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    One thing the TMC has always done well is landscaping, so I'm sure it will be beautiful. They always have beautiful esplanades full of flowering plants and a great canopy of trees.
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    By the way there are two important exhibitions at the Menil right now. There is a wonderful show of Walter De Maria work's in the Menil. He is responsible for the Lightning field in Arizona. There's also a beautiful paper show at the Drawing Institute of Robert Motherwell drawings and collage. This is an outstanding show, and if you like works on paper you shouldn't miss. While I'm plugging art, the MFAH also has three very good shows of interest. There's the Philip Guston painting show in the Beck Building and an amazing Giacometti show in the Law Building. In the basement of the Beck building is the Gordon Parks -Stokely Carmichael show. Bonus don't miss the Kusama light experience in the Kinder first floor. If you haven't experienced it. Don't miss. Go see some art!
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    70 million was donated by the Kinders so relax. Most of the funds were donated. The weather caused delays, and this has been moving at breakneck speed.
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    That didn't work. Sorry Its under South Central Waterfront vision Framework Plan.
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    Heres a link to the site. www.austintexas.gov/site
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    You have to remember that this is parking for A&M students and faculty, the Medistar apartment building, and the future office bldg. If its a professional bldg. it will need room for patients cars.
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    Development south of Lady Bird Lake on the old Austin American Statesman site. Looks like millions of square feet of space to be developed over time with several high rise structures and mixed use. This might take a while with the tech developments over the last month. I'm glad to see downtown jump the lake. I'm surprised it took them this long.
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    Turn the Dome into a giant open air beer hall for the World Cup!
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    they are not wasting any time!
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    They were putting up christmas decorations yesterday around the Eastern Glades. I think half of Houston was there on Sunday.
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    Just curious if A&M has made a statement about the shut down?
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    Is there any word on when they will receive the rest of the lower level cladding?
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    I like it! It's a little funky but fun. I'm glad they used some of the brick. It's a nice contrast.
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    And you can secure your platinum table for 12 + perks for $150,000.00. I think I'll be reading about it and checking out the paper city pics of the guests!
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    Best news is Michael Hsu's office of architects is in charge.
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    This is for Menil's 35th anniversary Gala Cirque Surrealiste.
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    Thats the Christmas decorations. They were beautiful last year! I highly recommend taking a walk along this new Christmas trail which will lead to the POST, for a great view of downtown all lit up, and something good to eat and drink! Cheers!
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    I'm trying to find the Hines Texas Tower thread and have gone through all 9 pages back and forth several times and didn't see it. Maybe I'm going blind or was looking for the wrong title. I just saw it last week in Going Up. Can someone tell me what page it is on? Thanks!
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    Went by East River 9 yesterday. Today the 9th, is the grand opening. It really is nice. They have great views of downtown, and there were several groups playing golf and a nice large bar and patio for dining and drinking. The bar has several big screens for sports. FORE!
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    Good news! The Calhoun bridge is open to the public. They're still working on west bound MacGregor just west of the bridge. They appear to be doing concrete work on that side. But the rest is clear.
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    I'm glad it never went through. The overall design looked like a 32 block walled city. It was very brutalist and not very inviting. It did the same thing the tunnels do in my estimation. Take people off the streets! It was a poor decision to just come in and take everything down like they did, And I'm sure we lost some great little buildings that would have created a nice human scale area for retail, dining and entertainment. I know Ive said this many times, but we lived at the corner of Crawford and Franklin in the PPG building in front of the Wagon Works, before the stadium was built. It was so dead around there before they built Minute Maid, George Brown and discovery Green. When I was very young in the early fifties my dad would take me with him to go to the musicians union hall over on Chenevert near the train station, and then over to the Rice hotel to set up his drums in the club. Then we'd go down to Main and go to James Coney Island, the original off main, and get some ice cream next to the Metropolitan theater. It was booming back then. Then Sharpstown opened and everyone headed for the suburbs. No-one stayed downtown.They built the freeways and the race to the edge started, and has never stopped. I drove by Katy where as a kid we would go watch a million ducks and geese feed on the rice fields. Now its mega box stores and behemoth warehouses. It's change and it will continue to happen.
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    Looks like there just about of parking soon.
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    Drain it.
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    I'm amazed at how thin that residential tower is in the center background. It looks like one of those skinny towers in NYC. It took me a while to figure out what that smokestack was doing in the picture.
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    These images are quite nice. The interior image of the gazebo, with it's central column, is intriguing. The variety of materials used creates such a warm and inviting space. I'm curious. Did you happen to notice if the Mobile in the lobby is by Ed Wilson.The cloud shapes look similar to his dynamic piece in the George Brown cc lobby. The lighting and scale of the lobby is serious drama. I could see it as a stage set for perhaps a modern ballet, opera, or an existential play. And last but not least, I'm curious about what looks to be either a work of art or perhaps a lamp. with a wooden timber base some material samples, The life of Gerald Hines, and the maquette of the Texas Tower, on top. The maquette reminded me of going to the observation deck in the Humble Bldg. when it opened. They had a machine that created a replica of the building from a mold out of some kind of petroleum product. Thanks for the images!
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