GovernorAggie
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GovernorAggie last won the day on January 17 2011
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Hess Tower: Office Skyscraper At 1501 McKinney St.
GovernorAggie replied to Ethanra's topic in Downtown
I wonder if there were tons of birds getting killed by the turbines...- 1,031 replies
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Now they're just showing off with Wells Fargo Solid bright white on Thursday, half green and half red last night, and all red tonight. I guess Mostyn Law Firm finally came through on WF's Ike insurance claim, lol.
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811 Main: Office Skyscraper At 811 Main St.
GovernorAggie replied to houstonfella's topic in Downtown
The crowning fins are finally lit! Very nice!!- 1,200 replies
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Embassy Suites By Hilton Houston Downtown At 1515 Dallas St.
GovernorAggie replied to ricco67's topic in Downtown
Agreed. Much like the 100% blank wall on the new Ballet Center and to a much lesser extent the Hess Tower parking garage. Both have smaller tracts remaining on their blocks for add'l development.- 956 replies
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811 Main: Office Skyscraper At 811 Main St.
GovernorAggie replied to houstonfella's topic in Downtown
Part of the north facing fin/crown at the top of the building has been lit at night over the last week or so. Testing maybe?- 1,200 replies
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It would seem so. That crane is HUGE and Fannin is closed in from of the building.
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Mickey Leland Federal Building At 1919 Smith St.
GovernorAggie replied to lockmat's topic in Downtown
Wow! That looks great! I would think that this is a go, ARRA since stimulus money is behind it. https://www.fbo.gov/...b=core&_cview=1 It looks like $100-$120 Million worth of work!! Projected Completion is May 2014. -
This. Reading through this thread, it's clear to me that people ARE trying their best to veil at least some deep feeling against Walmart because it's Walmart. The more pro-active thing would have been to try to get an audience early on in hopes of getting design input. They've done it in other places, why should this location be different. Furthermore, HEB is plopping a store in an even more constrained location, but they seem to have bought everyone's happiness by working with the neighbrhood on potential designs. HEB's coffers is nowhere near that of Walmart's but it will build two of the company's most expensive stores per square foot (Buffalo Speedway and Dunlavy) in unzoned Houston on non-deed restricted plots of land. But the neighborhood around the HEB set the tone by not being as much against HEB as much as they had the attitude that "we heard you were coming, can you please at least build something that fits within this area." Then again, people don't mind HEB. The same approach should be taken with Walmart. I personally think that it will be a visual upgrade to what's already along the south side of the Katy Freeway in that area anyway. I also answered the poll--"I live within 3 miles of this location and WILL shop at this Walmart." Why? Because Target's items are limited on the things a like to buy--for example my preferred brand of Excedrin. And their prices on items that you can buy at 2 am are better than at CVS or Walgreen's or Kroger. And I liked Walmart's Chinese-made porcelain plates more than I liked Target's (however I did like Target's Chinese-made silverware more than I liked Walmart's).
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Is it just me or do these scenes look Silent Hill-ish?
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I haven't read through all the details yet but I did notice that they were trying to account for the market impacts of 600+ new rooms that were supposed to come online via the Sheraton Lincoln/Omni renovation that never happened, the Hampton Inn that never happened, and the Staybridge Suites that never happened.
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Hess Tower: Office Skyscraper At 1501 McKinney St.
GovernorAggie replied to Ethanra's topic in Downtown
The crown's lights were on again tonight. Looks great!- 1,031 replies
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GreenStreet: Mixed-Use Development At 1201 Fannin St.
GovernorAggie replied to MontroseNeighborhoodCafe's topic in Downtown
Two of the larger spaces in HP have A LOT of construction going on inside of them. You can see it from the doors being left open. I can't remember where there are exactly on the site plan, but they are two of the anchor-sized spaces!! -
One of the structures is going up now.
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Double-you-oh-double-you.