zaphod Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Raven Tower Metal High-Rise with Weather Vane. Anyone have pictures of the "Crows Nest". At least I think that's what its called. You can see from Interstate-45 just north of downtown and it looks like a short airport control tower and has a large weathervane type thing on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 No pictures, but I know what you're talking about. I've seen it a few times. Strange building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 It's the Raven Tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I would not mind living there. It looks cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 A guy I used to know is the nephew of the guy living there. His uncle built it as an observatory in case of an invasion by "unknown" enemies...it is the biggest trailer trash piece of crap on a stick on the planet. Like the smell of dog piss and rotting mold? Have I got a place for you. P S: The view WOULD be great if the windows were clean enough to look out of-I'm guessing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 I hope these "unknown" enemies don't have rpg's. They could take that place out in a heartbeat. This guy must be a military genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 maybe a programmer or 3d artist working from home for the people who make counterstrike or ghost recon is living there for inspiration.... And i cant believe nobody has any pictures of that place. i cant find a website on it anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 You just named my two favorite FPS's.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 You just named my two favorite FPS's..<{POST_SNAPBACK}>:roofles: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasHome Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 They have some pretty cool condos going up all around Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkimberly Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I hope I'm not asking about a building already talked about. But I had no idea how to even start searching for info about this place. Does anyone know the story behind this building? It is off of North St, near the 45N. Google Map link here... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Houston,+TX,...p;z=19&om=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniepwils Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I think, I can't really remember, but someone once told me it was a radio station of some kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I think it's the "Raven Tower" and has come up a couple of times - here and here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkimberly Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 On one of the other related threads..."A guy I used to know is the nephew of the guy living there. His uncle built it as an observatory in case of an invasion by "unknown" enemies...it is the biggest trailer trash piece of crap on a stick on the planet. Like the smell of dog piss and rotting mold? Have I got a place for you."What a great combination of strange architecture and conspiratorial paranoia. Previously, I had visions of Farrah Fawcett posters, wood paneling, brown shag carpet and bongs. But now I see maps of hidden government complexes, walls of short wave radios and diagrams of secret societies and the institutions they have infiltrated.I'm liking Houston more every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondTour Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 What a great combination of strange architecture and conspiratorial paranoia. Well,yeah - but the cost of living is pretty low here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marketingwiz Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Do any of you fellow architecture junkies know anything about that house on I-45 N (Heights area) just south of the Houston Ave./N. Main exit, that's elevated like a tower with a huge weather-vane (I think) on the roof? It kind of a baby-puke yellow structure, square, looks like it's made out of metal. I know that house has been there more than 20 years but I know nothing about it. Do you? Or has there been a previous discussion thread I could follow? I know someone out there knows! You guys know everything. I love HAIF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Check this thread and this thread and this thread. Cool building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I almost wreck everytime I drive down 45 and try to get a good look at this place and figure out what the heck it is. So interesting. Any new info on this place? I need to take a pic so everyone knows what I'm talking about. I think it has a rooster on top too? On the east side of 45 north between downtown and n. main. looks like a teeny tiny air traffic control tower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macksfischer Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I almost wreck everytime I drive down 45 and try to get a good look at this place and figure out what the heck it is. So interesting. Any new info on this place? I need to take a pic so everyone knows what I'm talking about. I think it has a rooster on top too? On the east side of 45 north between downtown and n. main. looks like a teeny tiny air traffic control towerI was always told by my family members that it was a "penthouse"?? But whoever or whatever lives there has never remodeled the place and it's kind of an eyesore now. If anyone finds out, it'd be interesting to hear about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I'll see if I can get the address and go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Note merged Raven Tower topics. This is one of my favorite buildings in Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I wonder what the point of the rooster on top is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I wonder what the point of the rooster on top is?Weathervanes historically had a rooster on them or (don't laugh) a "Weather Cock". I'd wiki it, but I'm getting out of here for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Ah ha! I did giggle when I read your response. I drove by this place yesterday and the ground level of the property is massively cluttered with junk. I wish a reporter from the Chronicle or some other publication would interview the owner of this place and get the scoop on the vision behind it - That would be interesting.Does anyone remember this place when it was under construction? I bet neighbors were like what in the...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downtown Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I hope I'm not asking about a building already talked about. But I had no idea how to even start searching for info about this place.Does anyone know the story behind this building? It is off of North St, near the 45N. Google Map link here... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Houston,+TX,...p;z=19&om=1 Houston's own REDNECK HI-RISE!!!Time to count the empty beer cans thrown down below? I wonder:ELEVATOR or STAIRS? Window units or chill water! HA! Only in TEXAS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Taken as a compliment, of course! Ever notice how when the internet demographic thinks of Houston, 75% of their mental reference points are exclusively to features in the Southwest quadrant of the loop (Enron Field in the northeast corner, Northwest Mall in the northwest)? And how the cityscape gets a lot less sterile once and only once you get out of any respectable 'world-class' areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 The salient point is not what one thinks is world-class, but that the territory whose concerns are largely national and international (not many people know how many offshore platforms in Africa, and how much of the national circulatory system, is controlled from nondescript blocks in Southeast Texas) are much more arid in terms of fitting human inhabitation in all its detail - surprisingly impoverished by comparison to the parts of town whose everyday concerns are primarily local. If that fitness seems to oppose intuition, then maybe something is missing from our standards.Which is interesting that it could be, since Texas (and by extension Houston) does, much as you say, occupy the role of that second place in relationship to the rest of the country. The less we veer away from the way of life of the place, the more intelligently and healthily we will be able to embrace it. (If a person stops short after the sense of humor and doesn't want to think about it more - most of Houston's 'urbanists' can't go two sentences without apologetic irony, and irony is a way of avoiding useful focus - then they miss the part that's worth dwelling on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Ah ha! I did giggle when I read your response. I drove by this place yesterday and the ground level of the property is massively cluttered with junk. I wish a reporter from the Chronicle or some other publication would interview the owner of this place and get the scoop on the vision behind it - That would be interesting. Does anyone remember this place when it was under construction? I bet neighbors were like what in the...? I'm answering my own question...sort of A co-worker of mine told me that this place was built in the late 70's and that the Houston Post interviewed the owner. She couldn't remember specific details. I would always notice this place while riding in the backseat of my parent's car as a kid. I just picture a spooky guy all cooped up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I'm answering my own question...sort ofA co-worker of mine told me that this place was built in the late 70's and that the Houston Post interviewed the owner. She couldn't remember specific details. I would always notice this place while riding in the backseat of my parent's car as a kid. I just picture a spooky guy all cooped up I'm happy to report that this place survived Ike...at least for the most part! I was curious about any possible damages and made sure to catch a peek as I drove down 45 yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Ok so, I don't have any new info on this place, but I want to throw it back out there in the mix to see if anyone has new/additional info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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