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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Concrete, not cement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 9 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote 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. Quote 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 Quote 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amashgo Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The neighbors. 6 Quote 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 Quote 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? Quote 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 Quote 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.. Quote 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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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 Quote 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 Quote 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. Quote 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 Quote 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. Quote 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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