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EllenOlenska

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  1. 2 hours ago, Purdueenginerd said:

     

    Foundation design on this building with the abundance of drilled piers and a matt foundation can mean a couple of things. One is that the soil may be not as great. Another issue is that if the building is tall and narrow, and "relatively" light, The wind uplift/overturning movement may be a governing load case which could require some of the piers to incur tensile loads. Concurrently the opposite side of the building will take more compression loads. 

    Love that good Purduenginerd stuff

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  2. 23 minutes ago, mollusk said:

    If they really wanted to be ambitious, they'd include some wildlife in the renders...

     

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    You're stealing my idea for Houston side raised (magical) bridle path lanes. 

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  3. 15 minutes ago, Subdude said:

     

    Yes, the Buffalo Bayou plan renderings were amazingly optimistic.  I don't think many people are going to want new apartments next to the jails.  

     

    The obvious name for the new island will be "Alcatraz".  

     

     

    The most ambitious Houston renderings outside of the 300 foot buildings that have glass atriums which open to the pierce elevated park.  

  4. My favorite thing about big ambitious non-building focused projects like this is the fake orange midrises they put everywhere. Once we build this nice park--waterfront midrises and charming Continental European malls are gonna pop up everywhere. 

    In the renderings, I mean. 

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  5. So, I'm youngish and there's some places I've been going to for my twenties that shut down recently and I'm sad about it and want to share here. One would be Happy Fatz on White Oak, they did a fancy hot dog and baked goods (cakes and cake balls and interesting pies), Italian sodas, fancy coffees and the like, and surprisingly good salads. I miss it. I also miss Pop & Pan the well reviewed and liked panini and popcorn place that shut down mysteriously a month or two ago. 

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