Not only that, but when the sun is going down at the end of the day and you're on 436 heading toward Altamonte, you get a lovely mirrored reflection of the sun right in your face.
I lived in Altamonte for a year or so, and I used to pass this bad boy all the time. I posted a picture once when I was in crazy backed-up traffic on I-4, and the building was in the shot.
A friend from a different part of Florida commented on the infamous "I-4 eyesore"- I had no idea that was even a thing before that happened.
The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is one of the largest buildings in the world by volume. Originally built to assemble American crewed lunar missions, it has been used to stack NASA's largest rockets, including the Saturn V and the Space Shuttle.
Despite last night's scrub of the Starliner mission to the ISS, I was still able to get some nice views. The VAB stood about 5 miles away from where I was on the Space Force base. The Banana River was pretty still close to where I was and got choppier closer to the VAB.
Panasonic Lumix G9MKII - PanaLeica 100-400 @ 187mm - ISO 200 - Ę/4.9 - 2.5 seconds stabilized on a pile of sand.
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Wonderful picture. I am allowed to access the Space Force base (we've been over there twice) and I've thought about driving over to watch a launch. Is it okay to drive on and just park somewhere waiting for the launch?
As someone that worked there for several years, I can assure you that is a myth. Between the AC units, and the doors, it is Quite climate controlled. It could have that happen, but it's not going to due to the fact that technology enclosed is too sensitive to have that kind of crap happen to it.
The first sign that the climate is not being controlled, and it is taken care of.
I think it's one of those things that they like to tell people because it's absolutely fascinating. But at the same time if you think about it on a smaller scale, it's like leaving your bathroom door closed while taking a hot shower. You're not going to let that happen because you know it will screw your stuff up with ick. :)
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My submission is the Orlando VA hospital in Lake Nona, or as I like to refer to it, THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE WORLD JUSTICE LEAGUE.
So full of light and such a positive vibe. Not what you normally expect either from a medical facility or a government building. I ran into someone at the Vietnam Vet Day event at the facility who was part of the initial planning for the facility. Apparently, the architect inserted some extra parking into the design. I guess it makes sense because I can always find a parking spot which is rarely the case in a large medical facility. The VA Cafe has the best damn banana cake, too!
i worked directly underneath that building in a crew support building for a while while they did renovations. that building is just completely enormous its hard to even wrap my peanut brain around it
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central\_Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Florida)
I pretty commonly hear the term used to mean the central latitudes of the state from \~Tampa to the Space Coast
Never heard Tampa either. Not refuting it, I'm just saying I haven't heard that growing up I Orlando.
I love the down votes I was getting... Lol
EDIT: thinking on it a little more it's probably how I usually heard "central FL" used. So like, asking where someone is from nobody from Tampa or Titusville or Cocoa visiting Orlando is going to say, "central FL," and all us Orlandoans probably considered ourselves the true central point.
I would have said it was Central as opposed to N/S, but the educators in Tampa tell their youth it is South Florida. The Spaceu coast is at least more Central Florida than Tampa is South. Fuckin bullshitters.
And you might not get "Central Florida" from Titusville, but youll get it from anyone that lives between Sanford and Lakeland on I4. Like they dont want to claim Kissimmee but they cant claim Orlando. Or youre from Lake Mary and nobody knows where that is.
Not sure how far east it should go.
Not that I remember anyway, but like I mentioned in another comment it could just be how folks used the term in Orlando. Visitors to Orlando coming from another area within Central FL probably wouldn't say they're from Central FL. Maybe I would've heard it if I traveled outside of Orlando more when I was younger.
Saying space coast is a section of the broader central Florida. Like someone saying they are from the villages which is also in central Florida.
Central Florida is St Pete up to Ocala, over to Daytona, and down to Melbourne. And everything in between..
Another example would be, someone saying they are from SoCal which is basically LA to Mexico. But someone who lives there talking to another person from there would say, āIām from LAā or Iām from San Diegoā
I would say itās not cool at all but at the same time it is really cool.
Contrary to popular stories circulated during construction, the VAB, which is mostly not air conditioned, does not create its own weather ā reports of indoor rain, clouds, or fog are myths. [Nasa](https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/kennedy-at-60-vehicle-assembly-building-ready-for-new-era-of-launch-vehicles/#:~:text=Contrary%20to%20popular%20stories%20circulated,clouds%2C%20or%20fog%20are%20myths)
The building has air conditioning equipment, including 125 ventilators[3] on the roof supported by four large air handlers (four cylindrical structures west of the building) rated at a total 10,000 tons of refrigeration (120,000,000 BTU/hr, 35 MW) to keep moisture under control. Air in the building can be completely replaced every hour. The large doors can allow fog to roll into the building and become trapped, leading to incorrect rumors that the building has its own weather and can form clouds. [wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Assembly_Building)
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I'm gonna have to go with this Epic Universe Park building that's still under construction. It has a gradient of reflective colored tiles all over it
I donāt know? Kind of looks like something from Russia built in the 80s. Real just so so architecture. Iāve done some work out at the cape. And it is pretty awesome In person because of the scale of it. Honestly, I kind of like the Truist building right off I-4 downtown Orlando. got like a poor manās avenger tower type vibe. Drive-by it a lot lately. And every day I appreciate it more. Itās got my vote.
A building so cool it has it's own internal weather patterns! There's enough room inside for legitimate rain clouds to form inside on a humid day if they don't clear it out
Iāve been in it; my father worked there during the early days, he helped design the third stage of the Saturn rocket that took us to the moon. I miss those days.
I always pass by this building going to and from Tampa. Part of me always wants to go inside and see the controls for how they make the flaps go up and down.
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I live Stupid close to KSC and the VABā¦. Itās Cool and all.. but NASA is an exponential waste of money and resourcesā¦ on Center property everyone drives like real Douchebags. Because they think they are āSpecialāā¦. We have been doing a job there for over a year nowā¦ and most of the āNASAā people Iāve seen donāt look like the sort of folk who should be working on this stuffā¦
They all look like the Crowd at Last call at the local bar at 2:30 in the AM
NASAās Heyday has long come and wentā¦ The Artemis gig they are Running now is another huge waste of time and moneyā¦ as they just announced the heat shield for the thing is garbageā¦.
No surprise at all to me with all the Yucks Iāve seen working at this place
Good thing your decision matters as much, or as little, as anyone elseās. Youāve got one vote.
If we didnāt have NASA, you wouldnāt be typing this on a computer you can fit in your hand.
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If this building is not your answer, youāre flat out wrong. Nothing will ever transcend the Majesty Building.
Nothing will ever occupy, work in, praise in, fund raise in or do anything else in the Majesty Building. Some bugs might procreate.
Iāve been saying someone needs to turn it into a concert venue.
i dunno.. beefy king is pretty well constructed.
Lol, thank you for taking the bait š
At least the VAB is useful!
My mom donated to that Christian station to get that built. There was supposed to be a plaque with her name on it somewhere.
Sheās part of the problem. No Motherās Day brunch for her this year.
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I FUCKING LOVE THE I4 EYESORE!!!
Not only that, but when the sun is going down at the end of the day and you're on 436 heading toward Altamonte, you get a lovely mirrored reflection of the sun right in your face.
Its not the building we needed, its the building we deserved.
Once itās done it will be future proof!
Future proof? It looks like a PS3 and weāre already on the 5!!
The joke is, it will never be done, so even in the future it will still be under construction
Yup, perpetual fundraising grift gift.
It's the Florida Sagrada Familia. It'll be finished any day now!
Checks comments...yep
There can be only one.
I knew this would be top comment before I even tapped on the post, and I wasnāt disappointed
Exactly. Nobody beats the GOAT.
May you step on a lego in the middle of the night for posting that picture.
I lived in Altamonte for a year or so, and I used to pass this bad boy all the time. I posted a picture once when I was in crazy backed-up traffic on I-4, and the building was in the shot. A friend from a different part of Florida commented on the infamous "I-4 eyesore"- I had no idea that was even a thing before that happened.
The real winner
Came here to say this!
LOL beat me to it
This is the only answer
I CAME TO SAY THIS
The I-4 eye-sore
Hahahahah
If it makes you feel better itās being developed. Was previously owned by a church but funding fell through
This gives me āPerry the platypus break insā vibes ā¦
Came here to post this
How did I know this would be the top comment. You lot donāt disappoint
nothing beats the eye sore
Iām here for this today and every day
I was neighbors with one of the architects of this building. Called it shit right in front of him... awkward.
The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is one of the largest buildings in the world by volume. Originally built to assemble American crewed lunar missions, it has been used to stack NASA's largest rockets, including the Saturn V and the Space Shuttle. Despite last night's scrub of the Starliner mission to the ISS, I was still able to get some nice views. The VAB stood about 5 miles away from where I was on the Space Force base. The Banana River was pretty still close to where I was and got choppier closer to the VAB. Panasonic Lumix G9MKII - PanaLeica 100-400 @ 187mm - ISO 200 - Ę/4.9 - 2.5 seconds stabilized on a pile of sand. IG - stevenmadow
Beautiful shot. Thank you for sharing it.Ā
I always tell people who have never been that they absolutely need to visit. NASA. The experience is transformative.
It was so cool when they did tours inside the building. Itās massive!!!
Wonderful picture. I am allowed to access the Space Force base (we've been over there twice) and I've thought about driving over to watch a launch. Is it okay to drive on and just park somewhere waiting for the launch?
No idea, sorry! I shoot as a credentialed member of media, so we have our own rules and official press sites.
Does it seem very busy with people there to watch the launch, if you get a sense for that from your location?
Depends on the launch. For the delta heavy launches, it was packed!
Thanks for you insight!
Youād have a better view just going across the street to the beach.
Yes, definitely thought about that. I love going to that beach. It's my phone screensaver. Seems like the water is always pretty rough there.
I read this in the voice of the intercom on the bus driving past it
Iāve always been a huge fan of your photos! Thanks for sharing.
It's so large that sometimes clouds form inside of it!
As someone that worked there for several years, I can assure you that is a myth. Between the AC units, and the doors, it is Quite climate controlled. It could have that happen, but it's not going to due to the fact that technology enclosed is too sensitive to have that kind of crap happen to it. The first sign that the climate is not being controlled, and it is taken care of.
Ah okay. Tour guide told me lol. Maybe they said it COULD happen.
I think it's one of those things that they like to tell people because it's absolutely fascinating. But at the same time if you think about it on a smaller scale, it's like leaving your bathroom door closed while taking a hot shower. You're not going to let that happen because you know it will screw your stuff up with ick. :)
Makes sense. Thanks for clarifying! I can stop lying to people now haha
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I hear they actually do a solid steak there
From what I understand it's actually not bad. Never been myself. It's always fun to recommend to people looking for a good steak though.
the prime rib is fire
I donāt want glitter on my steak.
cafe risquƩ vibes in that comment
āOrange County Steakhouseā - credit card charge.
I need to gooooooo. Been on my bucket list for 35 years.
I accept this entry as #1. ššŖ
Iām going with the Haunted Mansion, but yours is pretty good, too.Ā
Haha, not a bad choice!
Loved being able to tour inside during the mid 2010s. Even lucky enough to be there when Atlantis was being stored waiting for the new exhibit.
Itās absolutely mind boggling insideāmissed the 2010 opening, but I did get to go inside a couple times as a kid in the late 1970ās
You could say its... Out of this world. 
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As a dad, I approve this joke
https://preview.redd.it/kydieonkm2zc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd36b8a4d9ad14b217db0bc88049b3bd40e7b1f0 My submission is the Orlando VA hospital in Lake Nona, or as I like to refer to it, THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE WORLD JUSTICE LEAGUE.
I get my healthcare here. I love this building!
It's a very cool building, I just think the architect made it look less like a hospital and more like somewhere the Avengers would meet.
So full of light and such a positive vibe. Not what you normally expect either from a medical facility or a government building. I ran into someone at the Vietnam Vet Day event at the facility who was part of the initial planning for the facility. Apparently, the architect inserted some extra parking into the design. I guess it makes sense because I can always find a parking spot which is rarely the case in a large medical facility. The VA Cafe has the best damn banana cake, too!
Space Mountain is a cool AF building tho
Itās VABulous
I see what you did there
i worked directly underneath that building in a crew support building for a while while they did renovations. that building is just completely enormous its hard to even wrap my peanut brain around it
What year? I was in the PCC building Next to the VAB 2000
oh this was 2020. i redid the tile in the bathrooms
1) I4 Eye sore 2) club haram tiddys building (rip) 3)this building
I remember the tiddy building as a kid. OBT right?
Lee road off of OBT if I remember correctly.
booby trap lives forever!!!!! ( ā¢ Y ā¢ )
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The only building in lake Nona
No love for the Citrus Tower? https://preview.redd.it/0o6w1ndo62zc1.jpeg?width=409&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=279c84e387a4dc886a5d36c8bf4ed814a7cfc2f1
I miss working there :( . Lost my job when shuttle was ended. Havenāt been there in 12 years
Condolences. My dad lost his job in R&D two weeks after the moon landing.
Hey man...nice shot
https://preview.redd.it/k6xz2n1cm2zc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=554abbb8be8ef78b2f36901000d7b12c463d2fc2 i donno man...
ah, central, not central/south. my b.
Bok Tower is a surprisingly beautiful, weirdly out of place gigantic tower in the middle of nowhere. Check it out if you get a chance.
I nominate any one of the thousands of dilapidated strip malls in Orlando. Truly wonders of modern society.
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Never heard the space coast referred to as central FL before even though I guess it is, technically?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central\_Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Florida) I pretty commonly hear the term used to mean the central latitudes of the state from \~Tampa to the Space Coast
Never heard Tampa either. Not refuting it, I'm just saying I haven't heard that growing up I Orlando. I love the down votes I was getting... Lol EDIT: thinking on it a little more it's probably how I usually heard "central FL" used. So like, asking where someone is from nobody from Tampa or Titusville or Cocoa visiting Orlando is going to say, "central FL," and all us Orlandoans probably considered ourselves the true central point.
The way I look at it: The Space Coast is an area within Central Florida.
I would have said it was Central as opposed to N/S, but the educators in Tampa tell their youth it is South Florida. The Spaceu coast is at least more Central Florida than Tampa is South. Fuckin bullshitters. And you might not get "Central Florida" from Titusville, but youll get it from anyone that lives between Sanford and Lakeland on I4. Like they dont want to claim Kissimmee but they cant claim Orlando. Or youre from Lake Mary and nobody knows where that is. Not sure how far east it should go.
Iām sorry you were that unaware. Thatās all I gotta say. Space coast is most definitely central Florida .
Feel better? I wasn't arguing whether or not that's what it was called.
Ah I see the way you original phrased it mislead me. But itās still wild to me you never heard someone call the space coast central Florida.
Not that I remember anyway, but like I mentioned in another comment it could just be how folks used the term in Orlando. Visitors to Orlando coming from another area within Central FL probably wouldn't say they're from Central FL. Maybe I would've heard it if I traveled outside of Orlando more when I was younger.
This right here. Usually when I think of central Florida Iām thinking Orange County and surrounding counties /cities/areas.
Well, Brevard borders Orange. So, it's a "surrounding county".
Idk man. I always thought that area was referred to as the space coast over central Florida.
Saying space coast is a section of the broader central Florida. Like someone saying they are from the villages which is also in central Florida. Central Florida is St Pete up to Ocala, over to Daytona, and down to Melbourne. And everything in between.. Another example would be, someone saying they are from SoCal which is basically LA to Mexico. But someone who lives there talking to another person from there would say, āIām from LAā or Iām from San Diegoā
Fair. The LA comparison clicked because I know the area well lol
I would say itās not cool at all but at the same time it is really cool. Contrary to popular stories circulated during construction, the VAB, which is mostly not air conditioned, does not create its own weather ā reports of indoor rain, clouds, or fog are myths. [Nasa](https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/kennedy-at-60-vehicle-assembly-building-ready-for-new-era-of-launch-vehicles/#:~:text=Contrary%20to%20popular%20stories%20circulated,clouds%2C%20or%20fog%20are%20myths) The building has air conditioning equipment, including 125 ventilators[3] on the roof supported by four large air handlers (four cylindrical structures west of the building) rated at a total 10,000 tons of refrigeration (120,000,000 BTU/hr, 35 MW) to keep moisture under control. Air in the building can be completely replaced every hour. The large doors can allow fog to roll into the building and become trapped, leading to incorrect rumors that the building has its own weather and can form clouds. [wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Assembly_Building)
Largest single story building in the world, The blue star field on the American flag is the size of a football field.
This isnāt in central Florida more costal
Seemingly there is some variance to the definition of central Florida š
No hate I mean itās definitely the middle of the state. A very cool pic and cool spot.
I can't think of a cooler building in ALL of Florida except Spaceship Earth in Epcot.
 VAB
I vote the downtown Orlando library.
Itās pretty cool, but not the coolest- though I might have a bias.
Whats the coolest building in central florida then? Fuck it, the whole state?
I think the answer is quite obvious.
NO DONT. PLEASE. thats not even a building. it serves no purpose.
Barcelona has the Sagrada Familia, Pyongyang has the Ryugyong Hotel, and Orlando of course hasā¦ ^
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Thatās an old picture! Itās had a lot of work done in the last ten years since it seems like it was taken!
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Itāll be a close race
Thatās about 8 miles straight east of my house!
Probably coolest building in the world
It is for me! I live ~10mins from it and see it on the 528 bridge every day!
https://preview.redd.it/ai1jexkpi2zc1.jpeg?width=1438&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9271fd7ea296f5003191467870db4bef8765f899 I'm gonna have to go with this Epic Universe Park building that's still under construction. It has a gradient of reflective colored tiles all over it
Only after the I4Isore /s
What is it? A movie studio?
I donāt know? Kind of looks like something from Russia built in the 80s. Real just so so architecture. Iāve done some work out at the cape. And it is pretty awesome In person because of the scale of it. Honestly, I kind of like the Truist building right off I-4 downtown Orlando. got like a poor manās avenger tower type vibe. Drive-by it a lot lately. And every day I appreciate it more. Itās got my vote.
Been to the top of it, worked for the company that built it. Can confirm itās even cooler on the roof
I really need to get to that museum.
Best part of that building, you can almost see it from the clothing optional beach
Yes and Canaveral National Seashore is the best beach in Florida ā¤ļø šļø
VAB has its own atmosphere inside
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Epcot???
It does have next level climate control.
Thatās Titusville
This belongs on a postcard!š¤©āŗļø
You should see how cool it is on the inside! Totally crazy cool engineering and build for something from the 60s
The hoax of NASA lol... We call them 'NASA no stars'. Clowns.
You caught me. This building photo is CGI.
> You caught me. This building photo is CGI. ^ Everything NASA is fake.
The flag is wrong
No, modernism is not cool.
A building so cool it has it's own internal weather patterns! There's enough room inside for legitimate rain clouds to form inside on a humid day if they don't clear it out
Iāve been in it; my father worked there during the early days, he helped design the third stage of the Saturn rocket that took us to the moon. I miss those days.
https://preview.redd.it/oawmytr2r4zc1.jpeg?width=1700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=643d1b255ab2e0a44591afae9d20e5141997d049 Here's a different angle.
I always pass by this building going to and from Tampa. Part of me always wants to go inside and see the controls for how they make the flaps go up and down. https://preview.redd.it/8v7nzxjs75zc1.jpeg?width=2200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f2d92bbb4305f1acf4333488c12594bad156fd4
Literally the coolest? The low temperature lab in the physical sciences building at UCF. It's ~459Ā°F below zero
Where is the Pride flag? I am confused. Better yet the Ukrainian or Palestinian flag.
I think there are some cool buildings in the Orlando areaā¦ almost castle like. Also Bok Tower.
Kennedy space center. I have an annual pass. Go there every week. Its educational and fun!
the airport
https://preview.redd.it/6sx5c51yg9zc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a405a2c6c85ef0b1844fdd82c5dedc0428324079 This one of course!
Big RIP to Booby Trap if weāre talking cool CFL buildings
Coolest building in most of the world, actually.
Most pollution
Dali museum
That's not even in central florida!
Yes it is. Central Florida stretches from coast to coast.
'Merica
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Pretty low bar but yes
I live Stupid close to KSC and the VABā¦. Itās Cool and all.. but NASA is an exponential waste of money and resourcesā¦ on Center property everyone drives like real Douchebags. Because they think they are āSpecialāā¦. We have been doing a job there for over a year nowā¦ and most of the āNASAā people Iāve seen donāt look like the sort of folk who should be working on this stuffā¦ They all look like the Crowd at Last call at the local bar at 2:30 in the AM NASAās Heyday has long come and wentā¦ The Artemis gig they are Running now is another huge waste of time and moneyā¦ as they just announced the heat shield for the thing is garbageā¦. No surprise at all to me with all the Yucks Iāve seen working at this place
Good thing your decision matters as much, or as little, as anyone elseās. Youāve got one vote. If we didnāt have NASA, you wouldnāt be typing this on a computer you can fit in your hand.
The coolest building in the dumbest state.