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tomv Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Great pix as always! Thank God I have a high speed connection, it makes looking at photos such a pleasure. Rice U in your shots looks very beautiful and very green. What a pretty campus, and so well located. And now on the light rail too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 great shots man thanks for sharing...i put up a bunch of pix of chicago a while back that no one seemed to give a damn about so i guess ill just stick to houston from now on lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Nice pics! Now, one question; where is this located? I have seen many pics of it, but I still have no idea where it is, exactly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 4100 block of Montrose. Great place and the sign looks like my pup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 That Wells Fargo tower is a masterpiece, IMO. Definitely my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Great! Especially the pictures around the Third Ward area. Lots of nice art deco architecture there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Great pics!BTW: What is that building under construction 2nd post, 6th pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 Thanks everyone.Yazuka: that is the memorial hermann plaza building in the medical center.www.memorialhermannmedicalplaza.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Thanks everyone.Yazuka: that is the memorial hermann plaza building in the medical center.www.memorialhermannmedicalplaza.com<{POST_SNAPBACK}>No not that one (thanks anyway) but the one about four pics down from it. It looks topped out and has scaffolding around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Has anyone else noticed that nearly every picture you see of downtown Houston is of this building and surrounding buildings? Why? When I first noticed it was when the superbowl came to Houston and I kind of liked it, but now I hate it I wish they would Change the whole face of the building. Building sign: "Easy Credit" How Ugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 No not that one (thanks anyway) but the one about four pics down from it. It looks topped out and has scaffolding around it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> oh sorry. that is just more modern infill. 4 story townhomes going up on crawford street in the museum district. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 oh yeah. looks like i forgot to add these pics. sorry if some look a little cloudy. i digitally enhanced them after i placed them online. whatever happened to this anyway? Phase II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Hey Texasboy, could you take pictures of Greenspoint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 Hey Texasboy, could you take pictures of Greenspoint?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>i'm sorry but ha not interested enough. like i said before other than the airport i have no interest for the north side when i lived in houston and when i come back to houston. but seriously what is in greenspoint but some dull box scrapers surrounded by a decaying mall? if you have been there you would say the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I have been there from the freeway only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Has anyone else noticed that nearly every picture you see of downtown Houston is of this building and surrounding buildings? Why? When I first noticed it was when the superbowl came to Houston and I kind of liked it, but now I hate it I wish they would Change the whole face of the building. Building sign: "Easy Credit" How Ugly <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You're kidding, right? That's a GREAT old advertisement...it fits well in the "hip" Main Street scene. Just a handful of years ago, that was also the location of NOTSUOH, a great little coffee shop/bar/reading room/chess club/hangout for the homeless/people watching spot. I don't remember when NOTSUOH opened, but it seems to me like it was way out in front of all the "revitalization" of downtown. At least before everyone started "dressing up" to go downtown...back when the only drinking establishments were the "totally unhip" Brewery Tap, Warren's, Market Square, La Carafe, and the Lone Star Saloon. Ah, the good ol' days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 ^ If you look closley, the building could use some updating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomv Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 i'm sorry but ha not interested enough. like i said before other than the airport i have no interest for the north side when i lived in houston and when i come back to houston. but seriously what is in greenspoint but some dull box scrapers surrounded by a decaying mall? if you have been there you would say the same thing.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>How about the Woodlands? I think pictures of the riverwalk and all the new development in that area would be very nice to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 ^ If you look closley, the building could use some updating<{POST_SNAPBACK}>everything does not need to be updated you know. It's called character. What would the French Quarter be today if it were updated from its original 17th century, or however old it is, charm or Boston updating its Colonial era neighborhoods. It would be nothing special. Just like any other city. I think you would appreciate some buildings more if you thought differently. Houston would probably be a better city today if a lot of the history was not torn down or gentrified in downtown. where do you think all those parking lots on the edge of downtown came from? or how some parts of fourth ward lost some of its charm, yes it had some charm to it, through the overly gentrified sterile townhomes you see there today? just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 everything does not need to be updated you know. It's called character. What would the French Quarter be today if it were updated from its original 17th century, or however old it is, charm or Boston updating its Colonial era neighborhoods. It would be nothing special. Just like any other city. I think you would appreciate some buildings more if you thought differently. Houston would probably be a better city today if a lot of the history was not torn down or gentrified in downtown. where do you think all those parking lots on the edge of downtown came from? or how some parts of fourth ward lost some of its charm, yes it had some charm to it, through the overly gentrified sterile townhomes you see there today? just a thought.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I agree 100%! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetlemania Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 To go back to the original pictures (I'm trying to get caught up here), what is that monument / structure there at the end of the reflecting pool in Hermann Park? I haven't been down there recently - obviously this is similar to the Washington Monument and reflecting pool in Washington D.C., only on a smaller scale. Is our monument dedicated to anything or anyone in particular? Am I correct in thinking that this is recent construction? Can't we think of anything more original than copying the D.C. layout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 It was originally built in 1916 but was renovated recently. My second semester final for my landscape architecture studio was a proposal of this park that my professors at Tech designed. It didnt win but was in the top 8...they both look quite similair however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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