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  1. Damn, I like your list more than mine now. I can't believe Post HTX and KBR/East River sites didn't come to mind for me, but you're right....there are so many justifiable candidates for this list. It's a very exciting time for our city, no doubt. I love how Houston has invested more and more into downtown over the last couple of decades. It's already a sea change in atmosphere since then, and it's only going to get better over time (at least for those of us who want a more urban atmosphere). Could not agree more with your take on McNair, KBR and Allen Pkwy developments, as well as HSPVA and Capital Tower. They made my list because I like their individual impacts downtown (again, hoping that the street/tunnel interaction is as good as advertised for the Capital Tower). I made my list based on the "criteria" of projects that have their own thread on this site, but I like how you alluded to lumping certain areas together. That allows for more room elsewhere for a seemingly more and more prestigious list by the day. Again....lots of deserving candidates. The 59 reconstruction project might have the biggest impact of all outside of TMC Research. It's going to have an enormous "trickle-down" impact on future development around the upcoming Innovation District and the Convention Center areas. Is the Pierce Elevated scheduled to be demolished? I sure hope so....excited to watch all of these projects unfold.
  2. LOL I knew I was forgetting at least one. Good catch!
  3. Great question....so many to choose from. My favorites would be: 1 - TMC Research Campus 2 - Sears building conversion to Houston's Innovation District 3 - MFAH expansion project 4 - Cayden's 3 towers for midtown 5 - McNair mixed use at Post Oak & Richmond (former design by Munoz + Albin) 6 - Hanover mixed use at 3540 W. Dallas 7 - Block 58 - Hines 47 story office building on old Houston Chronicle site 8 - The Allen mixed use at Allen Pkwy & Gillette 9 - Capital Tower (hoping street interaction will be as good as advertised) 10 - HSPVA Honorable mentions: 3300 Main Block 42 - Hines 46 story residential tower The RO at West Alabama & Buffalo Speedway Equinox Hotel and the residential tower in ROD Medistar 48 story mixed use tower in the med center The Driscoll (Hanover) Hanover Post Oak 40 story residential at 1660 Post Oak Hanover River Oaks La Colombe d'Or Hotel in Montrose * Would love to see the Grocers Supply, 7200 Main and Kingwood Herons projects happen.....but unless I'm missing something (which is quite possible, if not straight up "probable"), it seems like none of these are realistic in terms of happening this year. That's my "10."
  4. I always wondered why they bury power lines below the streets...why not below the sidewalks instead? Unless I'm missing something, "wasteful" would be an understatement. It also seems less likely that they would be subject to the conditions of their surroundings if they were buried properly. I could be wrong on that...just thinking out loud.
  5. The way our skyline was lit up at night during that time was awesome. I remember when the Super Bowl came here in 2004...the way the buildings were lit up all over the city was also really cool. It was mostly "Christmas light-ish," but different buildings were all different colors...as opposed to the normal yellowish-white colors. There was a lot of green, blue, orange, purple, yellow, red and white...and they were on seemingly every building over 10 or 12 stories in Uptown, Greenway Plaza and downtown. I can't remember if the med center was lit up like that or not, but now it has the best lighting at night of any of our skylines IMO. During the month leading up to that Super Bowl though, driving from downtown through Greenway Plaza and the Galleria area made me proud...like "I'm from H-town, bitches!"
  6. Holy crap...that could actually look worse than the Mercer.
  7. Haha...I may get on that bandwagon myself! In all seriousness, I think that most of our larger buildings downtown could accommodate stations/access to and from the 2nd floor of their lobbies. I'd love for Houston to have an elevated 45-65 MPH rail system connecting downtown to the suburbs and airports, and a subway network connecting downtown at least with the med center and galleria areas and with easy access to our tunnel system downtown. It was mentioned in the article linked above: http://www.archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=7645#.VechoIuwbhD
  8. Well that sure is a very "grown up" thing to say if I must say so myself...
  9. I love the idea of monorail (or some kind of commuter rail) going directly through the buildings above ground level.
  10. This one will actually be on the west side of 610, between the Landry's and Marriott buildings.
  11. Wow, I forgot all about that Simpsons scene....thanks for the laugh.
  12. Would love to bring some better street life to Post Oak with some CityCentre type development between Westheimer and the Uptown Park area (Ethan Allen/Grand Lux area, Container Store/Sports Authority area, Luby's/CPK area, Wells Fargo/Willie G's area, Fresh Market/Sovereign Bank/Randall's area and all the older apartment complexes lightly peppered throughout) mixed in with a few more towers. Uptown could potentially become a top destination in the world IMO if the retail/entertainment options are up to par. No doubt that we need better transportation serving the area...with no structural street intervention.
  13. The part of 610 between Ella and 290 has had ongoing construction since at least 2009 (and I think 2008). I remember a buddy of mine moving to North Dakota in 2009, and then calling me in 2011 and asking if that area was still under construction...and when I said "yeah," I could practically see him over the phone shaking his head. It's still not even close to being finished. The 610/I-10/290 interchange had its groundbreaking during the mega-drought in late July, 2011. The 290 to I-10 ramp was just completed a few months ago. http://www.guidrynews.com/11Gazette/21311August1Gazette.pdf Traffic has been backed up to and from 45 just about every day for hours because of this crap...there is absolutely no legitimate reason why it should take this long to finish this project, and many others around town for that matter. Sorry for derailing this thread...just wanted to clarify that.
  14. Could be a very nice water feature if they do it right...
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