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From the HC Criminal Courthouse 10/14/15. Well, I tried to post a picture taken of Hardy Yards and Warehouse District the other day...
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I think the monorail idea was part of the original Houston Center development plan, and was abandoned decades ago.
The people mover was part of Texas Eastern's Houston Center vision -- a city within a city. People would drive directly from freeways to parking garages and use the people mover (above ground) to get to their office and other buildings. Part of the plan: turn your back to the street -- who wanted to be there? So 1, 2, 3, 4 Houston Center have little street presence. The people mover was planned, in part, to help people move around the 74-acre site without having to go to street level.
Then Panhandle purchased Texas Eastern, and the future plans went away.
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7-story garage to be built no matter what. When they choose to move forward with the office tower, they'll add floors to the garage.
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Total definitely is still there.
And will have a new amenity.
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I keep wondering when they're going to give it a real name. "Block 334." Really?
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Anyone have any idea of the average lease rate/sf they're expecting now? Their website doesn't say. They've got a marketing office in Greenstreet, but I haven't stopped by there yet.
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Sky connections. Thanks! I was wondering about that, too.
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There is an effort underway to put radio and cell signal in the tunnel system, but I don't know when it'll be installed. Has been discussed for years, but HPD jump-started it. Cell service is good and bad, the bad part being that downtown needs more people walking at street level!
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The downtown Above & Below (tunnel) map is posted on the downtown information website, www.downtownhouston.org, under Maps. There's also a downtown Google map you can link to from there.
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Isn't today the day for their announcement of the new campus?
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Interior renderings, if anyone is interested:
Isn't that a LOT of green?
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Taxes are paid up, and owner feels it's worth more than anyone is willing to pay. Only covers 1/4 of the block, and very difficult to convert it to anything, and expensive to tear it down.
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That's the problem. The cross causes some confusion. St Joseph is no longer affiliated to the Catholic Church. It's been bought by Hospital Patners of America, a struggling hospital group that also owns River Oaks Hospital (formerly Twelve Oaks) and pockets of hospitals in Austin and one of the Carolinas.
The Sisters sold hospital, yes, but the hospital/HPA doesn't even own that building.
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All of a sudden it seems that a bunch of the Kirby Lofts units are filled. They must not have been sold, but rented/leased. What's up?
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That's a drilling truck, and the resevoire is to pump water into the ground as they drill to soften the soil. It's also designed to pump water to the drill bits to keep them cool.
Does the fact that the truck/equipment (soil testing?) is there mean construction is imminent? Or does this sort of thing happen, and then nothing for months?
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The Plaza and Peacock Apartments are across the street from Root Memorial Square.
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This building has a lot of lawyer's offices on the ground floor. Was it a hotel at one time? I think it had a bar or comedy club as a tenent at one time. I think the building has a clever name now.
By referring to McDonald's, do you mean the former McDonald's on Texas at Main Street, the McDonald's in the tunnel system, or the one at street level in the HPD building?
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Anyone have any word on the 'ol Milam? It's just an empty stinky building, but fully open to the elements now...
Nothing happening, and I don't think the owner cares.
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I don't know why they even need a second garage.
I work at the Heritage Plaza & the garage isn't even half full, even though the building is 85% occupied.
Seems like a waste of money to me, especially with more & more people taking the bus, rail & carpooling.
I used to work there and am still very familiar with the building. It absolutely needs attached parking. EOG and Deloitte feel the same way and wouldn't have signed on had it not been for the promise of new parking spaces connected to the building. (And besides, that garage is tight!)
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It means the new building will reflect the subtle style and interplay that forms the nexus of downtown Houston's architectural heritage. It will be an homage to the pioneering spirit of the city's founding fathers and respectful of its mid-century aspirations while being LEED diamond pre-certified green eco-friendly hybrid 50% CF sustainable green roof friendly.
Sorry... I read a Hines brochure yesterday.
LOL -- a good chuckle to get the day started! Great humor.
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I've heard rumblings that the Greyhound Station may be moving to North Main near Metro's planned intermodal terminal at some point in the foreseeable future.
Says Metro: They're making room for the Greyhound station at the Intermodal Terminal, just north of UH-Downtown. In the same breath they say they haven't yet spoken to Greyhound. But, if you were building a bright shiny new terminal, would you want Greyhound there?
Still may be going on, but at least for awhile, the cab drivers were dealing to their riders.
And, I'm not sure the prison system still has people waiting for former inmates to get off the bus, and to ensure they go on their way to their official destination. One of the first things the former inmates do: buy beer.
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...IMO though having a huge tent cover part of the Great Lawn of the park opening is kind of odd, why not just have it on the great lawn, after all it is a park! ...
When you're buying a table of 10 for $1,000 a ticket, black tie, you get a tent!
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They know the options...word gets around really fast, and they help each other. Way back when, I even heard one guy giving another guy the current code to get into the men's restroom at Macy's.