Nate99 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 This is getting exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 A lot more rebar onsite. Where are our HAIF photographers! Oh wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucleareaction Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 A lot more rebar onsite. Where are our HAIF photographers! Oh wait... I wanna join the club! Midtown, Montrose, Museum District, and Rice Village is a big enough area for me on a slow day I'll leave DT to the people who live/work there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nate99 Posted March 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2014 A lot more rebar onsite. Where are our HAIF photographers! Oh wait... I'm going to need to be paid double for this... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 any idea when the mat pour will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Nor have I. Seems to be some kind of structural center "anchor" for the project. It sure is a crapload of rebar in one spot. Is that not the sump pit and housing for the related pumps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 any idea when the mat pour will be?Heard this weekend should see some activity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Is that not the sump pit and housing for the related pumps? I certainly have no idea, but the open "boxes" that you see in the most recent pics could be sumps, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 So they already built over that strange rebar thing that was in the middle??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 There was about 8 blocks of concrete trucks lined up one after another this morning to pour the foundation. It was pretty impressive (sorry no pics!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 There was about 8 blocks of concrete trucks lined up one after another this morning to pour the foundation. It was pretty impressive (sorry no pics!) I rode my bike through downtown and they had streets closed all over the place -- definitely a lot of work going on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 They're pouring concrete today. Travis and Dallas streets are closed, the cement pumper is on Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 https://www.flickr.com/x/t/0090009/gp/41712425%3Cspan%3E@%3C/span%3EN08/D4963g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Oops...link did not work. I'd there a mid who can delete the previous post, and this one, too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 When they demo this thing in 70 years, whoever has to chip this foundation out of the ground is going to have their work cut out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Does Commerce Towers know something we don't? They're listing this site as shopping/entertainment. Probably just referring to GFR, but who knows http://www.commercetowers.com/default.aspx/MenuItemID/104/MenuGroup/Home.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 When they demo this thing in 70 years, whoever has to chip this foundation out of the ground is going to have their work cut out.Naw,They will just flatten the rubble in the hole, and turn it into an urban parking lot. It will be all the rave. Other property owners may follow suit. They might even coalesce in an area and form a sort of destrict. It will be so cutting edge they will charge an arm and maybe a leg or two for parking there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) Naw, They will just flatten the rubble in the hole, and turn it into an urban parking lot. It will be all the rave. Other property owners may follow suit. They might even coalesce in an area and form a sort of destrict. It will be so cutting edge they will charge an arm and maybe a leg or two for parking there. What do you mean parking lot? In the future there are no parking lots. Edited March 27, 2014 by LarryDierker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Very nice concrete placement. Nice pictures everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Those views from the Foleys garage smoke mine from the Pavilions lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Shocked that I had to go to the second page to find this one. In one section, they appeared to be at or close to ground floor level already. It's the side on Travis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 The rendering is a bit 'meh' to me, but I suppose it could be worse and infill is always good. But does anybody know what it will look like at street level? Will it have retail? What will it do to the streets cape at Main Street Square. That's what is most important to me. Sorry if this has already been asked/answered but a quick search of the thread didn't reveal much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Jax, the street scape will certainly be prettier than what was there but undoubtedly less urban.To answer your question, yes the floor facing main will have retail while the business entrance to the building will be on the opposite side.The set backs however will be much larger than the Macys building. So in terms of the urban look, this one will look more like an uptown (business park) building from a pedestrian point of view than what was there before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) Looks like the makings of a tunnel to the Foley's garage/Americana building... Edited April 16, 2014 by Nate99 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 There was an existing tunnel to the Foley's garage, so a connecting tunnel underneath the front plaza makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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