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State National Bank To Become Moxy Hotel By Marriott At 412 Main St.


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http://downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2014-01-06/140102_Current_Projects_11x17.pdf

This proposal has been on the development map for a while now, guess no one really noticed.

Anyway, the owner behind the plans recently asked the DRA to increase funding. I'm not sure if the building will be converted to residential or hotel use.

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Glad to finally see a morsel of information on this. Oh what I would give to have just one reporter in this town that might occasionally dig into public records, attend meetings, and, you know, report on development projects (beyond pulling press releases out of the email/off the fax machine. ) Urbanizer, you could be the person for the job.

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Anyone remember the first rave party in Houston was in the bank vault of this place? I think it was 1995 or maybe 1994; NEW WORLD (waaay before my time but some older friends told me about it in the early aughts).

 

I have been trying to figure out where I was ever since that night. I remember going into the vault. It was a crazy night. I think it must have been '95 or '96. I'm not really positive it was this building but I do remember going to a rave downtown in the mid 90s in a bank.  My memory of it was a more modern building than this. I remember a HUGE dance floor and escalators. I think people were smoking cigars in the bank vault.

 

Edit: I think this article mentions the one I went to. They claim 3200 people showed up.

 

http://www.houstonpress.com/1998-10-15/news/spun-from-the-underground/full/

 

 

Edit: I'm pretty sure that's it. I found some interior pictures of a bar that used to be there and it fits the layout I remember. It's much smaller than I thought though. Of course I had just moved from a small town to Houston 2 months earlier so everything seemed larger than life.

 

http://www.clubzone.com/c/63058/level-Houston

 

I had been trying to figure out where this was for years. Thanks.... :)

 

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Love these old skinny buildings. This may not get a ton of attention, but it's these type of buildings that people love to have around (Market Square anyone) that make up a good walkable urban area. The northeast is full of these types and what makes them so interesting and pedestrian friendly. We should be very thankful to this company.

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Actually that scaffolding has been there for weeks.  Also, early last week I saw a hanging platform (like that typically used for window washers, or like those they have been using on the Texaco building) on the southwest wall with men inspecting that wall.  So work has been going on for a little while already.

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Actually that scaffolding has been there for weeks.  Also, early last week I saw a hanging platform (like that typically used for window washers, or like those they have been using on the Texaco building) on the southwest wall with men inspecting that wall.  So work has been going on for a little while already.

Interesting. I had never noticed it and I'm surprised no one mentioned yet.

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