Random Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Anyone know what is going in on the corner closest to the spur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I'll live with the 3rd person if the pizza is any good. It is way too hard to find good pizza in this town.That pizza place.. New York Pizza I think... In post midtown is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) Anybody know if there is a tentative date out there for expansion?"When it's completed, possibly in 2010, The Mix is expected to have more than 300,000 square feet of retail space"http://www.chron.com...ff/5563952.html And this about a new location opening up from innerlooped http://innerlooped.com/1040/new-restaurant-coming-to-the-mix-midtown/ Edited July 1, 2011 by DrLan34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I came across this and haven't seen it before. It looks like an office building with a parking garage built on the lot next to where they plan to build the new Alamo Drafthouse. http://www.crosspointproperties.com/all_properties.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Site plans http://www.crosspointproperties.com/3001_Louisiana_Plans.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I wouldn't get too ahead of yourself. The web site also lists plans for 2101 Milam. I've seen the same concept drawing posted outside that building for about 5 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 That's the type of developments that should be going up in Midtown. Unfortunately I don't see it happening, it's to much like right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I've lived in Midtown a long time, and it's finally starting to realize some of it's potential. I think, "Maybe I won't relocate after all, I can get the experience I want here." Then I remember that it's 100 degrees from June to September, and walking in even the best, most pedestrian friendly neighborhood is awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I've lived in Midtown a long time, and it's finally starting to realize some of it's potential. I think, "Maybe I won't relocate after all, I can get the experience I want here." Then I remember that it's 100 degrees from June to September, and walking in even the best, most pedestrian friendly neighborhood is awful.How hot does it get in NYC and Chicago in the summer time? Is it humid there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 How hot does it get in NYC and Chicago in the summer time? Is it humid there? It gets uncomfortably warm at worst for both cities. Chicago at least has wind that can make it pleasant in the middle of summer. Both cities also cool down significantly at night too. Houston gets hot... like the feeling on your face after opening an oven that's been on for 3 hours. My best sense of comparison is when I go cycling. In Chicago I could manage a 40 mile ride mid-day in the summer. In Houston; I'll normally get heat stress after about 15 miles if I did a mid-day ride in open sunlight in August. (even with a camelback/waterbottle). Ive lived here for 4 years and my bodies ability to acclimate to the heat still hasn't caught up. . I dont complain though--- The winters here are faaaantastic. I havent turned my heater on once this winter! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) Edit. Edited February 14, 2013 by DrLan34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 It gets uncomfortably warm at worst for both cities. Chicago at least has wind that can make it pleasant in the middle of summer. Both cities also cool down significantly at night too. Houston gets hot... like the feeling on your face after opening an oven that's been on for 3 hours. My best sense of comparison is when I go cycling. In Chicago I could manage a 40 mile ride mid-day in the summer. In Houston; I'll normally get heat stress after about 15 miles if I did a mid-day ride in open sunlight in August. (even with a camelback/waterbottle). Ive lived here for 4 years and my bodies ability to acclimate to the heat still hasn't caught up. . I dont complain though--- The winters here are faaaantastic. I havent turned my heater on once this winter! As a friend who relocated from the north east said, and I feel it can't be repeated enough... you don't have to shovel the heat. being able to wear flip flops 365 days a year is a plus as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) How hot does it get in NYC and Chicago in the summer time? Is it humid there? I've been to NYC in the summer, and it's miserable. Miserable in winter, as well. That's not where I'm planning to move Hint: I'm a scientist and software developer. Edited February 27, 2013 by woolie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnmcbarnacle Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 How hot does it get in NYC and Chicago in the summer time? Is it humid there?Good question. I have been really, really hot in those cities in the summertime, and I've also had to put on a jacket at night on occasion. So I decided to look up the data and compare. No doubt those places get their share of brutal days, but the intensity and duration of the summer are different. I'm posting the average High/Low that I found.(rounded up or down). Their June, August and September is more like our April and October. Their July is like our May. If it never got worse than May around here, I bet we'd see a lot more walking. NYC April 61/44 May 71/53 June 81/63 July 85/68 August 83/66 September 77/60 October 67/51 HoustonApril 79/61May 86/68June 91/74July 94/75August 95/75September 90/72October 82/62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 There's nothing worse than a hot and humid August in NYC. First, the city stinks. Literally. The foul smells can become overwhelming. Second, so many places still have no A.C. or bad A.C. Sitting next to a brick oven in an old building in SoHo with no ac when it's 85+ outside sucks. My old Boston townhome used to not have ac. It was a brick building and all it would take was 2 consecutive days of 80+ degrees for it to heat up like an oven. My thermostat hit 92 once. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 people who use the "it gets too hot in houston during the summer to walk" excuse are just flat out lazy. it gets damn hot in NYC during the summer AND they're winters are atrocious, something houstonians do not have to worry about at all. grow a pair. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPHous Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 My personal favorite is when people in Dallas complain about the heat in Houston... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Rendering and plan of Senterra's proposed building for Van Loc block: Edited October 8, 2014 by largeTEXAS 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Nice façade treatment, and good to see what appears to be GFR. Is it city requirements that make the parking garages for these so big (same with the Mid Main office building), or is it that developers want extra parking for retail patrons, or do you just need that much parking for such a small building? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Looks nice! I really like the colors and the set backs. Is that why Van Loc closed? "Retirement". Edit: Looks like a nice little cluster of mid-rises are sprouting around HCC. Edited October 8, 2014 by Montrose1100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsatyr Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 So what happens to Van Loc? I like that place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I'm liking the tiers.Seems like basically the same project as some other one close by that I can't remember the location of - the one with a ugly garage and small office on top - but ten times better...done right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Nice to see Midtown get some proposals with height. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 BIG. BODACIOUS! simply perfect, as per the right place at the right time. midtown is on fire! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 i wonder how long before the surrounding plots get redeveloped. this looks great, it just seems like the GFR might be a little slow until it gets some better neighbors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Edit: Looks like a nice little cluster of mid-rises are sprouting around HCC. I would say that this 15-18 story building would count as a high rise. Anything over 10 stories is a high rise, right? Low rise: 1-4Mid rise: 5-10High rise: 11-100+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Is this that same office building that is going up near that church and MATCH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I would say that this 15-18 story building would count as a high rise. Anything over 10 stories is a high rise, right? Low rise: 1-4Mid rise: 5-10High rise: 11-100+i think low rise is 1-3. mid rise gets a little tricky. ive always considered a 10 story a high-rise but it seems as though high-rises might start at 12 stories.but yeah.. HCC, along with this proposal and the Mid Main office tower proposal, are all high-rises. wasnt there something else/a residential high rise or something rumored to be planned for the block south of the HCC garage? that area is definitely sprouting up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I knew it!! Me and my girlfriend went to Van Loc last night since we didn't know what their last day was. I kept telling her there's no way this place was closing due to poor business because I've been there so many times and it's been packed. I said they had to have sold to a developer who was going to turn it into apartments. Even though that part was wrong, glad to see a nice new development head our way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Is this that same office building that is going up near that church and MATCH?lol, no.. similar proportions. though this one takes up a full block, that one only takes up half. this one looks better IMO even though its bulkier. i like the 3 staggered set back type things in the side of the office part. do i even see some greenery on some of the setbacks or is that just stuff inside the building showing through? i hope they make use of the top of the parking garage.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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