j_cuevas713 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 That second picture is a great shot down Rusk...what a change!For real! I was blown away. Is that Houston? lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted September 4, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2015 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 That next floor looks to be about twice as tall as the rest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 (edited) That next floor looks to be about twice as tall as the rest.  Think that's the crown.    Edited September 5, 2015 by LarryDierker 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 What will the wrapping of the material around the crane be in the second picture? Help? Â 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 ^^^ simply wonderful illustration urbannizer. Â the top floor addition, shall certainly increase the height factor upon this hotel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Think that's the crown.   I think you're right. I thought it still had a floor to go must have been off my count. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I wonder if that random bit of blue is just a primer or the actual color they plan on going with?  I'm sure it's just the primer, I don't think they'll paint their building blue....I hope not lol Or it may be a waterproofing product for behind a stone or EIFS veneer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Crown frame 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tanith27 Posted September 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2015 Short window glare pano. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted September 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2015 Houston Under Construction by Norman Gates, on Flickr 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 ^^^ steady as she goes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Always enjoy the photos Urbannizer. I count the last floor as the 29th. I believe that is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nate99 Posted September 14, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2015 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 ^^^ nice illustration nate99! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 It's topped out, but I haven't seen a tree yet. Has anyone from a higher vantage point seen a tree yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 (edited) Doesn't look like there is a tree http://webcampub.multivista.com/index.cfm?WebcamPublicEmbedUID=3030B55D-4327-4F61-93DC-4B91600F4BF8&fuseaction=aPublicWebcam.getHTTPStream&dc=1442348257418 Edited September 15, 2015 by H-TownChris2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 (edited) It's topped out, but I haven't seen a tree yet. Has anyone from a higher vantage point seen a tree yet? Not sure it's truly topped out. Appears to not be the case. Edited September 15, 2015 by Houston19514 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 That looks like the crown to cover the utilities, I don't think there will be any more floors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 It's either at or close to max height. When the last structural piece goes up, it is topped out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brijonmang Posted September 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) I've got quite a few photos from tonight I'll try and load up tonight but here's a shot from my phone (notice the screwy colors).  The real camera shot colors will be a little better!  Downtown pano 9-15-15 Houston, TX by Bryan Malloch, on Flickr  Updated with a couple more:  *FAA may have to shorten this building after these photos* Marriott Marquis by Bryan Malloch, on Flickr  Marriott Marquis by Bryan Malloch, on Flickr Edited September 16, 2015 by brijonmang 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 ^^^ gorgeous! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 That looks like the crown to cover the utilities, I don't think there will be any more floors.Agreed. But the crown is part of the structure, so it's not topped out until the crown is topped out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Are we counting the garage as part of the floor count for the office building adjacent to the the GRB across the street from The Marriot? If so, they're pouring the roof for floor 10... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Photo from MMP yesterday, by me: Â Untitled by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HoustonMidtown Posted September 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2015 Escalators have been placed... Â 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 This are is going from the second worse quadrant of downtown to the 2nd best. If the shopping follows it will be in my opinion the most happening side of downtown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 ^^^ fabulous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 This are is going from the second worse quadrant of downtown to the 2nd best. If the shopping follows it will be in my opinion the most happening side of downtown.So it moved up one rank..? Heh. I agree, this part of downtown seems to have one of the highest concentrations of activity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brijonmang Posted September 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2015 Apparently we were all taking photos yesterday... Â Â Â I didn't ever realize until yesterday that the flanges on the glass actually get wider the further up they go. Â 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 ^^^ outstanding job brijonmang! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted September 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2015 http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Convention-center-upgrades-designed-to-improve-6520006.php#photo-8670084 Â Â Â Â Â 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted September 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2015 Work has begun on that Texas-shaped pool. Â 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 ^^^ excellent illustration as usual urbannizer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 We have a tree on the top. Pics forthcoming. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nate99 Posted September 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2015 Â 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Man Houston is going to make an awesome impression on the NFL during the Super Bowl. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Man Houston is going to make an awesome impression on the NFL during the Super Bowl.  Yea it's going to be awesome. I remember Houston getting a lot of high marks for the Super Bowl in 2004 when none of this stuff was around, just some bars on main street and the light rail just opened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Is that a potted palm???? (Edit:  referring to Nate's excellent pictures at the bottom of the previous page) Edited September 24, 2015 by mollusk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It appears to be a fan palm of some type. My guess a Mexican or California Fan Palm. Very common in the Houston area impossible to grow in Dallas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PD_1 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It is not a POTTED palm. Â It looks like it is in some sort of bag. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It is not a POTTED palm. Â It looks like it is in some sort of bag. Â Balled and burlapped. Â I'm 95% sure that's a mexican fan palm. Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 ^^^ aren't they afraid that it could blow off, fall to the ground, risking injury to someone? Â that looks rather haphazard..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I would hope that the net would catch it, but I had the same thought as to what they were thinking putting it up there. ^^^ aren't they afraid that it could blow off, fall to the ground, risking injury to someone?  that looks rather haphazard..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I would hope that they didn't just plop it up there and hope for it to take root. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Five bucks says that tree gets blown off during a rain storm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I'm almost positive they wouldn't put a tree up there without securing it first 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 HBJ takes a tour of the Marriott Marquis  http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2015/09/go-inside-the-unfinished-marriott-marquis.html        22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Incredible pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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