samagon Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) On 1/9/2020 at 12:53 PM, LBC2HTX said: It's not. The article is a piece on the office project on San Felipe between Arabella and Target. Only the bolded tidbit is in reference to The Allen. In any case, a pet-peeve of mine is when people to refer to Uptown as "The Galleria" (not that you did). The Galleria is a mall, not a district, much less one that extends to the other side of 610. uptown is a TIRZ. it was created in 1999. the Galleria area is what it was called before the TIRZ existed, and I call it the Galleria area, but I know where someone is talking about when they say Uptown. there's really no reason you should be peeved by the colloquial names used for an area. if anything you should be peeved that someone's taxes went to some marketing department so they could spend it on a renaming convention. when someone calls it the Galleria area all it shows is that someone has lived in Houston for more than 20 years. As another example, I grew up in Alief, it will always be Alief, it will never be the International District, but I'll still know what you mean if you call it the International District. Edited January 13, 2020 by samagon 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 21 hours ago, samagon said: the Galleria area is what it was called before the TIRZ existed, and I call it the Galleria area, but I know where someone is talking about when they say Uptown. And before it was called the Galleria Area, it was called the Magic Circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 My grandmother told me stories about going dove hunting as a kid out on Westheimer where they eventually built the Galleria 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subdude Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 12:27 PM, samagon said: uptown is a TIRZ. it was created in 1999. the Galleria area is what it was called before the TIRZ existed, and I call it the Galleria area, but I know where someone is talking about when they say Uptown. there's really no reason you should be peeved by the colloquial names used for an area. if anything you should be peeved that someone's taxes went to some marketing department so they could spend it on a renaming convention. when someone calls it the Galleria area all it shows is that someone has lived in Houston for more than 20 years. As another example, I grew up in Alief, it will always be Alief, it will never be the International District, but I'll still know what you mean if you call it the International District. Before the Galleria area was Uptown, "Uptown" was the area around Main and Holcombe, which was a rapidly growing part of the city. There was kind of a line along Main St: Downtown, Midtown and then Uptown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 10:05 AM, cspwal said: My grandmother told me stories about going dove hunting as a kid out on Westheimer where they eventually built the Galleria One of the first people I met in Houston was Jay Hollyfield (of the Hollyfield Laundry/real estate family) who grew up on Westheimer. Their house was located where Sakowitz was built. At that time, Westheimer was a dirt road west of Post Oak. Imagine that. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HoustonBoy Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 It's crazy to think that Thompson is building hotels in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio simultaneously. The Texas market is strong! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Geographer Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 What is the red cable in those construction pictures? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Geographer said: What is the red cable in those construction pictures? Looks like barricade tape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geographer Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 No, I'm referring to the red cables or wires in this photograph: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brijonmang Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 14 hours ago, Geographer said: No, I'm referring to the red cables or wires in this photograph: Those are post tension cables. They are pulled tight after concrete is poured. They add greater strength to the slab and can allow for longer spans between support columns... there are other benefits that someone more knowledgeable can attest to. 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ArtNsf Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Looks like pretty good progress going on! One of only a handful of "good" things to come of the covid19 crisis these days - faster and easier construction projects. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KinkaidAlum Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Has anyone found the height for this one? I'm hoping it gets in the 500 foot range as a grand hotel lobby floor plus for-sale condos tend to have higher ceiling heights than rentals. The AIG tower needs a tall companion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted May 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2020 17 hours ago, KinkaidAlum said: Has anyone found the height for this one? I'm hoping it gets in the 500 foot range as a grand hotel lobby floor plus for-sale condos tend to have higher ceiling heights than rentals. The AIG tower needs a tall companion. Not sure about the Pavilion, but the Hotel/Condos that will be going up next to it measures 478' 11" to top of level 37 Helipad. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Ground floor concrete for the pavilion. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post TheSirDingle Posted May 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) Ngl I could see a row of high rises on Allen Parkway massively expanding the downtown skyline. We already have quite a few going up, ie. regent square , hanover square and the allen being all multi-highrise developments. After these are done I could see it being combined with the midtown and downtown, to make it look like one massive skyline. Eventually the 2 miles of land sitting on the parkway will be filled with high rises like the developments previously stated. This is the start of a massive, but organic densification process with downtown and tmc being the main nodes. The eventual infill between these nodes ie. midtown to allen parkway, will create a continuous dense urban environment unique to Houston. Honestly pretty excited to see these developments go up, just shows the growing juggernaut that Houston is and will be in the near future. Edited May 17, 2020 by TheSirDingle 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post TheSirDingle Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 We got a 150m+ going up. 🥳🥳 Permits for the Hotel/Condo and cranes. Building: https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=441128325&row=12 Structure Type: Building Structure Name: Allen Hotel/Condo Structure Height: 496 ft or 151.2 m Work Schedule: Work Schedule:06/01/2020 to 03/30/2023 Crane 1: https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=438592815&row=8 Structure Type: Crane Structure Name: Tower Crane 1 Structure Height: 620 ft or 189 m Work Schedule: 06/12/2020 to 06/12/2022 Crane 2: https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=438595170&row=10 Structure Type: Crane Structure Name: Tower Crane 2 Structure Height: 420 ft or 128 m Work Schedule: Work Schedule: 06/12/2020 to 06/12/2022 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CaptainJilliams Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 Wow, so the main tower will be just under 500 ft tall? If so that's going to be an awesome sight to see once it starts going vertical. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Spotted a blue tower base laying on it's side in the hole for the high rise hotel/condos while driving eastbound on Allen Pkwy. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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