewhere between CSX - BCBS - Park Street and River. It would make the downtown skyline look absolutely first tier.
vicupstate
January 12, 2013, 08:15:30 AMNice design. Jax will go from one of the most outdated Y facilities to one of the nicest with this new building. I hope the future Riverside facing part is more than 5 or 6 stories though. It would be an ideal place for a high rise with office and residential. It will be a long time before the market can support that, but it would be worth waiting for something great.
urbaknight
January 14, 2013, 02:52:35 PMAmen to that!
DSG
January 20, 2013, 01:42:51 PMAside from the Zoning/Development scheme ideas which have been hotly debated in other threads, I think the architectural design needs fresh vision. It is not a nice design. This looks like a building that would have gone in other cities about 20 years ago. What is it with Jacksonville?
Honestly, the top hat thing over the rotunda will be completely lost on anyone on the river or Riverwalk. But it will make a nice big sign for the helicopters and blimps that fly on gameday! Seriously, spend the money on more sophisticated materials or sunshading or something.
The design is right in its orientation to the river, but beyond that I don't see anything architecturally noteworthy. Just bla. Good architecture would make this city a cool place to live, becoming part of the package that attracts new talent and money.
Charles Hunter
January 20, 2013, 01:54:47 PMDon't forget the logo being visible on Google and other aerial maps.
ubben
January 20, 2013, 11:19:44 PMDon't forget about the giant Bible on the pedestal right on the gym floor. Like you're supposed to read about how you'll be punished if you eat shrimp or pork right between tricep sets. I've been a member of Y's in other cities and never seen such kooky attempts of conversion therapy. That First Baptist Church must be run by very insecure nut jobs. And the architectural drawings of the new Y? YAWN! Looks like something you'd see built in Macon.
tufsu1
January 21, 2013, 08:25:46 AMMany YMCA chapters around the country decided a few years ago to put more emphassis on Christian principles (that's what the C stands for you know)...in the case of northeast Florida, that meant hagning pictures of Jesus at the entrance and having visible bibles.
also note that the Y is not run by First Baptist
funwithteeth
January 21, 2013, 10:47:01 AMAgain, this whinging on the 'C' part is strange. What about the 'Y' and the 'M'? ubben, did you know that you don't have to be Young or Male to be a member?
Ocklawaha
January 21, 2013, 04:18:39 PMYour understanding of the Christian scripture or principals is no doubt exceeded only by your knowledge of First Baptist. The Bible is pretty clear about 'food rules,' in a 'New Testament' era (see below). Of course I'm assuming you are more open minded then the members of FBC you so readily condemn.
Church. Acts 10:12-15
New International Version (NIV)
12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. 13 Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”
14 “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
15 The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
What God hath cleansed - What God has pronounced or declared pure. If God has commanded you to do a thing, it is not impure or wrong. Perhaps Peter would suppose that the design of this vision was to instruct him that the distinction between clean and unclean food, as recognized by the Jews, was about to be abolished, Acts 10:17. But the result showed that it had a higher and more important design. It was to show him that they who had been esteemed by the Jews as unclean or profane - the entire Gentile world - might now be admitted to similar privileges with the Jews. The end result is that Christians may eat anything while our Jewish brethren continue following the laws of the Torah.
thelakelander
February 06, 2013, 03:10:38 PMfull article: http://jacksonville.com/news/health-and-fitness/2013-02-06/story/new-riverside-y-project-gets-2-million-coggin-family#ixzz2K9Sqd1go
Jason
February 06, 2013, 04:30:59 PM^ Woo Hoo!
funwithteeth
February 06, 2013, 04:58:54 PMSomeone should give Yates money to buy a new hot-water heater.
Jason
February 06, 2013, 06:01:32 PMWhy would yates need to heat hot water? :-)
funwithteeth
February 06, 2013, 06:06:05 PMTo make it extra hot.
blfair
February 08, 2013, 02:58:38 PMI canceled my membership when they let their last good personal trainer walk out the door. They are in desperate need of a new facility however, anything would be an improvement. I'm sure their membership will grow dramatically when this comes to fruition.