monarch Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 most def! you guys totally rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Purdueenginerd Posted March 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2015 Had Jury Duty on Monday. This is from the 20th floor of the Criminal Courthouse Obligatory Skyline Shot. 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Thats the only good thing about getting jury duty is the view from those courtrooms up at the top. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Oh cool it will be a skyscraper when Hines did Pennoil Place. He took a chance and that received a award. 09 Main will make it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Howard Huge Posted March 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2015 Oh cool it will be a skyscraper when Hines did Pennoil Place. He took a chance and that received a award. 09 Main will make it,Lol wat 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Is there a Farmer's Market downtown on the weekends or a place where people sell stuff they make in stands? There is one on Wednesdays, morning through lunchtime, at City Hall. It's seasonal, though - it's not run during the winter or the height of summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 There's one at.Discovery Green I thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moore713 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Think houston should open itself to street merchant. .there are plenty of area still that could be converted to merchant allys 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 It has to be tightly-run. The street vendor situation in Washington, DC, was positively atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Dallas seems to do alright with their "Farmers Market District" and I think the area is even thriving atm with lots of new apartments, ect. I always thought if nothing came of the Post Office site a new market district like that could be developed there. I'm not sure where else around downtown something of that style and scale could be developed. The northeast and southeast sectors are still too seedy for street vending IMO. Though we'll see how that plays out with the new residential in both areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The "Farmer's Market" in front of City Hall is a joke. At least it was when I last went a few years ago. Just a bunch of people selling useless junk. Most of it was not food related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Just go to Canninos the best market ever off Airline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Is Cannino's what became of Houston's original Farmer's Market from the '70s? I remember my parents and their friends would go co-op on bulk orders of produce from that market, then split them up later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Isn't Caninos mostly gorcery store reject and overordered. It's nothing close to a farmers market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlyoung83 Posted March 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2015 3/28/15 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 beautiful and amazing! props mlyoung83.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 3/28/15 The back of the Texaco building better stay that color! Texaqua 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LarryDierker Posted March 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2015 20150329_183741 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 This building is going to be beautiful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted April 4, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2015 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Looks like they maybe be done with the garage floors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Maybe one or two more - the tenant floors start with #12. The break will be easy to see, since the slabs will be placed a bit further apart in the tenant space in order to accommodate 10' finished ceilings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 outstanding job hindesky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Awesome shots as always! This along with BG Group will have such a massive presence from the north and south views. From the east & west south/west it will peer over as a thin bright addition. Is it 2017 yet? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Those angles are going to be sexyyy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUTH Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 another view.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Awesome shots as always! This along with BG Group Shell Oil will have such a massive presence from the north and south views. From the east & west south/west it will peer over as a thin bright addition. Is it 2017 yet? Had to correct this due to a news item in today's Bloomberg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Shell Oil buying BG Group for $70 billion. Good move, will pass Chevron in revenue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Not sure what it portends for downtown building occupancies. Probably a few redundant spaces. And people. Edited April 8, 2015 by toxtethogrady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Was driving on I-69 right next to the GRB and was able to see 609 Main! This is growing bigger by the minute! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 New vs old 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I count _ tower cranes in this shot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 An amazing vantage point is driving i45N just before the Aquarium Farris wheel. If someone gets caught up in traffic there try to get a picture off to the right. So many cranes scattered across the skyline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Someone who has construction knowledge can you please answer this. In the webcam I can see these, what look to be massive metal plates they put down before they pour the concrete. Are these just there to support the concrete in the laying down/pouring or are they like massive re-bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted April 22, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2015 4/21 by Againtothefuture on Flickr 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Someone who has construction knowledge can you please answer this. In the webcam I can see these, what look to be massive metal plates they put down before they pour the concrete. Are these just there to support the concrete in the laying down/pouring or are they like massive re-bar? I think those are forms that dictate the shape of the concrete. But I don't have any actual knowledge of construction, so you might ought to wait for another answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Someone who has construction knowledge can you please answer this. In the webcam I can see these, what look to be massive metal plates they put down before they pour the concrete. Are these just there to support the concrete in the laying down/pouring or are they like massive re-bar? I wondered the same thing. My best guess was that it has something to do with the in-floor re-configurable climate control that this building has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tangledwoods Posted April 22, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2015 Someone who has construction knowledge can you please answer this. In the webcam I can see these, what look to be massive metal plates they put down before they pour the concrete. Are these just there to support the concrete in the laying down/pouring or are they like massive re-bar? What you are looking at are called void forms. When we build a concrete building the process goes like this: 1) build a flat deck out of temporary formwork 2) set pans (void forms) on the deck 3) install rebar for beams, joist, and slab 4) place and finish concrete 5) let the concrete cure 6) drop the forms from the floor below and you are done! Here is a good picture of what they look like before the concrete is poured. Here is what it looks like from below once the pans are removed and you have just concrete. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) I have no idea what you're looking at on which camera, but it sounds like you're referring to a cast-in-place form. They're installed to form the bottom of the pour and removed after a predetermined amount of curing time. Someone who has construction knowledge can you please answer this. In the webcam I can see these, what look to be massive metal plates they put down before they pour the concrete. Are these just there to support the concrete in the laying down/pouring or are they like massive re-bar? EDIT: ^Yeah, what he said. Edited April 22, 2015 by phillip_white 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Thanks for the info guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 One of the cranes was working on Sunday. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Anyone notice that the last floor that they're finishing up is a tad bit taller in height than the lower ones? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Yeah they've started on the office floors now, I walk by this thing a few times a week when I go to Minuti to study. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I forget how this works but is it 48 office floors on top of a 8 story parking garage? Or is it a 40 story office building on top of an 8 story parking garage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 ^^^ the parking structure, is actually located directly upon the side of the actual tower. (please reference the renderings / concepts for clarification) the parking structure, is actually a pretty nice design in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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