rsb320 Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I haven't noticed any activity here - not like at the old Days Inn. It looks like they're gutting the innerds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I haven't noticed any activity here - not like at the old Days Inn. It looks like they're gutting the innerds.The innards have been pre-gutted for your renovation convenience. The building is pretty much nothing but a steel frame and concrete floorplates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 The innards have been pre-gutted for your renovation convenience. The building is pretty much nothing but a steel frame and concrete floorplates.Wrong topic, I know, but what kind of asbestos issues are there with the old Days Inn? Does anybody know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry107 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Any update on this project? I work in Total Plaza and noticed they closed the garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniepwils Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I saw them working on some type of plumbing for the building this weekend. They had the entire right lane of Louisiana closed off near the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I saw them working on some type of plumbing for the building this weekend. They had the entire right lane of Louisiana closed off near the building.I'm surprised there's any plumbing in there left to work on, unless it is the drainage pipes for the underground parking garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Lincoln Sheraton is where the Beatles stayed when they were in Houston in 1965 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 according to swamplot, it seems like the sheraton is going to be leveled, but they are going to retain the underground parking.I can't help but wonder how in the world THAT is going to happen.Now the thing is how to feel about it: On one hand, I'm bummed, because this could have been a relatively easy way to add more hotel space here and we are getting ANOTHER empty lot but, at the same time, I'm glad to see this eyesore go away.Take those pictures while you still can kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Looks like the swimming pool has been removed, probably been gone for a while. Can't blame them, can only imagine what a pool on the roof of an empty bldg. in rainy Houston would do. Recipe for disaster. Those '60's pics of the hotel were cool to see on Swamplot. Can only wonder what's left inside. Empty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Would be nice to see something new come in, but you gotta love how they word that press release. Better views of downtown for Total Plaza! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 according to swamplot, it seems like the sheraton is going to be leveled, but they are going to retain the underground parking.I can't help but wonder how in the world THAT is going to happen.The parking garage stays. The rest of the building is disassembled one floor at a time over the course of about a year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyTree Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 My understanding was that it would be demo'd and then the underground garage would be reconstructed in the aftermath. Correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 My understanding was that it would be demo'd and then the underground garage would be reconstructed in the aftermath. Correct me if I'm wrong.Why would demolition be a year-long process, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyTree Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Why would demolition be a year-long process, then?Thanks, I missed that piece of info. Here's the previous threads on the building.http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/12892-sheraton-lincoln-plaza-tower-to-get-100-mil-renovation/page__p__186549__hl__%2Bsheraton+%2Blincoln__fromsearch__1#entry186549http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/11911-sheraton-houston/page__p__183273__hl__%2Bsheraton+%2Blincoln__fromsearch__1#entry183273http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/19094-will-old-closed-hotels-survive-the-recession/page__p__304942__hl__%2Bsheraton+%2Blincoln__fromsearch__1#entry304942http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/14563-houston-back-in-the-day-one-buildings-perspective/page__p__223441__hl__%2Bsheraton+%2Blincoln__fromsearch__1#entry223441 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Looks like the swimming pool has been removed, probably been gone for a while. Can't blame them, can only imagine what a pool on the roof of an empty bldg. in rainy Houston would do. Recipe for disaster. Those '60's pics of the hotel were cool to see on Swamplot. Can only wonder what's left inside. Empty? Swamplot lifted those 60s pics from ones I posted on HAIF from a Sheraton brochure. Credit given where credit due. I'm sorry to see this be demolished. It was always my favorite 1960s skyscraper. I was able to do unofficial urban exploring through the interior a couple of times before it was gutted, which was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJVilla Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 TheNiche, what's up with you valuing old building over old people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Swamplot lifted those 60s pics from ones I posted on HAIF from a Sheraton brochure. Credit given where credit due. I'm sorry to see this be demolished. It was always my favorite 1960s skyscraper. I was able to do unofficial urban exploring through the interior a couple of times before it was gutted, which was fun. well, Thanks go to you! then... BTW - 1st architectural guide says it was built in 1962 by Kenneth Bentsen, Quin & Christiansen (Chicago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 TheNiche, what's up with you valuing old building over old people? Re-posted from Swamplot: When people become old, decrepit and a public health nuisance, we pay an arm and a leg to preserve their miserable existence…preferably out-of-sight, maintained as rapidly-depreciating societal inventory on a shelf somewhere, for all intents and purposes.When buildings become old, decrepit and a public health nuisance, we pursue condemnation. One of these approaches or the other need to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 well, Thanks go to you! then...BTW - 1st architectural guide says it was built in 1962 by Kenneth Bentsen, Quin & Christiansen (Chicago).You know, as much as I've always loved this building, it has to be admitted that re-development was going to be tough. The tower section only covers a quarter of a block, so the floorplate is too narrow to do much with. Also, oddly the lower floors that were offices have higher ceilings than in the upper hotel section.At one point I got hold of the redevelopment renderings after the building had been acquired by the Hyatt across the street. There would have been a skybridge connection to the Hyatt, and the front of the Sheraton would have had what looked like a decorative steel "spine" running up the Polk facade on the left side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 brookfield purchasing the property means:they got a good deal?they acquire more parking and space for future development?will they now ask more for the office space in "Total Plaza" with a better view?wasn't the property ready for redevelopment?anyone reading between the lines and want to share? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I'm trying to imagine the underground parking being retained without the structure on top of it. Seems a bit odd, but what do I know. If I had to guess, I would think that building a new attached parking structure to Total Plaza might bring them higher rents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 If I had to guess, I would think that building a new attached parking structure to Total Plaza might bring them higher rents.You're probably right, but the problem is getting financing for projects like this. The feds handed the banks billions of dollars with the instructions, "Lend these to businesses that want to build stuff." The banks said, "Thank you" and then stuffed all the money in their mattresses, used it to pay back bailout money, and gave the CEOs who ran them into the ground "bonuses" for jobs well done.Doing the garage only is a way to get the project started without putting too much money in jeopardy; possibly little enough that a bank will actually help out. It's all baby steps these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Chronicle Blog article A few pics, more in link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 ('56 Cadillac, Renault Dauphine, '60 Dodge, '56 Oldsmobile....) I was staying in the Sheraton August 1983, just as Hurricane Alicia hit downtown Houston. HL&P employees weren't permitted to go home as we were expected to work even during the height of the storm. A fellow employee staying at the Sheraton reported that his room's window blew out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ig2ba Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Just heard that there were reports of falling glass from this building. Today maybe? Apparently glass has fallen from this building several times before in the last few months.I was walking by there today before I heard this info and did several glass panes missing.Is it demolition activities that caused this? Or the wind? I could believe the wind was at least a factor because I also saw small-ish tree a 2 blocks away that was snapped at the trunk.Be careful out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 In the past parts of the facade have fallen off as well. At one point there was a covered walkway on the Louisiana side to protect pedestrians while they shored it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 My friend use to work there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Williams Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 they have blocked off a couple of lanes on Polk street, so major deconstruction is probably under way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Looks like construction just got started, so I thought I'd share some construction porn: I think this zoom ain't too shabby. Is that a guy hanging out the window? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I'll miss this building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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