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cspwal

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  1. Union station actually became Minute Maid park - the front brick building is from the station, while the park and all the parking lots are made on the platforms and tracks out back. You are right on the trains having to back in/out - it was terminal station, not a nice through station like the Southern Pacific station (now the post office site)
  2. Update from this morning. Looks like they want to make sure everyone knows its a Skyhouse
  3. They're subcontracting it from the Block 334 guys
  4. New pictures of the Exxon campus with pictures of a suspended meeting center above the main entrance...it looks nerve wracking/awesome http://swamplot.com/snuck-preview-of-the-exxonmobil-campuss-energy-center-the-glass-front-gate-with-the-hovering-cube/2015-04-02/
  5. I'm wondering if they are charging high rent/being picky on who to rent to, or if there really is no interest
  6. With all the development going in just south of Greenstreet (2 sky houses of residential, the existing Houston house residential, and the block 334 construction workers) a good coffee shop is a must for the area. That being said, sometimes I do want to buy pants without driving somewhere.
  7. http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/news/article/Midtown-maps-out-vibrant-vision-to-promote-6171077.php Looks like we may be getting a ground breaking soon...
  8. The first spaceport built in New Mexico was intended for Virgin Galactic's spaceship one - which launches from a airplane mothership. Ellington would be perfect for this
  9. Good thing block 334 is only 5 stories - imagine if the same people were making a 30 story high rise
  10. It would be neat to replicate that camera angle now and have the two pictures side by side
  11. I have friends who moved to med center area from Kingwood and always talk about how they're now living downtown
  12. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/Things-you-should-know-about-that-high-speed-rail-6158903.php?t=2e1e746e8779b87a02&cmpid=twitter-premium#photo-7471355 Can someone explain to me why a high speed train down the current freight train corridor is such a huge deal? There's already a train there. Also, I think this editorial does articulate the con side argument well, but I doubt that the TCR rail would be only to Dallas and only for "elites" for long. Anyway, I would think Washington avenue would make more sense for a light rail than in that freight right of way, but that's a different topic...
  13. The block bordered by Rusk, Walker, La Branch, and Crawford. It's 1 block "north" of discovery green. http://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2010-04-07/Block_Numbering.pdf
  14. If they're putting the crane in the sidewalk, that would explain why they closed everything down
  15. Would there be a reason for them to demolish this building if they were not starting construction?
  16. Only in Houston could a 24 story building be considered "suburban looking"
  17. Was there any visible damage on the surface? Or am I just seeing the light rail wires...
  18. Why would the FAA have any say in Shenzhen? The FAA has to be notified about any tall structures not so much for approval but so that it can be included on aeronautical charts and when planning instrument approaches. I could see that if a tall building would interrupt one approach or the other, they would file a complaint, but in this age of GPS approaches, they can still do approaches that do the proper step downs while avoiding the taller obstacles (next time you're in downtown/midtown, watch for a Southwest plane on approach - it will be making turns - they're to avoid flying directly over obstacles such as downtown.)\ There is a low flying corridor due north of downtown (1500 ft) but it is only used in nice weather where you'll notice a giant building directly in front of you. I saw a rendering in another thread of the Chevron building with the crown looking like the Chevron logo - was that ever considered?
  19. If they don't build this center at all, what will happen to the land? Somewhere it was said that it was donated by the city
  20. It looks like they may be starting on the third floor now, even though the second floor isn't done yet
  21. If they wanted to go futuristic they could make it a monorail - and make a deal with Exxon or Chevron or someone to have it powered by natural gas or gasoline. Have there been many elevated rail projects in the past couple of years? I feel like its been all light rail all the time
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