tigereye Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I'm gonna guess Northbank Buffalo Bayou is the Post Office site and the East End site is something else. http://swamplot.com/midway-our-giant-fifth-ward-site-wont-be-called-northbank-buffalo-bayou-but-something-else-might/2016-07-07/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Post Office site has a different name - something with Post in it... The Name "Northbank" is in reference to the corner of Waugh and the bayou. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Mind. Blown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 But, as someone who has had to live in Dallas a few years, doesn't it sound a bit too much like Northpark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 2 hours ago, Avossos said: Post Office site has a different name - something with Post in it... The Name "Northbank" is in reference to the corner of Waugh and the bayou. Central Post IIRC - not too late for a name change though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 On 7/6/2016 at 11:26 AM, Houston19514 said: It's possible Midway is doing both. The 2015 annual report discussion may very well refer to the post office site. It seems the purchase of the KBR property likely occurred after the annual report went to print. That's the most likely scenario. The report came out in March while the KBR site was purchased in May. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I would agree that it sure sounds like the Post Office site is soon to be marketed as Northbank. I have no problem with the name Northbank. It actually defines the area very well. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) - Edited July 10, 2019 by Timoric 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ew2003 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 According to an article about Day for Night posted by Paper City today, the post office site will be called Central Post. http://www.papercitymag.com/culture/day-for-night/ So, back to the hunt for where the Northbank project will be! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 7 minutes ago, ew2003 said: According to an article about Day for Night posted by Paper City today, the post office site will be called Central Post. http://www.papercitymag.com/culture/day-for-night/ So, back to the hunt for where the Northbank project will be! It has previously gone by Central Post before. We are not sure whether the name has changed or not. I believe that article is going off of older information. If you go to the comments section of this article, you can see where Central Post was originally mentioned: http://swamplot.com/midway-our-giant-fifth-ward-site-wont-be-called-northbank-buffalo-bayou-but-something-else-might/2016-07-07/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ew2003 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I'm thinking it's new info. They broke the location change, so they had to have confirmed the venue name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 hour ago, CrockpotandGravel said: One because it's on the northbanks of the Buffalo Bayou. Isn't the theory that 100 Waugh could actually be Northbanks? That rendering looks awfully like it could be the post office location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ew2003 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I just saw this Culture Map article from last month that recaps an event held there and refers to it as Central Post as well. "More than 400 guests got a taste of what makes a number of emerging Houston businesses unique at a Market gathering hosted by NextSeed co-founders Youngro Lee, Abraham Chu, and Robert Dunton at Central Post, a landmark that once housed the downtown post office and is now being developed into a 14-acre mixed use center." http://houston.culturemap.com/news/innovation/06-10-16-emerging-houston-businesses-show-why-theyre-unique-at-nextseed-market/#slide=0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/posthouston/?fref=ts also found the post facebook page hope for some updates pretty soon 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Interesting. So we could have two potential projects.... Central Post and Northbanks. I've reached out to Colvill for comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 This might of been asked already, but could "Northbank" be the name of the Midway development on the north side of Buffalo Bayou west of downtown? 100 Waugh I think it was? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Colvill just confirmed to me that this project's name is Central Post. Edited July 26, 2016 by Triton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 8 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said: I took a look at the domains Lovett Commercial registered two months ago, none were Central Post. All were variations of Post HTX. Perhaps the office portion is Central Post. Either way, that is the portion Colvill is working on and it is at the post office site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Just finished talking to Colvill some more. The project is currently wrapping up its design phase but there isn't a set time when they will announce. I have a feeling we might hear something next quarter though. They told me to expect something "new and different" with their design. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 "New and different" sounds exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 17 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said: Folks, we have a name thanks to @Mab: The Barbara Jordan U.S. Post Office in downtown Houston (401 Franklin St.) , isn't Central Post but Post HTX Website: http://posthtx.com Instagram: @posthtx Unfortunately, the "puke" emoticon available on other boards doesn't seem to be available here. To quote @houstorian's Twitter bio, "HOU, never HTX." 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 http://swamplot.com/free-press-houston-to-ship-day-for-night-to-the-former-downtown-post-office/2016-07-25/ The former Barbara Jordan Post Office at401 Franklin St. will be the new host of Free Press Houston’s Day for Night music festival, Matthew Ramirez reports today. The 16-acre campus (including anything left of its train station ruins) sits on thenorth bank of Buffalo Bayou(across from Sesquicentennial Park and east of the University of Houston Downtown). The property was bought last year by an entity connected to Lovett Commercial; by mid-December the site will have to be ready to hold 3 music stages and the festival’s associated experimental art installations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I am not a denizen of the downtown, but isn't this all west of U of H Downtown? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Twinsanity02 said: I am not a denizen of the downtown, but isn't this all west of U of H Downtown? Yeah it is west of UH-Downtown, though there are train tracks and enough room for platforms underneath the university building 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) Cool font! Let's play global thermonuclear war... Edited July 27, 2016 by H-Town Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 39 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said: I'm beginning to wonder if this is really the Facebook page for the development coming to the old downtown Houston post office. There are renderings of an apartment under construction in Switzerland. That's odd. Has anyone heard any updates on this? Architectural inspiration...would love to see something like this for the site. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 2 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Architectural inspiration...would love to see something like this for the site. Wouldn't surprise me. They did say the design is new and different. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 That would be amazing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I think it's hedious. Depending on the trees chosen (we love skeletal looking live oaks) the final version might be even worse. We really do need more pretty trees though. I think they are doing Green Str... I mean Dallas street right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 15 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said: this is going by the name Post HTX. Hmmmmm........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 CultureMap article on Post HTX development with Frank Liu. Mentions 2 phases, 5-8 year timeline. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/09-16-16-post-office/#slide=0 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 The artists were announced recently for the Day For Night festival.http://www.dayfornight.iohttp://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/correction-houstons-day-for-night-festival-just-delivered-the-last-great-lineup-of-2016/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 1 hour ago, tigereye said: CultureMap article on Post HTX development with Frank Liu. Mentions 2 phases, 5-8 year timeline. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/09-16-16-post-office/#slide=0 Nice article! The description sounds intriguing.. I wonder if Day For Night will use any of the bomb shelters for their art installations. Would make for a unique environment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 BJORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M IN!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Is there any possibility we have two separate developments occurring here? Everything was sold to Lovett, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 have we heard any updates on the 45/10 realignment because that would probably affect this development as far as how they will organize the site and design for that area. Was surprised that nobody has asked them of this yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 That lineup kicks ass 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 On 9/20/2016 at 8:35 PM, tigereye said: CultureMap article on Post HTX development with Frank Liu. Mentions 2 phases, 5-8 year timeline. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/09-16-16-post-office/#slide=0 "We want to showcase Houston in a new light by working with architects and designers around the world who are on the cutting edge of innovative ideas of how cities will function in the 21st century,” says Liu, Jr. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 On 9/20/2016 at 9:16 PM, cloud713 said: The artists were announced recently for the Day For Night festival.http://www.dayfornight.iohttp://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/correction-houstons-day-for-night-festival-just-delivered-the-last-great-lineup-of-2016/ Luckily I got my tickets during the early bird sale, prices have risen since then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 bought my two-day pass! super excited about the event and getting to be in the location in light of the recent development news. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/A-popup-mall-and-other-signs-of-life-at-old-9944854.php The former Barbara Jordan Post Office building will host a popup "mall" targeting Super Bowl visitors and others coming downtown for game-related festivities as developers continue work toward remaking the 16-acre Franklin Avenue site into a showcase mixed-use project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 What is a popup mall.? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted October 11, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2016 Pop Up Car Show and concert, Burnout Houston 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 http://www.archdaily.com/797306/new-master-plan-will-catalyze-downtown-milwaukees-dynamic-transformation This is a former Post Office site revitalization to be done in Milwaukee. This should be the level of activity that we demand from a site like ours as well. Lets hope they are as forward looking as they say they are for our Post Office site. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 6 hours ago, Luminare said: http://www.archdaily.com/797306/new-master-plan-will-catalyze-downtown-milwaukees-dynamic-transformation This is a former Post Office site revitalization to be done in Milwaukee. This should be the level of activity that we demand from a site like ours as well. Lets hope they are as forward looking as they say they are for our Post Office site. Strongly doubt the Milwaukee PO ends up looking much like this, since it is across the freeway from downtown and not surrounded by much. The key is, who commissioned these designs? Was it a developer with concrete plans? Or was it an agency that owns the property trying to find a developer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 4 minutes ago, H-Town Man said: Strongly doubt the Milwaukee PO ends up looking much like this, since it is across the freeway from downtown and not surrounded by much. The key is, who commissioned these designs? Was it a developer with concrete plans? Or was it an agency that owns the property trying to find a developer? Apparently the property is owned by a developer based in Chicago that bought it in 2015. The important thing is the design intent and scope of the project. Will it look like that in the end? That remains to be seen, but at least that developer is thinking big and is really utilizing that site and building to the furthermost extent possible. You can always downscale a project. Its almost impossible to upscale a scope. They need to go balls to the wall and push as far as possible with the design first. This Milwaukee project is a good example of this and should be used as case study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 This place is going to be like the Alt-George R. Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 2 hours ago, H-Town Man said: This place is going to be like the Alt-George R. Brown. So you are going to the Quilt Convention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 7 minutes ago, nativehoustonion said: So you are going to the Quilt Convention? No. Point of this question? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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