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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

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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."

 

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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.

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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

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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.

 

 

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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.

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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.

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On 9/20/2016 at 9:16 PM, cloud713 said:

Luckily I got my tickets during the early bird sale, prices have risen since then.

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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.

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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. 

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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? 

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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.  

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