tigereye Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Good lord that parking garage on the right is hideous.Should be interesting to see what 1110 Main Partners LP does with the Macy's Garage/Americana Bldng site once work finishes on 1111 Travis. They own both blocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 The garage hasn't been cleaned in eons, which isn't helped by the pigeons that love to roost on its ledges. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Downtown is filled with hedious garages. There is one on both sides of the tower at market square. Southern downtown has a lot. There are some that are decently disguised, such as the Y, chase, the one that got demoed to build commerce tower want bad, but for the most part they are hedious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted May 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2015 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 ^^^ fantastic job hindesky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Wow I didn't realize just how nice this building will be. It's going to add some nice street presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted May 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2015 It's got curves. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 ^^^ it has curves, and you have talent! outstanding job hindesky.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I really like the glass on this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Man if this thing was like 40 stories plus it would be spectacular, but none the less it's still great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 1111 Travis by Marc longoria, on Flickr 1111 Travis by Marc longoria, on Flickr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 A great little addition to the dense north view on I-45. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astros148 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 This would have been the perfect spot for a super tall 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Where is the best place for a super tall now? Where is the gap that would be nice to fill too?On Main, between Leeland and Clay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Where is the best place for a super tall now? Where is the gap that would be nice to fill too? One block South of One Park Place or the block bound by Milam, Clay, Travis, and Bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 ill play.. - for the sake of having our own little slice of NYC, 212 Milam.. the northwest corner of Market Square Park where the single story Chase bank is. it would be to Market Square what 432 Park Ave or Nordstrom Tower are to Central Park, but without blocking any of the sunlight. - on a portion of the Bayou Place plot if/when they tear that down/redevelop it for the Theater District Master Plan. - unlikely, as Houston likes to use full blocks for large skyscrapers, but something like a Nordstrom Tower on the Sakowitz site. it would make for an amazing anchor to the Retail District. - the block between the Texaco Building, and HSPVA, between Capital and Rusk. google maps shows its some sort of Post Office and military entrance processing station. seems pretty underutilized for a downtown block.. especially one straddled by two light rail lines, right next door to the Central Station East/West stations. and i would imagine they could possibly get a tunnel connection by means of the Texaco building or another neighbor to the west.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 - unlikely, as Houston likes to use full blocks for large skyscrapers, True, but or tallest doesn't actually take up the whole block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 the block bound by Milam, Clay, Travis, and Bell. This is from that block: You can see a little of 1111 Travis in there 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 There is a huge chunk of the street missing next to this building, works that be related to the tunnels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 There is a huge chunk of the street missing next to this building, works that be related to the tunnels? They are tearing the heck out of Dallas Street nearly down to Disco Green to get to something underground, I presumed utility work of some sort. Macy's/Foley's had a tunnel connection to both the old Foley's garage across Travis and to 1000 Main, I presume that these will open back up once the building is open for business. The old tunnel entrances were retained during all of the foundation work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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j_cuevas713 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 ^^^^^ An iconic tower would be awesome right there on that parking lot ^^^^^ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 ^^^^^ An iconic tower would be awesome!I fixed it for you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 What that cube like building in front of 1111 travis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 What that cube like building in front of 1111 travis? Travis Place garage. It has 2 floors of office space on the top with a gym taking up part of one of them. It may have a big chunk of its space committed to Kinder Morgan, but I don't think they own it outright. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Damn that's a nice garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) ^^^^^ An iconic tower would be awesome right there on that parking lot ^^^^^ Your wish almost came true ...decades ago. That parking lot pic was taken from was the Bank of the Southwest Tower site. Edited June 6, 2015 by tigereye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mfastx Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Gosh that tower would have been the perfect downtown centerpiece... get a little sad everytime I see that old rendering lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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