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6 hours ago, swtsig said:

 

you may have seen an earlier rendering as there are two floating around... the initial one definitely had more of a wow factor but the current version was scaled back a bit. still a handsome looking building but less zaha hadid-ish if you will.

I get you, but Idk, I'm pretty sure I saw the most recent. If I remember clearly, the architect is HOK. 

Definitely not, this building sure is one of a kind. There's three tiers to this building and it's more of a rounder type of building. Hard to describe

What are those two cranes in the background for?

From the angle of the last picture, 609 Main looks like a razor blade.

Really like the new design.

2 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

Resized for a better look:

 

Is it me or do the buildings look like they were created in minecraft but with a texture/resource pack? 

Woooooooooooooowwwwww, that's great news!!!!

Crane came down over the weekend

The crane should be raised soon based on the picture.

13 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

Signage going up.

Beat me to it, I saw it too as I was at the Galleria today.

Man...I remember taking the picture of them installing the crane base as if it were yesterday...time flies...

Safety net is starting to go on the building. (Not sure what it's called, it's the same thing as what the Houston Club building had)

Crane is coming down

9 minutes ago, Timoric said:

Just looking at this picture, I had a question. Buildings have life when the windows are lit up at night. With all that steel at the top how will those levels look? It won't be dark will it?

I think that's where the LED's would be at. Maybe something like BHP Billiton's tower?

I have a pretty reliable source and they're still changing the design of the building due to financial problems, same happened with Astoria, what you guys seen up there isn't official yet. 

That's a cool looking building!

Good height for a building in Midtown! That's taller than the Catalyst

3 hours ago, nativehoustonion said:

To bad this one must of got cancelled. I don't think this will ever get built. 

We have until September...patience my friend...

1 hour ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said:

the workers installed the highest vertical piece of steel today on 609 Main.

 

we'll see a tree next week.

Nooooooo...higher! Higher!

2 hours ago, rechlin said:

Hasn't quite topped out yet.  The last floor appears to have been poured, but there is still rebar poking out of the south corner for the last wall:

 

Sorry, couldn't quite see that as I was heading home on I-10

Looks topped out to me