Popular Post brijonmang Posted December 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2015 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 ^^^ beautiful illustrations brijonmang! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post H-TownChris2 Posted December 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2015 From yesterday: 12.5 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 12.5 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 12.5 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 this is an example of lipstick looking good on a pig.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 ^^^ wow... just wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thank you for sharing. GRB looks so much better!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thank you for sharing. GRB looks so much better!! It really does. Are those red air vents on the top actually functional, or just mere adornment? If you're going to go with a ship motif, go big or go home. Make the top look more like the deck of a real steam ship, or don't do anything at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I'm pretty sure it was supposed to look more like a stylized factory not a steam ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I thought it was a not very good imitation of the Pompidou center in Paris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Wish the building was bigger....but better than nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted December 9, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2015 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I'm pretty sure it was supposed to look more like a stylized factory not a steam ship. incorrect...The George R. Brown Convention WAS built to resemble a ship in honor of the BrownShipping Company's contribution in WWII and for it’s generous land donation the convention center is built on. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I stand corrected and now know why it is so ugly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I stand corrected and now know why it is so ugly. ^^^ this is funny... very funny.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 It's interesting that it took ~30 years for the area around the massive GRB to fit the role as an area to host people/events. When it was built, that end of DT was a wasteland. Anyone thinking of bringing conventioneers to the area had to have been discount shopping. The whole area looks the part now. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I stand corrected and now know why it is so ugly. haha exactly!!! and hopefully that is being rectified with these renovations for the most part...i really am liking what i see so far!!! cant wait to see the finished product in person 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 ^The renovations do in fact look very good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I thought it was a not very good imitation of the Pompidou center in Paris.Ding, ding, dingWinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post quietstorm Posted December 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Today. Edited December 23, 2015 by quietstorm 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Triton Posted December 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2015 Houston by Marc longoria, on Flickr GRB by Marc longoria, on Flickr New section GRB by Marc longoria, on Flickr 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 ^^^ great job triton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jmitch94 Posted January 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2016 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 slowly but surely GRB is going to finally look awesome!!! such an exciting project! thanks for the great photos and updates!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 slowly but surely GRB is going to finally look awesome!!! such an exciting project! thanks for the great photos and updates!!! I was there last weekend people everywhere. It's going to be very dense. Hard to believe there was nothing there 5 years ago. All of Downtown has come a l long way. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 16, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2016 Photo by me, spent the later half of the day B-cycling around Downtown, Midtown and Montrose. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 ^^^ very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 The glass facade to cover the front boat look was genius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 24, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2016 Untitled by Christof Spieler, on Flickr 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Nole23 Posted February 2, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2016 "2015 a Record Year for Houston in Convention Sales, Web and Tourism HOUSTON (January 27, 2016) – Houston First Corporation booked a record number of room nights tied to conventions and meetings last year, just as the organization reached new heights in website visitation and tourism-related room nights.The record successes came in the first full year of the alignment between Houston First and the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, which combined their efforts in July 2014 to gain additional resources and create a single clear voice for the city under the brand Visit Houston.The Destination Sales team booked 732,967 room nights for future meetings in 2015, a 29% increase over the 569,440 nights booked in 2014 and the largest number ever logged by the organization. S.T.E.M. (science, technology, engineering and math), medical and education industry meetings led the increase. Ric Campo, chairman of the board of Houston First, said the 2014 alignment of the two organizations, coupled with an expanding hotel package and other new offerings in the Convention District, helped a top notch sales team to surpass its goal. “The completion of the Marriott Marquis, scheduled for this fall, will add another 1,000 rooms directly connected to the George R. Brown Convention Center, allowing us to go after much bigger conventions than we could before,” Campo said." http://www.visithoustontexas.com/media/press-releases/post/2015-record-year/ 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 whoooHoooOoOoooo GO HOUSTON!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Wow what fantastic new when we could really use some. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) - Edited July 10, 2019 by Timoric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) Brochures for:The homeless encampment under the Elysian street viaduct.A day spa featuring mud masks using authentic buffalo bayou mud. - probably But seriously, if they have them, I'd assume Galveston stuff, battleship Texas and San Jacinto monument, NASA, zoo, Astroworld, Water World, Splash Town, The Galleria, museums. They'd be packed, I'm sure. Edited February 3, 2016 by samagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Every hotel in every city I visit has that shelf with tri-fold brochures of all the local stuff to do, wonder what a Houston hotel has on that shelf. Checkout the website below. Lots of stuff to do in H-Town. http://www.visithoustontexas.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 for the record i love our city and think it has so much to offer! always something going on or something to see or do! love that about Houston! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Houston First by Marc longoria, on Flickr 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 for the record i love our city and think it has so much to offer! always something going on or something to see or do! love that about Houston!I second this thought. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 The arts are a major draw to Houston. With the likes of world renowned Menil Collection and its campus including Rothko Chapel, Twombly Pavillion and Richmond Hall.The two James Turrell works at Rice U. and The Friends of the Oak meeting house.The MFAH, The Asia Society collection, Blaffer Gallery, Rice Gallery, Lawndale, Diverse Works and Match.Anyone heard of the Alley Theater, Houston Symphony, Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, Hobby Center?Or how about dining in one of the most exciting scenes in America with more quality options than almost anywhere exceptNew York or San Francisco.Did anyone mention The Astros, Rockets, Texans, Dynamo, or college sports.How about birding, Nasa, the space museum, the children museum, the Natural science Museum, weather, bicycle, Holocaust,Buffalo soldier museums.Hike Buffalo Bayou park or Memorial park, or Herman Park and Zoo and Miller theater.Maybe play a game of golf on one of 100 courses around the cityMaybe go tour the Texas Medical Center. The downtown tunnel system, the port of Houston.Go ride the water taxis in the woodlands and check out the piney forestsYou want to go shopping? The Galleria, The ROD, Highland Village, The Village City Centre.Maybe a ride down to Galveston for some seafood, a walk on the beach, the strand, historic home tours.Next time someone says there isn't much to do here think again. Houston has more than most of you give it credit for.Soon to have a world class botanical gardens and a great city center for New Years festivals and super bowl events around Discovery Green 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted February 7, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2016 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 ^^^ beautiful job hindesky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted February 8, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2016 https://twitter.com/brent_oldbury 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post H-TownChris2 Posted February 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2016 Some moo pictures from earlier today: 2.24 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 2.24 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 ^^^ wonderful illustrations h-townchris2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN DANIEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are looking fine GRB!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 What's the crane at the Houston First building still doing up? Waiting for a hotel announcement? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 It's going to stay up - they figured having a tower crane permanently up next to GRB will make it look like Houston is always growing, even if nothing is happening 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Tower crane came down today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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