Marcus Allen Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thanks. Another query, I see some towers that have cranes which seemingly come out of the tops of them. How tall do buildings have to be for the cranes to be attached to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I count 13:Astoria: 1BHP/Five Oaks Place: 2Hanover Post Oak: 12929 Weslayan: 2Willowick Place: 2Kirby Grove: 13737 Buffalo: 1Brazos Tower: 1609 Main: 1SkyHouse: 1Thanks. Another query, I see some towers that have cranes which seemingly come out of the tops of them. How tall do buildings have to be for the cranes to be attached to them?3/4 floors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Richmond and Sam Houston Tollway? Development? AND I saw another crane on the horizon as I crossed from SH to I10. It seemed to be on my right. Any thoughts? Also, approaching Richmond via SH, on the right side, seems to be a lot preparing for something? Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Yep.. 8 cranes between west park and i10, on Sam Houston.. Crane city! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Wow. Reminds me of the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Thanks sky guy. Saw others erected; one at Richmond and Sam Houston, 5 at Briarlake, a new one at Citi Centre, another by Eldridge ( west side), another going up in Memorial City. It's just astounding to me the number of cranes I. This city. Let's not even talk about the Woodlands area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 By the end of the year we should have at least 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Duplicate topics merged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Thanks sky guy. Saw others erected; one at Richmond and Sam Houston, 5 at Briarlake, a new one at Citi Centre, another by Eldridge ( west side), another going up in Memorial City. It's just astounding to me the number of cranes I. This city. Let's not even talk about the Woodlands area! Yeah, I was going to say between Exxon, Hughes Landing, SWE is 20 or 30 by itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I can spot a ton from my balcony.... BHP - 2BLVD Place - 1Astoria - 140 story on Wesleyan - 2W. Alabama @ Wesleyan - 2MidLn - 1Buffalo Speedway @ Richmond - 1Levy Park - 1Sovereign - 1Westheimer @ Shepherd - 1Memorial by Rice Military - 1Something out by the stadium... - 1Somewhere north of Hobby airport (maybe AT hobby airport...?) - 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
democide Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Yes, there are two at Hobby Airport, for the new terminal construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 SkylineView, lucky, lucky, lucky. Please keep us posted! I am transported to HTown circa 1983! I was a kid growing up in the sticks, and came to HTown to collect on rental properties with my dad. I drooled over the cranes then, as well as the freeway expansion. Now, as an adult, the same thing is happening again. I am a lucky man to feel nostalgia during my daily commutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totheskies Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 It's pretty shocking to see so many cranes at one time in downtown Houston. Must be what it was like to live here in the early eighties. I have a few more pics I took over on the blog article... http://texasleftist.com/2015/01/could-the-houston-construction-boom-go-bust/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pragmatist Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 That view on 59 has been interesting to watch over the past few months. It will soon look dramatically different. Crane watching around town has become a fun spectator sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Although we have the community backed http://devmap.io/cities/houston/developments in place, it appears Biz Journals now has a map of their own: *qoute removed for sanity* Click here for map! http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/datacenter/crane-watch.html?ana=RSS%26s=article_search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Woah, why do quotes sometimes paste into that crazy long narrow format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Just now, cloud713 said: Woah, why do quotes sometimes paste into that crazy long narrow format? Yea I'm not sure how to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Ah well, I just didn't know if someone more tech savy than me knew why that happens. Thanks for the link.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Anyone know anything about the zillion cranes out along the east freeway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Exxon Mobil has a multi billion addition to their existing olefins plant in Baytown also at their Mount Belvieu plant and so does Chevron in Baytown. Lots of crawler cranes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 4 hours ago, Twinsanity02 said: Anyone know anything about the zillion cranes out along the east freeway? I'm guessing you are referring to the construction at the Chevron Phillips Chemical plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Driving in from DC on I-10 the kids and I knew we were back home when we saw all the cranes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 5-story, 204 unit mid-rise proposed for a site somewhere along Austin St. http://www.sdcarchitects.com/on-the-boards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Looks nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 That is objectively false. It's additional density though, so I'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 There are quite a few parking lots along Austin in downtown that would look nice with a building growing out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 5 hours ago, phillip_white said: There are quite a few parking lots along Austin in downtown that would look nice with a building growing out of them. I looked at all of Austin. It goes from Buffalo Bayou to Herman Park, and there are 9 parking lots on it (11 if you count the Camden project that seems to be perpetually delayed), 2 blocks that only have a small building on it, 1 completely vacant block in midtown, and 1 mostly vacant block. Interestingly, there's a parking lot at the end of Austin on the Bayou. It's split by a really nice (but short) promenade to a few benches overlooking the bayou into a 1.65 acre lot and a 0.84 acre lot. I could see that this could be a good place to put something except the joint processing center is right there next to it, so I don't know what would be a good use of this nice looking location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 3 hours ago, cspwal said: I looked at all of Austin. It goes from Buffalo Bayou to Herman Park, and there are 9 parking lots on it (11 if you count the Camden project that seems to be perpetually delayed), 2 blocks that only have a small building on it, 1 completely vacant block in midtown, and 1 mostly vacant block. Interestingly, there's a parking lot at the end of Austin on the Bayou. It's split by a really nice (but short) promenade to a few benches overlooking the bayou into a 1.65 acre lot and a 0.84 acre lot. I could see that this could be a good place to put something except the joint processing center is right there next to it, so I don't know what would be a good use of this nice looking location. I looked at Austin... except with much less detail. I scouted a couple locations in downtown and one in Midtown that might work for a structure of this size, but I might have to go back and look now that you pointed all of this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 On 8/29/2016 at 11:33 AM, cloud713 said: Ah well, I just didn't know if someone more tech savy than me knew why that happens. Thanks for the link.. Wow just viewed this page on mobile. Looks terrible. Think I'm just going to remove the qoute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 18 hours ago, phillip_white said: I looked at Austin... except with much less detail. I scouted a couple locations in downtown and one in Midtown that might work for a structure of this size, but I might have to go back and look now that you pointed all of this out. Were you thinking of the grass field vacant block in midtown? That one confuses me - every other vacant block has a parking lot but for those two. What makes them so special? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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