amashgo Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Thanks, I saw where this was reported earlier, just not sure what they've planned. As someone mentioned before, $2.9 million won't buy much.Triton posted it. "$2,900,000.00 remodel of the parking garage. Construction permit pulled in Feb 24, 2015.". It won't buy much... Anyone seen concepts yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) Look how close the cement robot arm dispenser thingey (blue and white) is to the crane. They are going to need to jump that again, or this thing is about to top-out. Untitled by Ryan Clark, on Flickr Edited August 17, 2015 by adr 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 From what I can tell it still has 14+ floors and the crown to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amashgo Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Look how close the cement robot arm dispenser thingey (blue and white) is to the crane. They are going to need to jump that again, or this thing is about to top-out. It is a placing boom. It gets jumped every 5-8 floors in my experience. Depends on the job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 It is a placing boom. It gets jumped every 5-8 floors in my experience. Depends on the job. I believe he means that they need to jump the crane, not the boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Concrete, not cement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Looks like they're on the 24th floor (unless I counted wrong) so over half way there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amashgo Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Hey! That little bald guy is back! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Hey! That little bald guy is back! He follows me around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cloud713 Posted August 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2015 Four more segments of crane ready for the next jump.. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 GO AHEAD AND JUMP! Crane Jump! by Ryan Clark, on Flickr 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Looks to have the same tone as the criminal justice center DT which I'm not real big on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) - Edited July 9, 2019 by Timoric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Yikes.This boom 2010-2016 Houston builds 27 million square feet of beige resi and plain glass boxes with a few notable exceptions.Some recent pics of NYC show me that cities are starting to resemble futuristic sci-fi cities but not Houston yet.If you squint at 2929 Weslayan or catch a glimpse it looks futuristic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amashgo Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The neighbors. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 So I may be wrong here but it appears some of these balconies face the backside of the parking garage. https://twitter.com/thachadwick/status/633276100156612609 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 are there balconies back there? its hard to tell from the picture. we've seen the windows back there. it does seem kind of odd but i guess natural light with no views is better than artificial light? i would hope they don't lease those out as units, and use the rear lower floors as mechanical and common areas. unless they drastically reduce the rent? though it kind of makes you wonder if there are any radical changes planned for the garage, and/or what exactly 2.9 million can do in terms of garage development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amashgo Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 are there balconies back there? its hard to tell from the picture. we've seen the windows back there. it does seem kind of odd but i guess natural light with no views is better than artificial light? i would hope they don't lease those out as units, and use the rear lower floors as mechanical and common areas. unless they drastically reduce the rent? though it kind of makes you wonder if there are any radical changes planned for the garage, and/or what exactly 2.9 million can do in terms of garage development? I thought those were for tie in to the garage.. like pedestrian walkway so you dont have to go all the way down, outside, and around the block to the main entry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 true.. those would have to be somewhere. and i guess its the most economical to utilize the same floor plate on every floor, so using the same shapes/balconies as walkways makes sense.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Looks like the cantilevered pool is old school now - it doesn't bridge between two towers http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/20/9181333/sky-pool-london-embassy-gardens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Timoric Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) - Edited July 9, 2019 by Timoric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) It's a shame this tower will block the awesome view of BofA on I-10 heading west right by Downtown... Oh well. As Bill Heslop says, "you can't stop progress". Edited August 23, 2015 by Montrose1100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) It's a shame this tower will block the awesome view of BofA on I-10 heading west right by Downtown... Oh well. As Bill Heslop says, "you can't stop progress". IDK - it's only going to be about as tall as the second setback (from the bottom) of the middle tier... stated differently, not a whole lot taller than Lyric, which is a block west, and directly north of BoA (well, "directly" in the context of our agreed municipal fiction that rotates the downtown compass 45 degrees). Edited August 23, 2015 by mollusk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 IDK - it's only going to be about as tall as the second setback (from the bottom) of the middle tier... stated differently, not a whole lot taller than Lyric, which is a block west, and directly north of BoA (well, "directly" in the context of our agreed municipal fiction that rotates the downtown compass 45 degrees).It already blocks half the view. I know it's just one angle but still sucks in my books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Nate99 Posted August 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2015 This is how they move quickly once they get to uniform floors… 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 The Bayou Banks and the Bayou. 1. Does the Bayou need to be cleaned up?2. Can the Banks be beautified and is that being done? 1. yes. the amount of trash in every bayou is staggering. go for a walk, or a bike ride after the next heavy rainstorm down one of the bayou trails, look at how much trash is floating down the bayous.2. they can, I don't think anything is being done on this stretch. of course, what's your definition of beautified? mid 60s corps of engineer concrete lined beauty? current buffalo bayou park beauty? natural beauty? land that was abandoned from industrial use more than 50 years ago beauty? I think, if it's the latter, you're all set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucleareaction Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 1. yes. the amount of trash in every bayou is staggering. go for a walk, or a bike ride after the next heavy rainstorm down one of the bayou trails, look at how much trash is floating down the bayous.2. they can, I don't think anything is being done on this stretch. of course, what's your definition of beautified? mid 60s corps of engineer concrete lined beauty? current buffalo bayou park beauty? natural beauty? land that was abandoned from industrial use more than 50 years ago beauty? I think, if it's the latter, you're all set. I think the ultimate issue that makes a lot of the beautification discussion kinda moot is that it's still a functional drainage waterway. We can try and control its flooding, but anything on the banks HAS to be flood-proof. No point in designing something otherwise. What that does to trash is what you hinted at - Houstonians can be careless & heartless sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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adr Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 If you were wondering how this building could possibly be going up so fast, I can report that at almost 4:30am on the dot the tower crane started moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amashgo Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 If you were wondering how this building could possibly be going up so fast, I can report that at almost 4:30am on the dot the tower crane started moving. Having those tables and flat slabs is why that building is going up so fast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 4 sets of forms, too, as illustrated by a set of forms being moved up in a previous picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Triton Posted August 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2015 Market Square Tower by Marc longoria, on Flickr 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Thank you for these excellent photos Triton . This is quite a tour de force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 This is a preview of the commanding presence it will have looking north for people leaving downtown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brijonmang Posted August 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) Market Square Tower by Bryan Malloch, on Flickr Edited August 30, 2015 by brijonmang 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astros148 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 16 more floors? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 16 more floors? Looks like it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astros148 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 i hope we get a big tower on that side of downtown. This project has already extended the width of downtown in alot of views and having a 45+ office building would be awesome 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTHONYHTOWN Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 you can even see it from allen parkway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 i hope we get a big tower on that side of downtown. This project has already extended the width of downtown in alot of views and having a 45+ office building would be awesomeThat's my dream! For our downtown to really grow into something that competes with the big boys it needs to grow outward, with more skyscrapers north of Chase tower and south of the Pierce elevated.Once the Pierce is torn down, we could effectively DOUBLE the size of our downtown if you start building skyward in midtown. It's all the same street grid pattern!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 That's my dream! For our downtown to really grow into something that competes with the big boys it needs to grow outward, with more skyscrapers north of Chase tower and south of the Pierce elevated.Once the Pierce is torn down, we could effectively DOUBLE the size of our downtown if you start building skyward in midtown. It's all the same street grid pattern!! I'd like to see the east side get filled in first but yea pretty much agree with this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 That's my dream! For our downtown to really grow into something that competes with the big boys it needs to grow outward, with more skyscrapers north of Chase tower and south of the Pierce elevated.Once the Pierce is torn down, we could effectively DOUBLE the size of our downtown if you start building skyward in midtown. It's all the same street grid pattern!!Don't forget that they're also planning on burying 59 effectively removing the barrier between midtown and the museum district... It's not hard to envision one continuous dense skyline bookened by downtown to the north and the medical center to the south. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Then again, you could double downtown's office space without even having to go beyond the traditional freeway encirclement. Considering that most of these buildings want tunnel connections, that seems much more likely. Which is fine with me... skyscrapers tend to bring parking lots, garages, and dead zones in their wake. I love them, but I don't want them everywhere. I'm hoping Midtown becomes a great residential neighborhood in the vein of Greenwich Village or London's West End, i.e. short dense buildings with a thriving street life between them. Edited August 31, 2015 by H-Town Man 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Don't forget that they're also planning on burying 59 effectively removing the barrier between midtown and the museum district... It's not hard to envision one continuous dense skyline bookened by downtown to the north and the medical center to the south. Need a Mapster to overlay Chicago's DT Streetgrid over Houston for comparison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Here is a basic outline of downtown Chicago over downtown Houston. "The Loop" is the loop of elevated trains that forms the core of the CBD of Chicago, while the outlined box to the right (with the bean in the NW corner) is a large park on Lake Michigan. I didn't include the actual street grid because that got too messy. It looks like the core of Chicago is similarly sized to downtown, though with almost no parking lots. The magnificent mile (not shown; again messy) is right about where N main street is on this map. The outlined area seems to be the main area of large buildings. I couldn't get the overlay to turn to align with Houston's grid Chicago over Downtown HOU by Christopher Hisle, on Flickr 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Are the boundaries of DT Chicago Lincoln Park to the "north", Grant Park to the south and the interstate to the west? Their DT seems massive relative to ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Yeah the western boundary appears to be the interstate, but it's only 5 blocks west of the river/canal. What makes Chicago seem huge is they have many more high rises and they extend much further; we were all the way out at Wrigley, and there was solid chain of high rise buildings going back to the city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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