Montrose1100 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) 16 or so years is a long time... While still dramatic, many cities around the globe and country looked completely different (as far as adding skyscrapers & neighborhoods). The World Trade Center was still around, Enron was skyrocketing on the stock market, the only "skyline" in Europe still belonged to Frankfurt, Dubai was not on the map, Asia was just coming out of their banking collapse, I had not joined HAIF yet... Edit: sorry, forgot about Canary Wharf. Edited January 27, 2016 by Montrose1100 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Edit: sorry, forgot about Canary Wharf.And La Défense in Paris as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 16 or so years is a long time... While still dramatic, many cities around the globe and country looked completely different (as far as adding skyscrapers & neighborhoods). True but it's still probably the most dramatically changed area in all of Houston. New stadiums, new parks, new hotels, new apartments, new office buildings, new transit system... it's crazy to think about. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 And La Défense in Paris as well.Eh... I'll allow it. Point being that the whole world can change that dramatically for something as evolving as a city neighborhood. Just pointing that out, not dismissing the change that has occurred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H-TownChris2 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 From Yesterday: 1.30 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr (Mirror got in the way a little) 1.30 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 1.30 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 1.30 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 1.30 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 ^^^ awesome job h-townchris2! superb! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Love that Great Southwest building. Hope it is preserved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Love that Great Southwest building. Hope it is preserved. The current plans are for it to be renovated and converted into apartments. Hopefully it will be done soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted February 1, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2016 Downtown Houston by Michael Bludworth, on Flickr 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 This is a much more exciting view of Houston. From this side you can see all of the buildings that give it much more depth and character. Its more like a stair stepped eastern u.s. city skyline with the older architectural examples popping through.You get a much better feel for the size and scope of the downtown from the east side. The west side almost looks like a movie set facade, although it is striking. Give me the grit! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Keep thinking of what this area used to look like.... now and then: Cool pictures! Thanks so much for posting. You can see right through what was then the Houston World Trade Center. The building in the bottom photo foreground was the Houston Port Authority. You can make out the great kind of mosaic image around the front entrance. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Downtown was such a shoothole 20 years ago. The next 20 might actually make it "world class"...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Cladding mock up... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 That mocha brick is oh so nice looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobruss Posted February 2, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2016 After looking at the image of Houston above I noticed the Gulf and Esperson building looking so small. When I moved to Houston in 1954, they were the tallest buildings in downtown, so you can see how much change I've been around for, and maybe can appreciate my patience.What an amazing ride its been and the things I've been able to witness here. Quite an amazing ride!Now lets get those new art buildings and hospitals built. I don't have all day. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 ^^^ great illustrations hindesky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Off topic - in the pic above - what was the Westin/Inn at the Ballpark before ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The old World Trade building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Keep thinking of what this area used to look like.... now and then: Amazing how 1998 can seem so long ago. This was probably about the year I really became interested in downtown revitalization. The color cast and film grain of this photo give it a nostalgic air. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 via reddit: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Starting to show some decent height. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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samagon Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 (edited) After looking at the image of Houston above I noticed the Gulf and Esperson building looking so small. When I moved to Houston in 1954, they were the tallest buildings in downtown, so you can see how much change I've been around for, and maybe can appreciate my patience. What an amazing ride its been and the things I've been able to witness here. Quite an amazing ride! Now lets get those new art buildings and hospitals built. I don't have all day. My mom was driving with me the other day down i10, as we were driving past the 45 interchange, she lamented that you can barely see the esperson building except from certain angles. the 40 story residential on MSP is certainly to blame for this. oh well, progress, I assume. @chrisjln via Instagram So much care taken in post processing to make this photograph pop, but didn't make the horizon straight to the focal point. it makes me sad. still a great photo. likely less than 1 degree rotation counter clockwise and this would be a phenomenal photograph. Edited February 15, 2016 by samagon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Keep thinking of what this area used to look like.... now and then: And to think, when MMP was under construction, there was a plan to demo the World Trade Center and replace it with a park to honor the Port Authority. Instead, we got a Westin hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 It was even worse. Before the George R Brown the area was parking lot country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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