Dakota79

On 2/20/2024 at 10:38 PM, j_cuevas713 said:

Start now. CM Castillo spoke tonite at the Heights SN meeting. He said he will continue to hold Whitmire accountable for his actions. He talked about the lack of transparency and asked that each of us email the mayor about Houston Ave. He stressed that that's the only way he can have the leverage necessary to continue speaking on the issue. He also reaffirmed that people are not happy about the way the mayor handled this. The vast majority of Houstonians want these safety improvements. Let me be clear, all roadway projects are threatened at the moment. That includes Phase 2 of Shepherd/Durham, 11th St, North Main, etc. Take 5 minutes and let him know you are not happy. 

What is the best way to email the mayor? I doubt he would even read an email. It is infuriating that they don't want to make us into a city that is more livable! All anyone has to do is go to the Heights Bike trail to see the hundreds of people biking, walking, roller blading etc to see how successful it can be. The Heights is probably one of - if not the best - example of what a neighborhood can be. The surge in prices there prove that people want to get out of their cars at least once they get home from work.

2 hours ago, cityliving said:

That looks massive!

Those are great shots

On 12/10/2023 at 11:23 AM, cityliving said:

I love your photos. Thank you for sharing them.  How many stories will this be?

54 minutes ago, hindesky said:

"Service Corp. International, the Houston-based funeral services giant, is expected to begin construction next year on a $150 million headquarters after the Downtown Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday authorized as much as $13.8 million in reimbursements for flood mitigation work at the site. 

SCI's new tower, being developed by Hines, will be built at the former site of KHOU-TV studios, 1945 Allen Parkway, next to SCI's current offices. The roughly 900 employees will continue to work at the existing tower — which has been flooded several times — until the new building is finished."   

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/sci-new-hq-at-former-khou-site-18550338.php

I wish it was taller. It's so depressing to go to Austin and see all those tall buildings under construction.  We haven't had anything over 60 stories since the 80's.. Sigh.

10 hours ago, emmanume said:

What’s everyone’s thoughts on the Allen’s new light scheme? Definitely a showpiece at night

I like it but it is a bit bright. 

On 9/8/2023 at 9:06 PM, Montrose1100 said:

It’s Lit!

On 9/25/2023 at 3:25 PM, DotCom said:

Confirmed this is the architect and their design.  The portfolio says the drawings are 90-100%

21 hours ago, Mark Resident said:

How could it possibly be cost effective or even strategic to knock down these buildings? What would they use the land for? Thanks to changing work habits people are working from home more frequently resulting in vacant office space everywhere. No reason to build bigger and better if there is no demand for the office space.

I think they could tear down the garages and build taller ones and add apartments above those still leave the office buildings. 

I hate that we haven’t had anything over 50 or so built since the 80’s in Houston. 

1 hour ago, HoustonBoy said:

I keep forgetting this building is under construction. This thing is going to stand out like crazy on Allen Parkway - love it

How tall will it be 

Now if they would just tear down that hideous Wells Fargo.  Ugh.

On 8/26/2022 at 7:02 PM, hindesky said:

Yes, I posted it at the topic but here is the link.

https://www.southeastern.company/portfolio/montrose-houston/

I thought there would be high rises there. Too bad.

Ugh! Now Dallas and Austin will have taller buildings than us.

On 11/17/2019 at 6:22 PM, db650 said:

I like it. I just wonder what the finished product will look like.

Like all of his projects.  Cheap and "Vegasy" (not a word, I know but you get the drift)

On 11/4/2019 at 2:42 PM, j_cuevas713 said:

For some reason Bill King thinks this was a waste of money... MORON

 The best thing about this photo is the soon to be hidden Cosmopolitan.

On 7/17/2018 at 9:00 AM, Luminare said:

will be interesting if they ask to decommission that part of Cameron St. that is at the back end of the property. Not exactly of any use anymore. Probably better to turn that into a smaller alley way into whatever garage they will put under the building.

 I have never heard of that street. I need to drive by! I think the apartments next door use it to access their garage, so I can't imagine it being abandoned. 

http://swamplot.com/corner-of-westheimer-and-revere-now-has-a-higher-residential-calling/2018-07-1

No one on here knows what is happening with this? Yikes!

I am sure this is somewhere on the going up, but I couldn't find it. Does anyone know how tall the new complex will be? I would guess Avalon Diner will be next to go.

Great news for that part of Westheimer.  On a side note, someone I know got their car broken into while at Good Night Charlies when parked on Ralph.  Too bad people don't just work for a living rather than steal!  I hope there is enough parking for all of this.  Very nice concept, and the developer has a great eye for detail.

On 6/2/2018 at 1:04 AM, Twitter1 said:

Trump was staying at St. Regis a few days ago. The freeways were shut down for his motorcade. Spent nearly an hour on the 610 feeder! Took this photo during the hour long wait.

 Too bad The Wilshire wasn't about 10 stories taller.  It would have looked better instead of the stair stepping down in height between these 3 buildings.  Meanwhile, the lady in red is saying "I'm late for my shift to Target!"

On 6/2/2018 at 7:05 AM, CaptainJilliams said:

Any word on if that plot of land next to Robbins Brothers is going to be utilized for some kind of development in the near future? 

Whatever is built on this land will likely block the views of the galleria skyline from all 3 of those buildings.  

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2018/06/01/288149/work-starts-on-billion-dollar-project-to-replace-houston-ship-channel-toll-bridge/amp/

This may not be the right place for this, but how nice to have a bridge with design elements. It should be able to be seen from near downtown.