citizen4rmptown

3 hours ago, midtowndweller said:

I woke up at 6:50am this morning and was really considering going (woulda been maybe a 10 minute walk) but I knew I wouldn’t be one of the first 200 people. I’ll head over after my workout today.

Eh. You probably would've made the cut. I biked over around that time to make the line at 7 AM and estimate that I was safely among the first 50 people. The branded Midtown tote bag was nice. Also appreciated that they opened doors early.

This is ridiculous.  How is anyone supposed to work inside such a small building??  The real building must be at least 10 times that size!

Love the zoolander reference! Haha, watched the movie again just last thursday.

More on Dynamo's FB

New pictures posted from the Houston Dynamo's FB :

WOW!

I found a good update:

Needs to be viewed in original to see the pedestrian bridge!

Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ehimages/6750288231/sizes/o/in/photostream/

I know this is an old thread, but the recent houston flickrstream shows a lot of good images of this building, I'd say it was a pretty good design that culminated quite nicely.

Downtown Houston, Texas by marideab photography, on Flickr

Downtown Houston, Texas by marideab photography, on Flickr

Downtown Houston, Texas by marideab photography, on Flickr

New Dynamo Stadium Renderings:

Houston Buisiness Journal

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/10/13/slideshow-inside-the-new-dynamo-stadium.html

New Houston Dynamo Stadium Updates,

courtesy of the Dynamo website.

http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/10/stadium-questions-matt-doffing

Pseudo-subway, sounds cool, and is better for the community, isn't it? But, looks like not too many people are happy about additional funds provided by the CoH.

Chron Article: http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2011/07/metro-city-to-pay-for-more-for-east-end-rail-line/

Houston Dynamo's Virtual Venue link, pretty cool.

http://houstondynamo.io-media.com/

I hear what you are saying but it's about density too man... and adding some more street life to main street.

Of course I would prefer (Philly) Center City's street life as opposed to getting a Comcast Center( their new tallest tower that really did wonders for its skyline).

But right now, Houston's DT skyline hasnt changed in a real long time( even with some notable additions), and in the short term,I think an immediate impact to Houston's skyline would be more beneficial than adding more office workers. If this were a resedential project, I'd understand.

But to an outsider, adding a 700 ft+ tower to the skyline will stay in that persons mind more than adding 700 office workers that that person will more than likely not even see first hand. I mean on average, what, an office worker spends less than 30 minutes actually on the streets of DT? If were lucky, a new office tower will bring along a retail storefront, and a restaurant or two. A visitor will recognize a change to the skyline more than the addition of a few hundred people, and a new office tower doesn't neccesarily equal more people/street life to DT, it may end up being just a transfer of office workers from an older building to a newer building.

But, yeah, in the long term, I do think adding density to DT is better than just a few tall towers.

if its of any significant height, it wont make that much of an impact considering its seperated only by a block from the state's tallest tower, but its a good thing the Chase Tower is relatively skinny, but when viewed from the skyline district, it looks like BoA will block it anyways; oh well, looks like it will make an impact from every other angle.

Surprised no one posted the Swamplot article about the statues:

But standing — or really, kneeling — guard by the bridge’s southern entrance today are 7 new sculptures by Barcelona artist Jaume Plensa that were given to the city by a small group of donors who aren’t going out of their way to advertise their identity. The name for the artwork: Tolerance.

Photos available at the link:

http://swamplot.com/introducing-the-7-see-thru-alphabet-dudes-guarding-buffalo-bayous-new-rosemont-bridge/2011-02-15/

Here are some updates, found on Downtown Houston's web portal.

Niko Niko's

The Dog Run

And the much discussed Lauren's Garden.

http://downtownhouston.org/calendar/market-square-park-grand-re-opening-and-neighborho/2501/

Flickr LeeRoy Holmes

Imagine MP at 1000 ft from this view? JPMChase would still appear much taller due to locality differences, but it would be great nontheless.

Looking good.

Flickr webernoot

Flickr texas_lady_bug29

I don't have a problem with the height, just the cheapish stucco facade, orientation on the lot, and that "thing" on top. Actually I'd prefer smaller buildings around Discovery Green as opposed to the park being boxed in by super-talls on all sides which would block the expansive views of the rest of downtown from the park.

You mean the expansive view of downtown, there just one view of expansiveness, and thats towards the north. Parking lots,toyota center, hilton americas, scattered buildings, and more parking lots to the left/west. Parking lots, Discovery Tower, MMP, scattered structures, Harris Co. justice buildings, and more parking lots to the right/east. Not really expansive.And until those parking lots turn into something, I'd prefer a supertall that blocks out that view of the parking lots, but heck a 2 story structure can block that, so it doesn't really have to be a supertall.

Great updates, best new building, sorry (old)new enron building.

Flickr accent on eclectic

Flickr Grant Tucker

Flickr tamboi2

Some daytime shots from Discovery Green

Flickr darktiger

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/

Flickr mappa1001

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bolerobell/4661602110/