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Highway6

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  1. Guess what... You aren't buying the Corolla or Lexus here.. You (The People) aren't buying anything. Changes always happen in the design process for any number of reasons. Renderings take time, Time is money. Clients don't give a hoot about updating the renderings months and months down the line to update and appease the masses.
  2. You're the expert... Do you actually think that location would be detrimental to leasing? Say the bldg moved 1 mile west to Shepherd... Better freeway access in exchange for worse freeway visibility and less walkable location. And this isn't I-10 past 8 where 99% of the traffic comes by freeway... its the heart of the city where people can come from every direction.
  3. There are several offices of comparable height near Richmond and Montrose and they do just fine with the freeway access. No Montrose exit doesn't equate to terrible freeway access. It's 3 min from the Shepherd exit and less from the Spur/Richmond exit. They'll be fine there.
  4. I've never heard of this firm... I didn't think it would be Houston based with a name like that. I was wrong. Most of their projects are in Europe and are rather nice. I think y'all are right about the NE corner based on that rendering. There is nothing over 3-4 levels along the submerged stretch of 59.. This is going to really stand out. Yeah. It is. Museum District instead of Montrose sounds more prestigious and if you are marketing class A office space, it makes sense.
  5. Didn't realize they had clearance issues .. gotcha.
  6. Thanks for the photos.. Are you talking 2 different places here? LRT only overpass - is this over the tracks between Altic and Wayside .... I thought this was the only place needing an overpass, I'm glad to see they are so far sticking with it. I'm not following what you are saying about Dowling. Harrisburg already goes under the tracks. Why wouldnt the rail follow suit?
  7. i actually do recall a chron article about hurricane damage taking out several buildings exterior lights.... could have been Ike. That being said... Ike may have taken some out, but it seems more likely the recession is keeping them out.
  8. I'm wrong about the viewing area at the ends of the corridor. It appears that the corridor will be windowless and that the two end units will indeed be suites, splitting that center curved window on the narrow end.
  9. Renderings are not contracts with the people. Haifers put way too much stock in renderings. Most renderings happen very early in the design process for the purpose of getting a client and investors excited, and to come up with a rough idea of what the finished product will look like. 6-12 months down the line when you're dealing with code issues, permitting issues, details, and getting construction documents out the door.. nobody cares about making sure the renderings are updated. Haifers should accept the fact that changes are guaranteed to happen and that 99% of finished projects will never match the renderings you see when a project is announced.
  10. Looking at the photo, each floor plate is your standard double loaded corridor. They don't have the floor plate size to get fancy. The hallway is running parallel to La Branch and Main with rooms on each side running parallel to Polk and Dallas. On the narrow end of the building, you are seeing the end of the corridor plus the long sides of the two end rooms. Think of the typical hotel room.. It's a long narrow rectangle. Your door is on one short end, your windows on the other. On the two long sides are all your furniture. This isn't a luxury hotel.. No corner suites with windows on 2 sides. Also, On the opposite side of the building facing the park, One of the matching flat window-less sides is going to be your emergency stairwell, which is typically found at the corners. This building will be boring and still 100x better than the Mercer. Actually, on the narrow side of the building, it appears the middle 1/3 will be glass. Obviously hallways arent that wide. I'm guessing the corridor will balloon out at the ends to give an expanded viewing area... which will be nice. It could be a lot worse.
  11. Yeah.. had just found it myself Google street view Dedicated photographer... he had to have been pulled over in the emergency lane on the Eastex to get that shot.
  12. Thanks for updating us with Photolitherland's shots... they're always great. What and where is this building in the foreground? It's NE of downtown, but I'm just not finding it on googlemaps. Anyone ?
  13. Chevy commercial. Saw this on ESPN - MLB just now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTXHTtAmW04 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTXHTtAmW04
  14. Too bad nobody thought to line Kirby Dr with Oak Trees 20-30 years ago........
  15. Citation Not Needed. If I could have remembered where I read that tidbit, I wouldn't have needed to include the "accuracy of its truthiness" and the (I forget). Take it or Leave it Ricco! I don't give a damn.
  16. Interesting Trivia that I have no clue to the accuracy of its truthiness: The Astroworld Bridge over 610 is the only instance in either the state or country (I forget) where a privately owned bridge was allowed over an Interstate.
  17. Citizen4rmptown... Excellent Photo !! That shot gives Trey a run for the money !!
  18. I've never seen a place that has the fries inside the gyro.. Where in town are they like that ? I've never considered the fries instrumental to the gyro..
  19. Never had the shawarmas here, I assume they have them.. but the gyros are pretty damn good... The Greek Gas station on Richmond... http://www.datasegura.net/~ekkosdel/ It used to be called Stelios.. but now it goes by Ekko's...... Better than Niko Niko's anyways.
  20. Though I didn't have a camera on me, I did see some of the access improvements going on while biking. At the point in the trail where it travels under Memorial for about 100 yards.. Right here... On the Western end, they have been building a rather nice curved stone wall under Memorial. It appears they will be adding a trail running along the North side of Memorial from this point to Montrose in order to connect connect the new bridge with Montrose and the existing trail system.
  21. I agree an outdoor shopping area would be popular today.. with the consumers. I never said otherwise. I said it wouldn't be remembered so fondly today if it weren't for the hippies and the "cool" factor they attached to it. By today's architectural standards, Westbury Square should have been universally hated. It was in the suburbs. It was contrived. It was a Hollywood set.... The same reasons that today nobody with an Inner Loop mentality would consider Vintage Park, Sugarland Town Square, or Pearland Town Center architectural gems or cool places to go. Vintage Park = Boring, Fake Vintage Park plus Hipster Infiltration = Awesomeness
  22. Westbury Square was before my time, so I admit my perspective may be skewed.. I'm guessing if the counter-culture/hippie component hadn't have latched on to the place, nobody would give a damn about Westbury Square today. Certainly it wouldn't have maintained the aura of cool that it has. By today's standards... it's suburban and a faux disneyworld lifestyle center... everything Urbanistas hate. I understand that this outdoor concept was pretty ahead of its time for Houston .. but still, would it have still maintained this aura and reputation without the hippies.. I doubt it. Props for the well done video however.. Good job.
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