5000 Montrose in Houston

5000 Montrose, Houston, Texas, Museum District 77006

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"Anonymity" is the key word here. 5000 Montrose has no neon lights. No sharp angles. Not even a sign out front. The people who live here are lawyers, politicians, judges, and others who tend to feel that part of their lofty power comes from being unreachable. A big brown anonymous high rise does just the trick. Even though it tries to hide from the common people on the ground with a thick canopy of trees, 5000 Montrose has certain features which make it stand out. First, are the elevators. They are glass like at a hotel, and a ribbon of glass runs up the north side of the building so you can admire the downtown skyline as you head home. The other is the circular balconies. The bottom floors are a parking garage – square, defining the building's foot print. The circular balconies on the corners above are a great trick to give people a 270-degree panoramic view and lots of space without increasing the size of the building's footprint. 5000 Montrose is one of the older residential blocks in the city. When it went up, people scoffed saying no one would pay hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars for a simple apartment. As usual, the critics were wrong and the building filled up.

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