Jump to content

SunKing

Full Member
  • Posts

    95
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by SunKing

  1. Interesting article - thanks for the link!
  2. FYI - probably one of the best websites for Astroworld information is: http://www.sixflagshouston.com/ ...it has everything you want to know - and then some!
  3. That is the coolest webcam I've ever seen. ...archives from every day, weather, map - and Timelapse!
  4. My wife and I had our rehersal dinner at the Petroleum Club (back in '95). While it is somewhat dated, it's still a beautiful place with some of the best views of Houston. Because of this personal connection with the building - I voted 'Love it'.
  5. Congratulations PUSH!! I just read that additional funding was recieved - and the project is going full steam ahead! http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4904553.html
  6. Nice pics - thanks. I went with my wife and 6yr old daughter to see Hanna Montana yesterday. OMG - it was PACKED!! Your pics of the carnival look almost empty compared to how it was yesterday. ....crazy!
  7. That would be awesome - thanks. It's a perfect view of the site.
  8. Very nice pics Boris - I enjoyed looking at all of them.
  9. As a native Houstonian (born in 1964) - I have many fond memories of Astroworld. Yeah, the park did go downhill in it's final years - but for me - it was always magical. FYI - I think the best and most informed explanation as to why Astroworld was closed can be found here: http://www.saveastroworld.com/
  10. Interesting discussion. ...but jeez, now I know why this thread is 33 pages long.
  11. Interesting article - give a very optomistic picture of downtown development: Apartment occupancy in downtown is 89 percent, according to data gathered in the spring by Central Houston, a group that promotes downtown revitalization. That's up from 83 percent the year before. With the top-class office vacancy rate now at less than 10 percent, developers are moving forward with residential projects to capture some of the anticipated demand. Another developer is proposing to buy and renovate the long vacant Texaco Building with more than 400 residential units.
  12. GREAT thread!!! I've got a couple suggestions (will try to get pictures myself if no one beats me to it). 1) If my research is correct, the oldest building still standing in Houston is located at 813 Congress (LaCarafe) built around 1845. 2) Second oldest building - the Travis Building (TreeBeards) built around 1870 3) Annunciation Church - dedicated in 1871. 4) The Cotton Exchange Building - built in 1885.
  13. No, I think y'all have mis-understood each other. The signs that MidtownCoog are talking about are downtown big circular signs with N.S.E.W. marked at each quarter circle. They are situated so that main street 'appears' to run directly North/South, and Congress 'appears' to run directly east/west. Of course, looking at a map you can see that the downtown streets don't run directly north/south. So those circle signs are a bit skewed. And yeah, that is a bit lame IMHO.
  14. Awesome post! Thanks isuredid.
  15. Indeed - those were some great pics! You did a really great job of capturing the activity of downtown in some shots, while others focus on the architecture...good stuff 2112.
  16. Thanks folks. No, there isn't any 'public' viewing area - I work there. Well, not on that floor. 47 is undergoing revovation (mostly empty). I just had an opportunity to snap a few pics.
  17. With all that I have recieved, I figured it was about time I contributed a little something back to these forums. I took these from the 47th floor of the 1600 Smith building (Continental Center). I wish the weather was better that day, but I hope y'all enjoy regardless.
  18. AMEN!! Yep, it's a sad day for freedom. Forget letting the market, and private business owners make decisions about how they will run their business. ...makes me glad I live outside of the city limits now. Oh, and I don't smoke either - I'm just against this on principle alone. A necessary evil - like cars. You ever tried jogging in Memorial park, down Memorial between 4 and 6 pm? The amount of exhaust fumes you breath in can give you a headache. Maybe we should look at some type of automobile ban. Oh, and all those petrochemical plants that fuel our economy...well, do really think second hand cigarette smoke is worse?
  19. Taken directly from the website http://www.discoverygreen.com/index.asp: "And why the color red for the word green? Applying the universal language of color, red stands for vitality and energy. Because it is the color of that which flows through our veins, it's recognized as the color of life itself -- a critical element to any park. The use of red is unexpected. Like Discovery Green -- like Houston for that matter -- it's unique... a little adventurous, a little magical, a little unusual and quite a bit of a surprise." ...jeez, who writes this stuff?
  20. Funny, I don't see your name on the Contributors list: Partners and Contributors Discovery Green's generous partners and contributors. Major Founding Donors The Brown Foundation, Inc. $10,000,000 Houston Endowment Inc. $10,000,000 Kinder Foundation $10,000,000 Wortham Foundation $5,000,000 Major Donors Anheuser-Busch Foundation $1,500,000 The Fondren Foundation $1,500,000 The Cullen Foundation $1,500,000 John P. McGovern Foundation $1,500,000 Fayez Sarofim $1,000,000 Bonnie and David Weekley $1,000,000 The Williams Stmps Farish Fund $1,000,000 Significant Donors Bracewell & Giuliani LLP In-kind James A. Elkins, Jr. Family $500,000 Cherie and Jim Flores $500,000 Rockwell Fund,Inc. $500,000 Vinson & Elkins LLP In-kind Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lindsey $325,000 Cemex, USA In-kind The Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation $250,000 Cornelia and Meredith Long $250,000 H. John and Diane M. Riley $250,000 Waste Management, Inc. $250,000 Kelly and Lily Kinder $200,000 Maconda Brown O'Connor $175,000 Merrill Lynch & Co. $150,000 Cooper Industries $100,000 Harriet and Joe Foster $100,000 The Houston Astros $100,000 CenterPoint Energy $100,000 Robert R. and Kay M. Onstead Foundation $100,000 Scurlock Foundation $100,000 The Matthew and Ellen Simmons Family $100,000 Susan Vaughn Foundation $100,000 Devon Energy Corporation $75,000 Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP/The Kayser Foundation/The Love Foundation $51,000 E. Rudge Allen Family $50,000 Compass Bank $50,000 Charles C. Foster $50,000 Hagstette Family $50,000 Ann Lents and J. David Heaney $50,000 Frank J. Hevrdejs $50,000 The Powell Foundation $50,000 Lynda and Bill Transier $30,000 Weil, Gotschal & Manges LLP $30,000 Burguieres Family Foundation $25,000 Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. $25,000 JS Martin Associates L.P. $25,000 Tessie and Dudley Crosswell/Mandey and Ginger Elsenbrook/Winston Gibson/Abbey and Issie $25,000 McGee/Moet and Chandon Thomas $25,000 Beverly and Staman Ogilvie $25,000 Scott E. Rozzell $25,000 Chris and Don Sanders $25,000 Louisa S. Sarofim/The Brown Foundation, Inc. $25,000 Trinidad Mendenhall Sosa $25,000 Greg and Gretchen Tharp $25,000 Wachovia Securities $25,000 Wells Fargo $25,000 The West Endowment $25,000 Donors AIM Investments $20,000 Goldman Sachs $15,000 Virginia and L.E. Simmons Foundation $15,000 The Coneway Family Foundation $10,000 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP $10,000 Cushman & Wakefield $5,000 Susie and Joe Dilg $5,000 Patti and Richard Everett $5,000 Katie and Pat Oxford $5,000 Roy Huffington $1,000 Pavers Sheryl Johns $800 Memorials and Honorariums Sheryl Johns $800 George P. Mitchell $500 Houston Architecture Foundation $500 Nancy Kinder $250 Pam Brasseux $100 Sara Cizik $100 Peggy Menchaca $100 Nancy Pittman $100 TOTAL $48,109,450 Campaign Goal $52,000,000 Amount to Raise ($3,890,550) Sure, maybe the name could be better, but for the most part I agree - I think this is a great thing for downtown. I'm really surprised at all of these negative comments.
×
×
  • Create New...