NotR Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Around the same time the Transco Tower went up, a friend showed me a tall, thin building that I remember as being round and made of pink granite, with two darker red veins running up the length of it. I would have said it was in the same area because we were on our way to the Galleria. Could it have been this hexagonal thing that I find in the aerial photos at Google Maps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 not sure but it could be this building: san felipe tower. built around the same time as transco (1983) the hexagonal building is a shortish black building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotR Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 That looks like a winner! Where's it located?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 It's in the Galleria area, but when you get to the Galleria area It further back. I think like going to Tanglewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 It's in the Galleria area, but when you get to the Galleria area It further back. I think like going to Tanglewood.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotR Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 Bingo! Thanks!Still can't quite figure out what street we saw it from, but I suppose a lot of the streets in that area are new since then anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I wonder why no one really pays attention to this building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR3985 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 That building is at the intersection of San Felipe and August Dr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Hmm..pink, with red veins? perhaps that could be the 4 leaf towers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 I wonder why no one really pays attention to this building?What kind of attention did you have in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 What kind of attention did you have in mind?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well It seems like its lonley, and when I first started exploring Houston, I noticed it off in the back alone, and wondered why I had never seen it before. But the name sound familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Yeah, when I drive from church on the North Loop merging onto 290. you see that building kinda hanging out on the horizon. It's a very cool looking one, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Was this building called Farb Tower? Farb built a tall building named for himself sometime before Carolyn divorced him and took all his money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 San Felipe Plaza, Headquarter's for Kaiser Alluminum Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Here's another web page with a picture of San Felipe Plaza.Richard Keating (the same guy who did Wells Fargo downtown, CenterPoint Energy Tower, and the El Paso Energy Building) designed this when he was working for SOM. Last summer he told me it was one of his favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalparadise Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Here's another web page with a picture of San Felipe Plaza.Richard Keating (the same guy who did Wells Fargo downtown, CenterPoint Energy Tower, and the El Paso Energy Building) designed this when he was working for SOM. Last summer he told me it was one of his favorites.It's meant as an homage to two other Skidmore towers -- the similarly sheathed one on Louisiana St. (I can't remember the name of it, but it has the DuBuffet sculpture in front and is adjacent to Wells Fargo) and the Bank of America Plaza in San Francisco. Together with Marathon Tower, it is one of those uniquely Houston skyscrapers, considering it rises out of a neighborhood of single family homes, small retail and churches. Marathon is, to me, the more dramatic and beautiful tower. This one is nice, too, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Here's another web page with a picture of San Felipe Plaza.Richard Keating (the same guy who did Wells Fargo downtown, CenterPoint Energy Tower, and the El Paso Energy Building) designed this when he was working for SOM. Last summer he told me it was one of his favorites.He did the El Paso building? Wasn't that one from like the late 50's/early 60's? It's meant as an homage to two other Skidmore towers -- the similarly sheathed one on Louisiana St. (I can't remember the name of it, but it has the DuBuffet sculpture in front and is adjacent to Wells Fargo) and the Bank of America Plaza in San Francisco. Together with Marathon Tower, it is one of those uniquely Houston skyscrapers, considering it rises out of a neighborhood of single family homes, small retail and churches. Marathon is, to me, the more dramatic and beautiful tower. This one is nice, too, though.I always thought it seemed a bit chunky, despite its height. Both of these towers seem like a waste to me, since they don't add anything to our skylines. Most people don't even know they exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trophy Property Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Marathon is, to me, the more dramatic and beautiful tower.I agree. I love the look to Marathon Tower. It is a great building. Together with San Felipe Plaza they do stand out in that area, but I drive by them daily and I enjoy both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Both of these towers seem like a waste to me, since they don't add anything to our skylines. Most people don't even know they exist.I wouldn't call them a waste, I think they add great character to the Uptown Skyline. When viewed from the Observation deck, they look like the center of a dense skyline with the Four Leaf Condo Towers and other buildings close by. (But that of corse is an illusion) Its also nice to have something that tall besides the Williams Tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trophy Property Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 I wouldn't call them a waste, I think they add great character to the Uptown Skyline. When viewed from the Observation deck, they look like the center of a dense skyline with the Four Leaf Condo Towers and other buildings close by. (But that of corse is an illusion) Its also nice to have something that tall besides the Williams Tower.Call me crazy but I always liked the buildings that stick out in weird places. It adds a freaky charm to our no zoned city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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