Dakota79 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Speaking of overkill. 11/23 through the fence. Four dozers dozing... Four dozers dozing, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 FIVE GOLDEN RINGS!!!!!!!!Four dozers dozing,Three French Hens;Two Turtle Doves;and a Tower without public rendering. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 on the sixth day of christmas my true love gave to meeeeee... six taller towersFIVE GOLDEN RINGS!!!four dozers dozing;three french hens;two turtle doves; and a tower with no pub-lic ren-der-ingggg 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 on the seventh day of christmas my true love gave to meeeeeee.... seven ground floor retailerssix taller towersFIVE GOLDEN RINGS!!!four dozers dozing;three french hens;two turtle doves; and a tower as per no pub-blic ren-der-ingggg 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) On the Eight day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeeee.... Eight tower cranesSeven Ground Floor RetailersSix taller towersFIVE GOLDEN RINGSSSSFour dozers dozingThree french hensTwo turtle doves and a tower with no pub-lic ren-der-ingggggg Edited November 24, 2014 by wxman 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 On the Ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeeee....Nine builders renovatingEight tower cranesSeven Ground Floor RetailersSix taller towersFIVE GOLDEN RINGSSSSFour dozers dozingThree french hensTwo turtle dovesand a tower with no pub-lic ren-der-ingggggg 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) you guys are nerdier than me. haha Edited November 24, 2014 by Purdueenginerd 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Did... Did HAIF just get an official Christmas song? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Apparently so. You guys rock. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Should be two Sky Houses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Ten Ex-ca-vatorsNine builders renovatingEight tower cranesSeven Ground Floor RetailersSix taller towersFIVE GOLDEN RINGSSSSFour dozers dozingThree Sky HousesTwo construction loansand a tower with no pub-lic ren-der-ingggggg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:Ten Ex-ca-vatorsNine builders renovatingEight tower cranesSeven Ground Floor RetailersSix taller towersFIVE GOLDEN RINGSSSSFour dozers dozingThree Sky HousesTwo construction loansand a tower with no pub-lic ren-der-ingggggg The most frustrating part is no rendering! WTH?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Ten Ex-ca-vators Nine builders renovatingEight tower cranesSeven Ground Floor RetailersSix taller towersFIVE GOLDEN RINGSSSSFour dozers dozingThree Sky HousesTwo construction loansand a tower with no pub-lic ren-der-ingggggg On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 11 HAIFers Sourcing 10 Ex-ca-vators 9 builders renovating 8 tower cranes 7 Ground Floor Retailers 6 taller towers 5 GOLDEN RINGSSSS 4 dozers dozing 3 Sky Houses 2 construction loans and a tower with no pub-lic ren-der-ingggggg 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 What have I wrought? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 What have I wrought? The perfect release from griping about traffic, etc. And I thank you for that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Stonian Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:12 BORED HAIFers11 HAIFers Sourcing10 Ex-ca-vators9 builders renovating8 tower cranes7 Ground Floor Retailers6 taller towers5 GOLDEN RINGSSSS4 dozers dozing3 Sky Houses2 construction loansand a tower with no pub-lic ren-der-ingggggg 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 exclamation point! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Wait... shouldn't five be tower cranes, since it fits? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Yes, and those rings are stainless steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 We can't take away the one line in the countdown that everyone knows. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 They already have a Wal-Mart Supercenter going in next to the new Micro Center. That's overkill.And the building permit for the TownePlace Suites has been issued for that site, so that building will begin rising next to the Southwest Freeway soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I am starting to wonder if the first public rendering of this tower will appear when it is completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lockmat Posted December 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 12, 2014 I don't want to read this thread again unless it includes the rendering. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I don't want to read this thread again unless it includes the rendering. And Urbannizer heard his plea and proclaimed: I shall post renderings......whenever they feel like providing them.... But I will when they do *in a god like voice* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Waiting on the "Crude prices have fallen deeply. I doubt if this gets built" comments. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 The fact that the price of oil has fallen so much in such a short period of time may still be news to some people. A week ago, it was about $10 higher than it is now...and 2 weeks ago it was about $20 higher. This is a developing story that may very well be changing the status of certain projects every day. It's not like the comments "waiting on" those comments are adding a whole lot to the discussion either. There's probably been more argument about "talking about oil prices" than there have been comments about oil prices themselves at this point. Just saying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Can we implement a "don't like this" button... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I honestly don't even want to see a rendering at this point. Let's just see it like mother nature intended... In stages. Haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 should we try this alternative? what else is there to do.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Did we ever find a rendering for the new building? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 It'll be revealed when Half Life 3 is released 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 It'll be revealed when Half Life 3 is released So you're saying HL3 will be released in the next 14-18 months?! That's fantastic! Seriously though, I fear Amegy is playing a dangerous game... They've built, and built, and built up this building to be the greatest thing since sliced bread and we've seen zero. I still will assume this thing will be far from the great work of architecture folks are thinking it will be, and far from the wonderful building the Amegy Bankers think it will be.Hope I'm proven very wrong with that opinion! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 So you're saying HL3 will be released in the next 14-18 months?! That's fantastic! Seriously though, I fear Amegy is playing a dangerous game... They've built, and built, and built up this building to be the greatest thing since sliced bread and we've seen zero. I still will assume this thing will be far from the great work of architecture folks are thinking it will be, and far from the wonderful building the Amegy Bankers think it will be.Hope I'm proven very wrong with that opinion! I think we all look forward to applauding this design, one way or the other. If it is indeed worth the wait, the tributes will pour out. If it isn't, the mock applause should be deafening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 So you're saying HL3 will be released in the next 14-18 months?! That's fantastic!Seriously though, I fear Amegy is playing a dangerous game... They've built, and built, and built up this building to be the greatest thing since sliced bread and we've seen zero. I still will assume this thing will be far from the great work of architecture folks are thinking it will be, and far from the wonderful building the Amegy Bankers think it will be.Hope I'm proven very wrong with that opinion!The only people I have seen gushing over this building is people on here that have supposedly seen renderings of the building. It's not Amegy "playing a dangerous game" it's HAIFers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Then why don't they release the rendering? They apparently think it's special... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 The only people I have seen gushing over this building is people on here that have supposedly seen renderings of the building. It's not Amegy "playing a dangerous game" it's HAIFers.People who work on projects tend to think they're much more important and of greater value than they actually are. You can use whatever verbiage you'd like, but you catch my drift. I'm just saying I think it is silly Amegy hasn't put a rendering out there. Their choice. A bright, fancy new highrise is an advertising icon for any company - much less a bank that relies upon an image of "energy" and "vibrancy," and drawing new customers to itself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 this phantom menace has become a complete joke! may the force PLEASE be with them! whoever they are... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Is this what it was like before HAIF (if the Chronicle didn't print the rendering in the paper)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 ...and so is this building... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 ...and so is this building... It's "U" shape will have us drooling for decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 From an employee who has seen it, the main description I was given was that it's U shaped. Not much more than that.In which orientation is the U? Right side up? Upside down? Sideways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdude Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 There will also be a nice lighting feature in the center of the building from top to bottom. It's a very nice looking building. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 This last page is hilarious. Amegy playing a "dangerous game" haha... With who exactly? A handful of posters on an architecture message board? For the most part amegy has remained mum on the building except in its initial announcement 9 months ago. Believe it or not, the reason nothing has been released is because the design is still being tweaked or at least it was as of a month or so ago. Amegy nor Pickard Chilton nor Hines owes anyone some sort of progress report on this project. You're not that important. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 You must be fun at parties, if you're ever invited, that is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 You must be fun at parties, if you're ever invited, that is.hey my pal, i need to meet you. you are the best socks! i was really trying in earnest to start this new year upon the right foot. however, trust me.. it was a bit difficult! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 So yeah...there's a pretty big hole in the ground right now.I don't think the downtown Macy's ever officially provided a rendering. This one may not either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) This last page is hilarious. Amegy playing a "dangerous game" haha... With who exactly? A handful of posters on an architecture message board? For the most part amegy has remained mum on the building except in its initial announcement 9 months ago.Believe it or not, the reason nothing has been released is because the design is still being tweaked or at least it was as of a month or so ago. Amegy nor Pickard Chilton nor Hines owes anyone some sort of progress report on this project. You're not that important.Since this is an architectural forum - we're entitled to have opinions on architecture. I'm sure the architects and developers working on the Memorial Hermann Tower at Memorial City Mall thought that they too were working on greatness? We all know how that turned out. Swtsig... you're a smart guy. You can "catch my drift" in my post saying Amegy is playing a "dangerous game" right? You're right I should have placed the blame (if that's what it is) at the people posting about how great this thing is - and not Amegy since they've been fairly mum on this topic as you pointed out? Still, you can understand what I'm saying. Expectations are seldom reality. Particularly here in Houston. Designs are always "tweaked" until construction starts (and then guess what - changes still continue to happen as the need arises). That's the business! That's how it is. I worked at a major firm here in town (not locally based) for 3 long years and saw some really great buildings there get V.E.'d until they were no longer great! I also worked on stuff that -when I worked on it- I thought it was great. Sitting back with some context I can tell you it wasn't. That's also the nature of the business. Edited January 2, 2015 by arche_757 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 So yeah...there's a pretty big hole in the ground right now.I don't think the downtown Macy's ever officially provided a rendering. This one may not either.Those guys moved very fast though! And that building - while decent - is hardly an architectural gem. Its actually a shame something better wasn't built in that location and that 20something corporate tower wasn't built ...I don't know... a block or two south on an empty lot! Oh well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Pardon my ignance, but is dirt moving on the site or has construction began? I haven't really been keeping up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Dirt is moving, but nothing vertical yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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