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  1. Subdude
    In the pictures it does look tacked on, like it was found somewhere else and just shoved up against the Chase Tower.
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    There was briefly rail service from the downtown Amtrak station to Galveston in the 1990s. Unfortunately, it seems that demand wasn't there since it didn't last too long.
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    It's interesting. Low ceiling heights have also been given as an explanation for why the old Holiday/Days Inn could not be renovated, and the Sheraton-Lincoln before that. It must be that people in the 1960s were tiny, compared to the giants that walk among us today.
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    Wow. This brings back a lot of memories. Some of us are still hanging around from HAIF v1, before the great hack brought that down. That was a sad day. Wayne, thanks for all your support on HAIF over the years.
  5. Subdude
    What does FF stand for?
  6. Subdude
    I'm not sure it was "legendary".
  7. Subdude
    It was a pretty major redo that supposedly would make it better for gatherings, but it was poorly reviewed from the start.
  8. Subdude
    I think they got as close as possible to the original interior, bypassing some unfortunate 1960s redos.
  9. Subdude
    I think it is unfortunate, but probably inevitable. They've had their eyes on the theater site for many years now.
  10. Subdude
    Let's be careful on using terms like "racist". That is going to start fights pretty quickly. Thanks.
  11. Subdude
    Me too, but I would imagine that no one is going to be jumping into any major construction like this until the economic situation is more clear.
  12. Subdude
    Inevitable one supposes, but I'm always sorry to lose some of these older buildings.
  13. Subdude
    Those bring back memories - thanks for posting!
  14. Subdude
    That basketball dome still sticks in my mind.
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    WTI went negative this week for the first time. I'm hoping and praying that this doesn't impact Houston like the crash in oil prices in the 1980s, where pretty much all construction stopped. Right now of course it is too soon to tell, but a large amount of drilling activity has already been halted. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/business/stock-market-live-trading-coronavirus.html
  16. Subdude
    The thread seems to have veered away from the original topic so moved to the Off Topic area. As a reminder, please keep political discussions out of the primary topic areas. We have a space for those, so use it.
  17. Subdude
    Thanks for the link. Call me a Philistine - you wouldn't be the first - but the Rothko Chapel has never done much for me. I much preferred the Byzantine Fresco Chapel as a semi-religious place. Anyway, I'm curious to see this when it is done.
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    My fondness for observation towers notwithstanding, it's been done. Remember the one that was proposed by the downtown aquarium? People hated it. I think a landmark would need to be sufficiently unlike other landmarks to stand out. On another bent, reading the Skanska article I can't help but wonder how much retail can really be supported. Right now one hears mostly about retail chains closing. I would think the retail element would need to be limited to be viable.
  19. Subdude
    It's just a generic structure. It's an example of construction, not architecture.
  20. Subdude
    A reminder might be in order here to refrain from name-calling and personal attacks and keep it on-topic.
  21. Subdude
    Before the Galleria area was Uptown, "Uptown" was the area around Main and Holcombe, which was a rapidly growing part of the city. There was kind of a line along Main St: Downtown, Midtown and then Uptown.
  22. Subdude
    I drink Comic Sans myself.
  23. Subdude
    I'm not even sure what "iconic" means. How does one assess iconistatisity? Is "iconic" famous, beloved, an archetype, or what? The problem is that "iconic" has been over-used to the point where it has very little meaning remaining. Ranting aside, I think 700 Louisiana and Pennzoil could be considered the two most "timeless" Houston buildings.
  24. Subdude
    Looks like something from Arhitectonica from the 1980s.
  25. Subdude
    People can actually step outdoors for a few minutes and enjoy it without smoking.
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