Urbannizer Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 The gentlemen who came here to open the Continental Club approximately 16 years ago is from Austin. He wanted to create an area that would have a walkable Austin type feel with restaurants, bars, clubs, retail and eventually a residential community. He owns quite a bit of the property around The Continental Club and has no intentions of destroying that weird Austin vibe. I commend him for following through and making the Ensemble station probably the most urban cool space in Houston and once there are residents living in the Mid Main it will generate much needed revenues for the retail development in that area and those that will be drawn to the area. It now boasts The Ensemble Theater and Match which is home to at least 13 different arts related groups that bring a wide variety of visitors into the neighborhood all of the time. Now if they could only figure out what to do with Julia's. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 What is that? Looks completely different from the facades they've already put up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Northwest side Northeast side 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Hopefully he'll expand the menu and create a new additional lunch and dinner concept to fill a need for the neighborhood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 @hindesky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I've been excited about this project since it was first announced. This will be a great place to live, work and play, and with so much at your doorstep. This area of Midtown up to Camden's super block, is going to be a very walkable neighborhood. The rail makes it a no brainer. If they'd only reconsider the University Line , linking pretty much anywhere I would want a light rail line to take me. I can't wait to visit this, once there leasing . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Wasn't ready to go home, stopped at the Fist Full of Soul @ The Continetal Club. Got a few pics of Mid Main. South building. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Pano shot of Mid Main & MATCH. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post H-Town Man Posted August 29, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 hour ago, hindesky said: I just figured out that your name should be said "high in de sky." All this time I was thinking "hin DESS kee." 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, H-Town Man said: I just figured out that your name should be said "high in de sky." All this time I was thinking "hin DESS kee." Edited August 29, 2016 by asubrt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 2 hours ago, asubrt said: Haha, right? I always read it more like "Hind-Ski". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Brilliant HTownman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 (edited) The north tower crane is coming down this weekend. TNT crane and DiamondBack rigging are taking it down. Edited September 10, 2016 by hindesky 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 They finished up with the north tower crane removal today. This was the last vertical section being laid down. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted September 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2016 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Now Leasing. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 http://www.livemidmain.com/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 One of the most informative apartment websites I've seen. Floor plans with unique identifiers, located on a map of the area showing of the amenities that are in the complex (which a sky dog park is a good idea that high rises need to copy) There's even prices, though not with the individual floor plans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted December 13, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2016 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Ok, I'll say it. This project is kind of a disappointment for me. It was one of my most anticipated projects since it tried to be all the right things and present a visionary model for Midtown, what with the GFR and preserving the existing buildings. But there is something jarring about the mixture of red brick, which says to me "traditional," and the trying-too-hard-to-be-contemporary feel of the Tetris-y design. Some of the white façade surfaces on the non-street-facing sides remind me of a few of those lesser 50's-60's modern buildings, the ones from the more local architecture firms, where you look at them and think, "Didn't they know this would be ugly?" The randomly oriented windows and exposed cinder block in the second to last picture in Urb's post above just seem desperate to check off every postmodern box (are the exposed plywood panels in the first photo the finished product? would not be too surprised...). Oh, and how about a freaking cornice, and maybe some lintels, or does that hearken too much to the imperialist/colonizing past? I'm sure the Cite people and the Rice Design Alliance will love this; I however do not. Edited December 14, 2016 by H-Town Man 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Yeah, this looks like crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 More expensive, ugly apartments. Yay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I mean, these are intended to be relatively affordable. And maybe let's hold off on rendering a final aesthetic judgement until they're actually finished. Finish materials, signage, etc, especially for the GFR (!) will likely make a huge difference. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post swtsig Posted December 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2016 y'all really don't like these?? i think they're great and hope we get more of the same in the area. to each their own i guess. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I like them. Not especially impressed though just yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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