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  1. everything looks finished for the most part, just a bit of the landscaping left
    6 points
  2. some pictures of caroline st from yesterday
    4 points
  3. Lone Star Saloon just opened again this week.
    4 points
  4. The Laura Hotel, Autograph Collection opened its doors on Tuesday, becoming downtown Houston's newest hospitality offering. Named after the steamboat Laura, which ferried the original developers of Houston, the 223-room, 21-floor hotel was imagined as a modern take on Bayou City history. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Take-a-look-inside-The-Laura-Hotel-in-downtown-16770517.php https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/houkd-the-laura-hotel-autograph-collection/
    4 points
  5. 4 points
  6. This has a similar lighting system as the Omni Dallas, it was only on the west and south sides last night FullSizeRender.mov
    4 points
  7. DC Partners had a topping out ceremony for the 35 story Residences at the Allen on the 13th. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2022/01/14/dc-partners-the-residences-at-the-allen-tops-out.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=ae&utm_content=ho&ana=e_ho_ae&j=26374064&senddate=2022-01-14
    4 points
  8. Good grief, that roofline is hideous. It needs some sort of visual massing at the top. As is, it looks like someone got halfway through their Sketchup render and figured "eh, good enough" and just quit before finishing. It looks like it got decapitated.
    3 points
  9. Damn, that makes 7 Marriott’s off Main in Downtown. Think they need to expand to Midtown. A Moxy could do well in Midtown.
    3 points
  10. Well I don't remember there being a lake on site, so I guess thats progress?!
    3 points
  11. 2 points
  12. The architects have spent considerable time researching the original Leonard Gabert design in order to restore it correctly. And the new addition on the south side will be very sympathetic to the original design. All good.
    2 points
  13. Per this Chronicle article: "DC Partners declined to name the retail tenants, but state permitting documents suggest New Evolution Fitness, a company started by two former 24 Hour Fitness executives, is planning to open in the project. Permits describe a roughly 37,000-square-foot fitness center opening in spring 2022." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Sweeping-views-unique-design-marks-35-story-16777118.php#photo-21920152
    2 points
  14. 2 points
  15. A hotel near Midmain would be a great location. That area has cleaned up fairly quick since they blocked the area under 59 and most of the area under the spur.
    2 points
  16. Shhhhh....Don't tell him. I actually fail to see how that's a bad thing? Part of the reason suburban sprawl is what is, is because the states and federal governments have long been subsidizing its growth. Actually forcing developers to pay for their developments seems like it might actually go a long way to slowing that trend. The answer is obvious. We'll take the money because it is our tax dollars too, just like Texas has always taken earmarked dollars, just like every other state. People may heehaw about the billions of dollars in spending that will almost certainly be waisted but they'll take the money all the same and heehaw about it later. And yet the city still functions as it should and millions still move here, tens of thousands more coming every year. One wonders why if infrastructure was really that bad.
    2 points
  17. ^^^ OMG, a fantastical lighting system in place and it's not even fully constructed yet? no way!
    2 points
  18. Permit issued for the parking garage foundation work.
    2 points
  19. OK, so the architect just posted this image today — design on some parcels may be in flux (as we should expect), so we’ll see how it ultimately shakes out. Regardless, what a stunning campus, and the colors really pop in this rendering! I agree with @tangledwoods in that the biotech hub is built for proximity, views and experience from within the DNA necklace parks. It’ll be like a little city abuzz with activity. Perhaps Levit Green, close to 288, can optimize design for highway views. @monarch, I hear you regarding the positioning. Remember that the hotel was previously shown with curvature, and the curved residential tower sat on top with views looking down the park strand. Regardless of placement, residents couldn’t get any closer to the action.
    2 points
  20. Have you seen any of the renderings elsewhere in this thread from the landscape architect? A HUGE focus of this project is the central helix spine and the site hardscape / landscaping is going to be dope. Imagine the rooftop of POST but ground level surrounding by tall curving glass buildings. Now if you are driving down Old Spanish Trail or Braeswood, this will likely end up looking a bit vanilla but the project isn't really designed for those big external views it seems to be fairly inward looking (in my non-architect opinion).
    2 points
  21. I think end of year is the target for the land bridge to be open.
    2 points
  22. https://www.vogue.com/article/the-most-anticipated-restaurant-openings-of-2022/amp
    2 points
  23. Nice detail in today’s Elkus Manfredi TMC3 rendering post on Twitter. Lots of trees 🌳 Additionally, note on Parcel B the placement of both University of Houston and Texas A&M signage. The slightly twisted tower design on Parcel F also seems new. This campus view has often been displayed as a night shot, but perhaps this daytime rendering from the architect hints at the current vision.
    2 points
  24. Have a friend who is staying at The Laura tomorrow night before the marathon. Will try to get a trip report. I told him to keep a look out for anything that says HA or Alessandra.
    1 point
  25. Well showing is always better than telling. Ironically TCR can't show anything because tellers won't allow them to show because they think (the tellers) that TCR (those that want to show) are the real "tellers". Imagine being stuck in this crazy circular loop of nonsense: TCR: Your honor we are a railroad, but how can we prove it if our opponents keep suing us preventing us from building it in the first place Opponents: Ha see your honor! They just admitted that they aren't a railroad because they don't have any tracks yet. TCR: Then stop suing us and we will get to work building our railroad Opponents: No we won't because we don't think you are a railroad because you don't have any tracks. TCR: We will have tracks if you just let us be. Opponents: But you aren't a railroad company, so how can we trust you to lay track because if when you do lay down tracks then you will have to be recognized as a railroad and we don't want that. TCR: ...what?
    1 point
  26. Isn't the famous quote "If you're explaining, you're losing"? I feel like that fits this pretty well.
    1 point
  27. This is an example of "concept creep" which happens when small or minor shifts in semantics ends up pushing or expanding the boundaries of a defined concept, idea, word, etc... If River Oaks is the place that many people want to be, but the space available is limited then overtime you will have those on the periphery who will then attempt to link themselves with River Oaks by simple association just so they can say they "live in" River Oaks. Over time as more and more people start naming themselves as River Oaks the boundary that once was the actual River Oaks begins to be diminished. As the name River Oaks expands the name will get further diluted over time to a point where nobody really understands what River Oaks even means anymore, and its at that point you would then start to see a shift or change. Its a natural and emergent phenomena that's really interesting once you look into it.
    1 point
  28. Traditionally, when your opponents arguments come down to semantics that not exactly a good sign. Also when your opponent continuously has to keep moving the goal post in effort to claim victory, that also isn't a good sign. When you have to push the courts to "fix" a definition of what is defined as a "railroad" in order to keep your narrative going, that is also not a good sign. We have seen this play out in my spheres over the past few years. It doesn't matter what side of any issue, or whatever tride is pushing whatever narrative. When you see these sorts of points playout and stack up, the side that is at this point usually loses.
    1 point
  29. Part 1 of 4: A Temporary Victory for High-Speed Rail in the Lone Star State
    1 point
  30. You know damn well that the major cities in Texas will not see a single cent of that money. All of it will be funneled to rural areas because that is where the state governments voter base is and “big city bad.”
    1 point
  31. Thank you for posting, I just watched the whole thing, and I still think TX Central is going to prevail. It seems like the landowner's case is just so thin here. I also think TX Central's attorney came across much stronger here. I don't know how TX Supreme Court will rule, or how TX Central is gonna raise the cash, but still interesting to see the result.
    1 point
  32. Tx Supremes hear arguments on high speed rail
    1 point
  33. I don't understand the top. I don't mind the materials change but it feels like it requires setbacks or a pitched roof or something. Overall, it's the best Davis building I've seen rendered. I'd actually really like it if it was all painted brick and simpler.
    1 point
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