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  1. ^^^ JUST CONSTRUCT THE DAMN HOTEL ALREADY! actually, this is all that ROD needs at this all important point. everyone knows that a GREAT standout hotel brand is all that is badly needed within this particular district. (miami, new york, san fran, chicago, los ang) would have constructed their edifice by now. however, LETHARGIC ass houston seems to take forever and a day to accomplish this particular fete. GET IT DONE!
    5 points
  2. Thank you for bringing reason to this forum, people seem to fantasize that we can all just live off cute coffee shops or something lol..
    4 points
  3. I enjoy River Oaks District 100 times better than the Galleria.
    4 points
  4. 10 new concepts recently opened, coming soon to River Oaks District by mid-2022
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  5. Retaining wall forming for IB1. Going so fast! Good shot of the collaborative building.
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  6. Came home today and the crane is here! They also sent out a PDF of their operations for next week as steel starts to be delivered. 75047819_HETrafficControlforSteelDeliveries(Public).pdf
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  7. Metro OKs $22M deal to buy its first 20 electric buses, aims to start carrying passengers next year
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  8. Looks like they are busting out half the windows on the sides and all on the front, in preparation for demolishing that half to make the patio & parking lot. Also can confirm that they only removed half the roof
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  9. Signage is going on. I like the material behind the signage. Looks great!
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  10. @pokemonizepicIt will be Nova. From one of the Service Operations Meeting back on 11/11, “Request Board authorization for the President & CEO to execute a contract with Nova Bus (US) Inc. for the purchase of twenty (20) electric buses and chargers”. You can look at Nova's website to see what their electric buses look like.
    2 points
  11. I really like in that picture, you can see all of our skylines together-they don’t merge perfectly, but they form a continuous line that looks so cool. It looks like a huuuge megalopolis!
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  12. Architects usually do their best job. But they are almost always constrained by the client's budget. Or worse — they put together a fantastic plan that is within budget, only to find out later that the budget has been cut. I can't count the number of times I've seen some really good first rendering of a project "value engineered" into blandness.
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  13. I play at Toros HTX a couple times a week and I've noticed recently that this is starting to look pretty large and imposing from the soccer fields. It does a nice job, in conjunction with Buff Brew, framing the skyline. I've included a bonus picture of the artwork at Toros which features some of the best number 10's to ever play The Beautiful Game. If you've never been to Toros you should stop by, grab some coffee, and watch some soccer.
    2 points
  14. A new master-planned community is in the works for Mont Belvieu. It will be located on the intersection of FM 565 & FM 3360 In addition to housing, the developers are working to develop a town center, starting with upgrades to the existing municipal campus and the aid of city government. HBJ article: Master-planned community Riceland could triple Mont Belvieu population in Chambers County - Houston Business Journal (bizjournals.com) Rendering from article Also found a bit about the plan for the integrated and updated civic complex from the architect's website. Some renderings....
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  15. I hope they keep the building, love the architecture.
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  16. Huh. Not much out there now, but this cannot possibly be a healthy place to live.
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  17. From the 1957 (latest I can find with the information) directory on Ancestry.com, it was Smith Chevrolet:
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  18. So, I don't want to suggest this as a general policy. But I was basically ~ok~ with that during the worst of the pandemic you know? I still had drive to my mom's place weekly, you know? Her car is fu**ed up. I'd bring her groceries and stuff. And who was right there on my way? Memorial Dr. Randalls. Awesome store there.
    1 point
  19. Since I like analogies I'll use a football one again. Nick Saban, who is probably going to go down as the greatest head football coach, not just in Alabama, but in College Football as a whole. To this day, Saban has won 6 National Championships at Alabama, 1 with LSU, zero with the Miami Dolphins in the NFL, and zero with Michigan State. Clearly his best run as a coach has been with Alabama. No question about that, and I would assume that with his success at Alabama he will probably say that they best place he coached at was at Alabama. So does that mean he wasn't coaching his best at LSU? or Miami? or Michigan State? No. It highlights just how difficult it is to win, and be the best, and also the combination of factors it takes to be the best. It also tells the story that sometimes when one is at the their best or thinks what they are doing is the best it isn't enough in certain circumstances, or administration, etc... Its the same with architecture. In fact the link you posted if you don't zero in that one statement, which was actually said by the journalist even if Johnson said it once before, but you learn in that interview why he "saved" his best designs for Houston, and that was because of the relationship Johnson and Hines had with one another. It was a relationship that just worked and was quite magical. In those types of relationships anything can happen. No matter what design Johnson would have presented Hines, Hines trusted Johnson no matter what and that allowed Johnson to do more daring projects that also just so happened to be his best. This is also why I said we should have defined what constitutes as "best" are we talking global? In a particular context? At a particular point and time? In my opinion best isn't relative. Its very much based in context. Best also doesn't mean that just because things didn't work out with one client even when you were at your best doesn't mean you weren't doing your best. All that matters is if you were doing your best at that time at that place, and if it was best for that client and what they wanted. People also change, and evolve. Situations change. Tastes change. Circumstances change. Its way more complicated than just saying "Oh he said he saved his best designs for Houston, that must mean he didn't do his best for others". I KNOW THATS NOT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, but its the heart and soul of what is being said. If you are interested in the idea of "standard of care" look into it further because its very specific to time, place, context, client, circumstances, etc... Its not relative in the slightest. If Johnson satisfied his clients needs and gave them the best design that THE CLIENT wanted then thats all that matters, and maybe he showcased these other designs and were rejected by the client, like in my example that happened to me. Also look into the AIA code of ethics because its all centered on the architect, but more important their relationship with the client, the public, and the environment, and as long as they aren't intentionally delivering an inferior product or are leading their client down a wrong path and knowingly doing so then that is grounds for a violation. I don't believe from my knowledge of Johnson that this was ever the case. I don't remember ever hearing about a client that ever said...hey I wanted that design, and Johnson didn't show me that. Never heard of that. In my opinion, case closed. Not just per each circumstances, as Johnson was beloved by his clients, but also globally across his career. I'm I saying he never did anything wrong ever...no. What I'm saying is that he was not only a great architect in what the code of ethics calls for, but was also the standard by which Architects should practice. A high bar. His best designs where in Houston because his best client was in Houston that allowed him to be the best and what he did. Not exactly rocket science. For anyone on this forum that hasn't ever had to collaborate on a project or work with a client, or work with others to achieve a higher goal will never know how difficult it is to get what you want done done.
    1 point
  20. There was a big ol pile of dirt out there as well. That’s the technical term correct?
    1 point
  21. Looks like it. There really aren't any townhomes near here. Maybe Milby @ Menard are the closest ones? I really enjoy that there is a shared driveway with only one curb cut in the middle. Commercial has some momentum in this area, why not residential now? Only 500' from the light rail station.
    1 point
  22. In related news: 10 new concepts recently opened, coming soon to River Oaks District by mid-2022 Wow. Hopefully, Prada will relocate within The Galleria.
    1 point
  23. Large dumping of gravel pack at the East Riv Proj entrance road today - Just past Jensen bridge...let's go.
    1 point
  24. You can see the other slab of concrete already is being washed out from underneath. I know they haven't done it for budgetary purposes but they need to add a wall/bank along the Bayou there.
    1 point
  25. Many questions, is Dior leaving River Oaks District for the Galleria :( ? Is Prada leaving the Galleria/ Houston??
    1 point
  26. Pretty much what we are. I drive that way often to avoid the mess of I-45, and always want to stop and look, but the traffic is pretty rough going particularly with the massive increase in containers moving around! From the bridge - for folks who’ve never been - the skylines are closer than what the picture(s) depict.
    1 point
  27. Thank you both for your insights. I found the "standard of care" concept to be enlightening. To Luminare's comment that perhaps I should not have related this conversation since there was not sufficient context, I will say that the person who said these things didn't provide much context for their words and didn't seem to particularly care about how they were understood. I will ask though, do you think that Philip Johnson was being unethical when he said that he "saved all his best designs for Houston"? Take for example the Transco Tower. Johnson had seen a certain building from his office window, the Beekman Tower, and thought of designing a glass skyscraper with the same shape, probably long before getting the commission. He probably had other tall building commissions in other cities in the meantime, but saved this design for Houston. Was this unethical? Or take another design of his, the AT&T Building. This was arguably his most revolutionary design (some could argue Pennzoil Place) and he used it in New York. He probably wanted to build it in New York because it was the right setting for such a statement and would get the most attention there. Was he wrong in saving it for New York?
    1 point
  28. Real estate development firm Oxberry Group may have plans for 3800 Washington Avenue. It's the site of PrimeWay Federal Credit Union. A few weeks ago, Oxberry Group formed the entity 3800 Washington Avenue, LLC.
    1 point
  29. Office building grew in size from the renderings on page 2 https://hsuoffice.com/project/the-mill/
    1 point
  30. Maybe because they draw in other businesses. If a big chain sees potential in an area, other companies will follow. This isn't just a theory, it's how a lot of retail works. For example, when a new mall scores an Apple Store, other stores will fall all over themselves to get a space there, too. It's why retail real estate developers sometimes have fake almost-Apple Stores drawn into their renderings. It brings in interest from others. Back in my college marketing classes, we learned that one of the diner chains (Denny's, I think) famously did zero location research. It just built next to Holiday Inns whenever it could. It piggybacked off of the hotel's research.
    1 point
  31. I took my first stroll through the downtown tunnels today and came across a slice of the Hotel Cotton's facade preserved underneath 811 Main, which used to be in that location. There's a descriptive plaque nearby which reads, in part: It's funny, I was there at the demolition, and didn't put that event together with this location.
    1 point
  32. Crews have been very active at this site over the last few weeks. Drove by yesterday and there were new overhead doors being installed at the Rusk end of the property. They were also in the process of putting in a new, wider sidewalk.
    1 point
  33. Worth noting that the Colorado River in downtown Austin was a pretty unimpressive stream until a Houston company built a series of dams and created the lakes you see there now. As to the ports/warehouses in Houston, the city's early residents wanted a deep water port downtown and did their best to make it happen. It was the ticket to "world class" city status. They were only able to dig the ship channel so far, however.
    1 point
  34. Amlaham - The city is here because of the Port and the huge amount of revenue that it brings to the City and State. Not going anywhere, anytime soon.
    1 point
  35. Workers were out there this morning. I will see if I can snap a pic on my way home.
    1 point
  36. https://iondistrict.com/#section-3 https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/news/smart-city-district-gets-green-light-from-city-of-houston-7135
    1 point
  37. Back in the day, METRO used to have the 426 Swiftline route which was a semi-BRT route connecting Southeast TC with The Med Center....ran down OST and Holcombe. Maybe it would be a good idea to bring it back now that we have this going on :).
    1 point
  38. Temporary mobile crane with 250' boom says crawler crane to me.
    1 point
  39. You can still see the old Sears days on Apple Maps:
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  41. Correcting myself - it does in fact look like only the front section of the building (where parking would go) has had the roof removed.
    1 point
  42. Maybe East Downtown's old roofs suck? or maybe they won't support the infrastructure needed for commercial buildings?
    1 point
  43. Permits note Quanta Insurance Company Inc as occupant.
    1 point
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