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[142/365] The Mistake by the Lake
Saturday, May 22, 2010
This afternoon I embarked upon a 4-hour road trip to Florida's Sun Coast. I'm spending the night in St Petersburg before assisting on a photog gig tomorrow at 9 AM.
I-4 constituted the main stretch of my drive. On several occasions this controversial unfinished 18-story building in Altamonte Springs has caught my eye. SuperChannel, a local Orlando Christian television station, broke ground in 2000, vowing to construct the building debt-free, and relying largely upon charitable contributions to fund the project. The original estimated completion date of 2002 has most recently been moved back to 2012 (as of March 2010). The company builds when it receives money from its viewers. In November 2008, a reporter calculated the cost of the project at roughly $72.1 million to date -- more than twice the original budget -- whereas a loan would have cost about $50.5 million. A blogger compared the Majesty Building to the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea, whose construction began in 1987 and resumed in 2008 after a 16-year hiatus. Meanwhile, some local residents refer to the eyesore as The Mistake by the Lake.
As I approached the building while westbound on I-4, I grabbed my camera and snapped through my car window. I've geotagged it in case you'd like to stop by for a look-see!
[142/365] The Mistake by the Lake
Saturday, May 22, 2010
This afternoon I embarked upon a 4-hour road trip to Florida's Sun Coast. I'm spending the night in St Petersburg before assisting on a photog gig tomorrow at 9 AM.
I-4 constituted the main stretch of my drive. On several occasions this controversial unfinished 18-story building in Altamonte Springs has caught my eye. SuperChannel, a local Orlando Christian television station, broke ground in 2000, vowing to construct the building debt-free, and relying largely upon charitable contributions to fund the project. The original estimated completion date of 2002 has most recently been moved back to 2012 (as of March 2010). The company builds when it receives money from its viewers. In November 2008, a reporter calculated the cost of the project at roughly $72.1 million to date -- more than twice the original budget -- whereas a loan would have cost about $50.5 million. A blogger compared the Majesty Building to the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea, whose construction began in 1987 and resumed in 2008 after a 16-year hiatus. Meanwhile, some local residents refer to the eyesore as The Mistake by the Lake.
As I approached the building while westbound on I-4, I grabbed my camera and snapped through my car window. I've geotagged it in case you'd like to stop by for a look-see!