monarch Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 ^^^ yoda, dude, these illustrations are outstanding! wow! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 IMG_4288 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4341 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4343 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) 4.2 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 4.2 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 4.2 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr Edited April 3, 2016 by H-TownChris2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 ^^^ well-done h-townchris2! and a beautiful day to boot.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) Construction by Justin Anderson, on Flickr Edited April 3, 2016 by cloud713 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted April 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2016 Downtown by russell.hancock, on Flickr 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post H-TownChris2 Posted April 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2016 (edited) Taken yesterday, looks to be at the 20th floor! Catalyst by Chris Rojas, on Flickr Catalyst by Chris Rojas, on Flickr Catalyst *Re-Upload* by Chris Rojas, on Flickr Catalyst by Chris Rojas, on Flickr Edited April 10, 2016 by H-TownChris2 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted April 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2016 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 ^^^ fabulous job gents! wow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) 7 more floors till it tops out. Edited April 23, 2016 by H-TownChris2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Had taken photos of the front but came out a little too blurry... Catalyst by Chris Rojas, on Flickr Catalyst by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H-TownChris2 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Can be seen from nearly everywhere North and South of the CBD! Floor Count: 23 IMG_4779 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4813 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4814 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4827 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4828 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4829 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4831 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4832 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4858 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4863 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_4864 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr One more floor and will be visible from EaDo: IMG_4854 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr Garage: IMG_4830 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr Edited April 23, 2016 by H-TownChris2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Chris, While the photo updates are HUGELY appreciated, could you please post only lower-resolution versions in the threads with the ability to click to see the full ones? As it is now, each photo is around 5 MB, which means each of your posts is around 100 MB (twice the size of downloading the average music album!), making it impossible to even read these threads on a slower connection. If you could please embed maybe 500 KB images (1/10 the file size), it would make things a lot easier for many of us. Thank you! Just opening a few of these threads would use up a typical mobile user's entire monthly allocation of bandwidth, for example. Keep the photos coming, please, just please don't embed the original images. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 The blue and yellow on this building are striking, more so than other u/c projects just because it's contrasted with the rest of the floor which will have a glass curtain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 19 minutes ago, rechlin said: Chris, While the photo updates are HUGELY appreciated, could you please post only lower-resolution versions in the threads with the ability to click to see the full ones? As it is now, each photo is around 5 MB, which means each of your posts is around 100 MB (twice the size of downloading the average music album!), making it impossible to even read these threads on a slower connection. If you could please embed maybe 500 KB images (1/10 the file size), it would make things a lot easier for many of us. Thank you! Just opening a few of these threads would use up a typical mobile user's entire monthly allocation of bandwidth, for example. Keep the photos coming, please, just please don't embed the original images. Gotcha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nole23 Posted April 30, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2016 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 ^^^ great illustration nole23! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Nice shot! working on floor 22 from my count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) They're actually on floor 24. Once that is done only 4 more left. I figure it'll top out sometime in Mid June. I'm loving this building. Edited April 30, 2016 by Nole23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 #Downtown#Houston#Skyline by houtexusa, on Flickr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Is this from the Hirsch St bridge? Good pic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I count 23 floors. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 IMG_6168 by George Zimzores, on Flickr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 IMG_4975 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_5024 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr IMG_5025 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted May 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2016 I count 23 floors. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 ^^^ wow.... wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted May 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2016 IMG_5019 by David, on Flickr IMG_5021 by David, on Flickr 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Nice! When did they start putting glass on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 16 hours ago, cspwal said: Nice! When did they start putting glass on it? Very early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 East side. Steel framing going up on the north side. 25 stories based on the service elevator numbers. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted June 13, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2016 Drone Shots Houston by vlad busuioc, on Flickr 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cspwal Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 That block just north of Catalyst just looks prime for some sort of development. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 ^^^ @Yoda outstanding illustration my pal.... WOW! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) That is a remarkable image. Whats most remarkable is the fact that everything in that photo is new or renovated in the last ten years. Beside barely seeing the stadium and G.R.Brown nothing else is really distinguishable as Houston. If someone was shown this picture who just knew our skyline they'd never think of Houston. Talk about growth. And this is on the east side of downtown that 20 years ago was a huge parking district. Great job Yoda! Nunca en mi vida! Edited June 15, 2016 by bobruss added a word 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Wait till the Northside of Minute Maid gets filled up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moore713 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Not long before calls for landscaping renovations for the street themselves. ..to give it a legit neighborhood feel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Im not sure what your referring to because they did all of the east west streets from Commerce to Texas from Bagby to 59. Its called the Cotswold project. Streets, trees, sidewalks, lighting and signage were all improved and once the landscaping is done in front of the new group of residences it should be finished. Im sure those sections will be landscaped similarly. The trees planted in 2002 have grown quite a bit, and it already feels 100% better. The grove of Bald Cyprus trees in front of Minute Maid are beautiful. It feels like a new world there. Once retail and shops open it will be a neighborhood, but you can't manufacture neighborhoods. they grow in their own way organically. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 12 hours ago, bobruss said: Im not sure what your referring to because they did all of the east west streets from Commerce to Texas from Bagby to 59. Its called the Cotswold project. Streets, trees, sidewalks, lighting and signage were all improved and once the landscaping is done in front of the new group of residences it should be finished. Im sure those sections will be landscaped similarly. The trees planted in 2002 have grown quite a bit, and it already feels 100% better. The grove of Bald Cyprus trees in front of Minute Maid are beautiful. It feels like a new world there. Once retail and shops open it will be a neighborhood, but you can't manufacture neighborhoods. they grow in their own way organically. I would like to see a redo of Crawford from MMP to Discovery green. Not sure if it would make sense to do on LaBranch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I imagine that once those streets develop some serious foot traffic after the dust settles and people start to actually live in this area they might do what they are doing to Main street which is upgrading the public realm. I don't see Labranch getting that treatment anytime soon. Most of the development is strung along Crawford and that's where the major venues are. Don't forget that each one of the developers who are building in these areas are planning some kind of landscaping so lets see what they might do. Money is going to be very tight for the next few years and there are a lot of major projects that will be needed before those dollars are available. I will remind that every North South street was rebuilt with new sidewalks, trees, and lighting, from Bagby to Crawford by the federal government, but not as much as the Cotswold project. I was living on Crawford at Franklin at the time and this Federal project along with the Cotswold project, and the main street plaza rail line were simultaneously built during the rush before the super bowl to spruce up downtown. This was the perfect storm that wiped out pedestrian movement no matter where you went. Imagine every North South street being rebuilt, and east west street being rebuilt from Texas to Commerce and Main from the Pierce elevated to the U. of H. It was a mess to get around in intersections were obliterated, mud everywhere wooden walkways sides of streets closed. Plus that was when they started installing all of the underground cables for people like Verizon and all the others. They'd finish a street and then come back and tunnel in to put the lines in. Very frustrating. As Ive said I was running Cabos at the time so I know what it was like from personal experience. It made it very difficult for the good restaurants to make it much less the poorly run clubs. They blamed their downfall on the Rail line, but it was more due the Perfect Storm and poorly run operations. Plus as you all know, the scene is always relocating. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) - Edited July 10, 2019 by Timoric 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I count 26 floors 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yoda Posted June 19, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2016 Dynamo Star Wars Night 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 is it me or are the top ~5 floors wider than the ones below? Is this the design of the building 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 It does look like there's a shift there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctaf Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 The balconies on the top several floors are larger and that's what you're seeing when it looks wider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 16 minutes ago, Ctaf said: The balconies on the top several floors are larger and that's what you're seeing when it looks wider Ahh ok, yeah it seemed out to me but that explains it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nole23 Posted June 23, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2016 Took a quick pic as I headed out this morning. Looks like they're on the 27th floor. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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