Popular Post Urbannizer Posted May 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2015 Photos from MMP today: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 The blue historic house sitting in the foreground gave me a 1 am quality idea - historic style townhouses on that lot, sold to baseball fans with season tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Go to Main st. in any small town in Texas and you can see a dozen houses just like that one. Demo it and build something useful to the Convention/sports district. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Go to Main st. in any small town in Texas and you can see a dozen houses just like that one. Demo it and build something useful to the Convention/sports district.While I disagree about tearing it down, it should be moved to a plot in a neighborhood in the loop and be used as what it is. A home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 How about we push it to a corner and make it into a bar/restaurant? Maybe move it to near Market Square? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Move it to the other side of downtown to Sam Houston Park where all of the other old historic houses are. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I'd really rather it actually be *used* for something than just become another attraction in the Sam Houston Park architectural petting zoo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I would probably rather it be used for something else too, but an old house like this has no business being in downtown.. Sam Houston Park is the only viable option for keeping them in the CBD, as lame as SHP is. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Why? Would it really be out of place in the vacant lot between La Carafe and Hearsay? or on Commerce Street next to Spaghetti Warehouse or backing up to the sunset coffee building? or facing Main between Nit Noi and the Harris County building? or in the parking lot next to Treebeard's? There actually seems like there's quite a few places in the historic district where you could plop it down and it could become a great little bar/restaurant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Oh okay, yes I could see it moving to the historic district somewhere and being turned into a bar/restaurant or something like that. I just think it should be moved from this particular location with all of the massive developments going on in the convention/ball park district. There used to be two houses here, where did the other one go? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 two blocks over. nuns tore down a nice two story brick building and put the Foley House in its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 It's out of place in a city that is desperately trying to revitalize its core downtown with numerous multi family projects and office space. There will soon be a day where those surface parking lots will be replaced with high rises and a tiny old dilapidated house has no place downtown, when it could be enjoyed in a museum setting elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted May 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2015 Steel is surrounding the crawler, it will have to crawl to the street soon. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) ^Hey I said that like two days ago lol Just noticed the glass on the front Edited May 17, 2015 by jmitch94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 ^^^ fabulous illustrations hindesky! please my pal, be safe out there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 i realize not everyone will agree.. but its funny how Houston is so quick to destroy anything historic, but when it comes to these houses they must be preserved. I'm not saying demo them.. i just don't think it belongs in an urban downtown setting. even near Market Square. the architecture doesn't go at all with the historic architecture around Market Square Park. if the Church wants to use a house as administration purposes, by all means save that house! but if you're not going to put these houses on property that has no chance of being redeveloped anyways (IWA or SHP) then you are just hindering urbanization. id probably rather see them donated to people who can't afford a house, plopped down outside of the CBD. maybe a historic designation/plaque could go in the front yard, but beyond that.. i don't know about these houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Tonight after the bette midler show 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted May 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2015 5/19 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 ^^^ that drone is glorious! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 drone? thats the construction web-cam mounted to the side of Hess.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 drone? thats the construction web-cam mounted to the side of Hess..^^^ seriously? well, i must confess, i have viewed many many construction web - cams, and i have never ever viewed one with this particular clarity. brilliant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouBoomtown Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Taken from the new green/purple line: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Triton Posted May 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 29, 2015 Houston by Marc longoria, on Flickr 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 ^^^ nice illustration triton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nate99 Posted June 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2015 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm loving the glass on this one. Pretty unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTHONYHTOWN Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 does anyone know how many more floors before it tops out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I think about ten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Do we have a back side rendering of this? I searched previous posts and couldn't find one. Hoping that's not a solid wall below the glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTHONYHTOWN Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Do we have a back side rendering of this? I searched previous posts and couldn't find one. Hoping that's not a solid wall below the glass. I doubt it would be a solid wall since there will be a bridge that connects to the convention center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 So like, 98% solid wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) I'm presuming urbanize713 was asking about the north side of the building, not the east side. From the plans, I would guess it will be pretty much a solid wall. It appears the north side of the base structure will be pretty much occupied by back-of-house functions, so likely few, if any, windows or other fenestrations. However, given the design of the structure, I would guess the solid walls might be at least partly covered by a glass curtain wall. Edited June 1, 2015 by Houston19514 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 this model was/is on display in the George R. Brown. Maybe sombody can get a picture of the back side. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I can imagine the white stuff on the far left might make its way on that side of the wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) I can imagine the white stuff on the far left might make its way on that side of the wall Yeah, I think you're almost certainly right. Probably a combination of the white, the gray, the black and (hopefully at least some) glass. Edited June 1, 2015 by Houston19514 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I'm pretty sure it's solid wall on the north side of the hotel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I'm at the stros game and it's solid wall up to the top of the steel/pool deck section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TowerSpotter Posted June 3, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2015 Yesterday 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 beautiful TowerSpotter! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mab Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 https://youtu.be/pnx84KwkBTI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 ^^^ great insight! props for sharing mab... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WshfulThnkn Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 nice pic. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 ^^^ beautiful illustration mlyoung83! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 i for one, think that it is high time for the WESTIN to get the INN AT THE BALLPARK into ship shape. this hotel is under brand new management, something must be done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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