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Popular Post Nate99 Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) I was going for a subtle emphasis on the density from the past decade or so. Pretty interesting perspective. Edited December 13, 2021 by Nate99 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 there's a sign on this building that says "High Street". Is this a working name, or the real name? All I can think of when they say High Street is the kids from That 70's Show getting stoned in their circle with Hyde talking about a car that runs on water, man.... lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 37 minutes ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said: there's a sign on this building that says "High Street". Is this a working name, or the real name? All I can think of when they say High Street is the kids from That 70's Show getting stoned in their circle with Hyde talking about a car that runs on water, man.... lol That's the development company name. Block 98 | HSR (highstreetresidential.com) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Went to Post Houston this past weekend and was driving down I45 from the north. Didn't think it would make an impact from this vantage point but wow it definitely adds a presence to the skyline!! No pic sorry was driving! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pm91 Posted December 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2021 Think they’re done with floors and now working on the top: taken just now 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thatguysly Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Big gap in the middle of the skyline from that angle. Right side needs more density. Cool shot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 6 hours ago, thatguysly said: Big gap in the middle of the skyline from that angle. Right side needs more density. Cool shot. That gap is probably right where the Bank of Southwest Tower would have been. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brijonmang Posted December 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2021 I spy... 22 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted January 17 Popular Post Share Posted January 17 Houstonia Magazine featured this tower under construction. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post 79ta Posted January 31 Popular Post Share Posted January 31 With the (anticipated) success of the rooftop amenities at POST, when are the GRB people going to add some green space of their own? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Timer Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Looks like you could fit 2 Discovery Greens on top of the GRB. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OnTheOtherHand Posted January 31 Popular Post Share Posted January 31 For the roof of the GRB, the issue is what loads could be supported. There could be access by elevators inside/outside the GRB and from a bridge to a sculptural tower with elevators/spiraling ramp/stairs at the edge of Discovery Green. Possible ideas are: Restaurants/bars around a lawn area with patios overlooking Discovery Green Jogging, rollerblading, and kids’ bike loops Dog park Kite park Mini golf and disk golf (probably not big enough for Top Golf) Amusements, climbing walls, and parkour course Sculptures and murals Shade structures {perhaps solar panels - I think there are already a few) I also think the general area would be great for a series of urban zip lines spanning between buildings over Discovery Green. Possible end points (and elevations) are: One Park Place (500 ft) Hess Tower (460 ft) - maybe using the old wind turbine cells Skanska 1550 on the Green (410 ft and lower heights) Marriott Marquis (395 ft) 5 Houston Center (360 ft) Hilton Americas (320 ft and 300 ft) Partnership Tower (130 ft) George R. Brown (about 100 ft) Marriott Marquis Pool Deck (about 1 00 ft) Final landing on roof of building in Discovery Green - (30 ft) Perhaps an existing company that operates zip lines could assess the feasibility. It would be a unique attraction for Houston. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 10 hours ago, OnTheOtherHand said: For the roof of the GRB, the issue is what loads could be supported. There could be access by elevators inside/outside the GRB and from a bridge to a sculptural tower with elevators/spiraling ramp/stairs at the edge of Discovery Green. Possible ideas are: Restaurants/bars around a lawn area with patios overlooking Discovery Green Jogging, rollerblading, and kids’ bike loops Dog park Kite park Mini golf and disk golf (probably not big enough for Top Golf) Amusements, climbing walls, and parkour course Sculptures and murals Shade structures {perhaps solar panels - I think there are already a few) I also think the general area would be great for a series of urban zip lines spanning between buildings over Discovery Green. Possible end points (and elevations) are: One Park Place (500 ft) Hess Tower (460 ft) - maybe using the old wind turbine cells Skanska 1550 on the Green (410 ft and lower heights) Marriott Marquis (395 ft) 5 Houston Center (360 ft) Hilton Americas (320 ft and 300 ft) Partnership Tower (130 ft) George R. Brown (about 100 ft) Marriott Marquis Pool Deck (about 1 00 ft) Final landing on roof of building in Discovery Green - (30 ft) Perhaps an existing company that operates zip lines could assess the feasibility. It would be a unique attraction for Houston. I’m sorry we don’t do unique attractions here 🙃 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Yep. It's unfortunate that the post office, Cistern, and Orange Show don't exist. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 7 hours ago, Texasota said: Yep. It's unfortunate that the post office, Cistern, and Orange Show don't exist. Let’s be honest, are any of these truly unique? I’ve always wanted something here that you can’t find anywhere else. BTW, I love all these places you listed and my original comment was was to be taken lighthearted. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtownian Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 7 hours ago, nate4l1f3 said: Let’s be honest, are any of these truly unique? I’ve always wanted something here that you can’t find anywhere else. BTW, I love all these places you listed and my original comment was was to be taken lighthearted. I took a friend from out of town and my family to the beer can house and they all loved it and thought it was unique. I also took them to Rothko Chapel and half of the group thought it was awesome 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 What exactly does unique mean if the Orange Show doesn't qualify? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Luminare Posted February 2 Popular Post Share Posted February 2 20 hours ago, nate4l1f3 said: Let’s be honest, are any of these truly unique? I’ve always wanted something here that you can’t find anywhere else. BTW, I love all these places you listed and my original comment was was to be taken lighthearted. I actually took your comment as lighthearted. Houston is actually a pretty unique city. Really unicorn in a sense. What makes Houston unique though are aspects that are either not readily apparent upon first glance, or aspects that aren't commonly appreciated, and thats just how it is. If one were to be reductionist (or even nihilistic) you could say nothing is actually unique anywhere. Not a great game to play. I don't recommend it. From my point a view from being in this industry long enough I've learned to dispense with the idea that unique means that something has to be 100% new or original. Good luck finding that. Instead what's more interesting and fun is finding uniqueness in variation, deviation, addition, subtracting, or alteration. Sometimes I look at something and think, well that kinda looks like everything else I've seen and then upon further examination I see slight deviations that make something actually unique. Full disclosure I worked for an architecture firm that was part of the competition for the Orange Show, and got to learn a lot about it. Spent time on site. There are a lot of places that have outsider artists creating such spaces. One I looked at particularly for inspiration was one in Pittsburgh I believe. That doesn't mean that because its done in other places it isn't "unique" it just means that there is actually a scene in art that has these people that are called outsider artists and there are common themes you will see if you visit these places. What was unique about the Orange Show was its approach, its execution, its colors, and even the man that started it all. Now that is unique and that particular combination is only in Houston. 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Ewert Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 On 1/30/2022 at 2:11 PM, cityliving said: God, what a space suck GRB is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 2 hours ago, Andrew Ewert said: God, what a space suck GRB is This is one of the biggest reasons I support this part of the I-45 reroute. I know I know I know, we shouldn't go too far off topic with this as it has its supports and detractors. Lets leave that to that thread. All I'm going to say is with a buried highway it really opens up a lot of new possibilities with our conference center. I personally think it would be amazing to have that middle part of the conference center become a breezeway type space which would allow one to walk from Discovery Green to the other side. Wow would that change the feel of this part of town. For now, its just a fun dream. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 3 hours ago, Andrew Ewert said: God, what a space suck GRB is Don't hate on GRB until you realize what an ambitious project it was at the time. I would imagine that a day will come in the next decade that sees it razed and redeveloped or at a minimum the roof will be activated. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I think that Houston First is planning to open the ground floor on the north end open to the ease side and connect and engage eado and eventually the cap park. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 25 minutes ago, Naviguessor said: I think that Houston First is planning to open the ground floor on the north end open to the ease side and connect and engage eado and eventually the cap park. That’s my understanding too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Did they talk about that in one of their meeting documents? That’d be awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Looks like when the tower crane hoist buckets of concrete it leaks concrete laden water on the Hampton Inn hotel next door. Curious if Andres construction will have to pay to clean this up? The shipyard I worked at once painted a tower crane they bought, it was green and they had it painted it bright yellow. The overspray drifted south during a strong north wind. It got all over a black wrought iron fence and the black hearse from a funeral home next to our yard. Our painters had to repaint the fence and removed the yellow paint from the hearse at our expense. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MidCenturyMoldy Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 (edited) Thursday morning. Edited February 14 by MidCenturyMoldy 20 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted February 16 Popular Post Share Posted February 16 This finally has a name, Parkside Residences. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Exclusive-First-look-at-plans-for-a-43-story-16923998.php 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Interesting tidbit in that Chronicle article: "We are the only residential tower with internal connection to the Houston tunnel and skywalk system". Interesting in two ways: (1) I think this is the first that it's been positively confirmed that the building will be connected to the tunnel/skywalk system. Presumably, it will be connected via the Hess parking garage/skywalk/Building. (2) "...only residential tower with internal connection to the Houston tunnel and skywalk system."??? Commerce Towers and Residences at the Four Seasons come to mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 The article says it's 43 stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Oh the days when we all thought this was never going to get built. So much drama. So much speculation. We have certainly come a long way haven't we. What's the next building we are all irrationally impatient about that has not started yet? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Amlaham Posted February 16 Popular Post Share Posted February 16 4 minutes ago, Luminare said: Oh the days when we all thought this was never going to get built. So much drama. So much speculation. We have certainly come a long way haven't we. What's the next building we are all irrationally impatient about that has not started yet? The W Hotel @ convention center 💀 8 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 13 minutes ago, Luminare said: Oh the days when we all thought this was never going to get built. So much drama. So much speculation. We have certainly come a long way haven't we. What's the next building we are all irrationally impatient about that has not started yet? Chevron's 50 story high rise. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 19 minutes ago, Luminare said: Oh the days when we all thought this was never going to get built. So much drama. So much speculation. We have certainly come a long way haven't we. What's the next building we are all irrationally impatient about that has not started yet? Phase II of Drewery Place. 3 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 26 minutes ago, hindesky said: Chevron's 50 story high rise. I was promised this tower in 2013. Where’s my goddamn tower, Chevron? 40 minutes ago, Luminare said: Oh the days when we all thought this was never going to get built. So much drama. So much speculation. We have certainly come a long way haven't we. What's the next building we are all irrationally impatient about that has not started yet? The Museo Plaza 58-story tower. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) On 2/4/2022 at 1:26 PM, Andrew Ewert said: God, what a space suck GRB is I think what I would like to see done with the building is have the other side become as pedestrian friendly and open as the front facing Avenida De Las Americas. But convention centers take space, that's just what it is. Plus the focal length for that image makes it look so much worse than it actually is. Edited February 17 by j_cuevas713 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 10 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: I think what I would like to see done with the building is have the other side become as pedestrian friendly and open as the front facing Avenida De Las Americas. But convention centers take space, that's just what it is. Plus the focal length for that image makes it look so much worse than it actually is. Conventions sometimes require moving various equipment, display units, etc. into and out of the GRB. Space for large trucks and loading docks have to be incorporated into its design, and it would be difficult to make it pedestrian friendly as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapo2367 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 This temporary wall popped up in the Hess building garage a month or two ago. It would be the correct location to connect through to parkview. Now they just need to build out over the road to the Marriott! Connect the tunnel and convention center systems together. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, dbigtex56 said: Conventions sometimes require moving various equipment, display units, etc. into and out of the GRB. Space for large trucks and loading docks have to be incorporated into its design, and it would be difficult to make it pedestrian friendly as well. From what I understand Houston First does plan to open up that side once the freeway cap is done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 4 hours ago, Luminare said: Oh the days when we all thought this was never going to get built. So much drama. So much speculation. We have certainly come a long way haven't we. What's the next building we are all irrationally impatient about that has not started yet? BOTSW Tower 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 15 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Interesting tidbit in that Chronicle article: "We are the only residential tower with internal connection to the Houston tunnel and skywalk system". Interesting in two ways: (1) I think this is the first that it's been positively confirmed that the building will be connected to the tunnel/skywalk system. Presumably, it will be connected via the Hess parking garage/skywalk/Building. (2) "...only residential tower with internal connection to the Houston tunnel and skywalk system."??? Commerce Towers and Residences at the Four Seasons come to mind. One Market Square is tunnel connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 15 hours ago, dbigtex56 said: Phase II of Drewery Place. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, MidCenturyMoldy said: I did the analysis on this one guys. Perspectives check out. Verticals are straight curved. But is this curved enough? Are you sure you are doing this right @MidCenturyMoldy I'm skeptical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 14 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: From what I understand Houston First does plan to open up that side once the freeway cap is done. My post was based on the observations of a friend who helps with the logistics of setting up and dismantling the equipment for conventions. According to her, the area under the I-69 overpass is necessary for the trucks to have access to the building. Personally, I know nothing about it, but it sounded logical. I'll be interested to see what solution Houston First comes up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 33 minutes ago, Luminare said: I did the analysis on this one guys. Perspectives check out. Verticals are straight curved. But is this curved enough? Are you sure you are doing this right @MidCenturyMoldy I'm skeptical. Oh, this is my "corrected for realism" version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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