Popular Post hindesky Posted February 11, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2017 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Every time I see these images of the Chronicle building's demolition, it seems like a metaphor for the fall of newspapers in the age of the internet. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted February 16, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2017 https://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com/2017/02/milam-street-demolition-pics.html?m=1 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Triton Posted February 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2017 Wide view  Houston Chronicle by Marc longoria, on Flickr 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nate99 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Â Â Â Pretty much a duplicate from Urb's post above, but I thought this was an interesting relic that you can see from the street, but difficult to make out in a picture unless you zoom in... Â 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 With another company giving notice of relocating out of downtown (Enterprise Plaza), I doubt Hines erects anything on this block in the near future. However, what I would give to be a fly on the wall in their HQ to see what they have in the works. I'm sure somewhere in their offices they have sketches or renderings of what they want to build on this site. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I honestly believe downtown needs to bring in new forms of business. Oil has been the brand downtown but I'd like to see other types of business whether retail, real estate, etc set up shop in some of these buildings. Houston is definitely at a turning point for redefining itself. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Urbannizer Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 IMG_9917 by George Zimzores, on Flickr  IMG_9921 by George Zimzores, on Flickr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Theres one positive in these demo projects like the Skanska and now this Hines demo of the Chronicle that I find intriguing and thats the opportunity to see buildings from unobstructed angles and vistas that have never been seen before. Although the Skanska garage covers  much of the Pennzoil facade now, it still leaves quite a bit in tact. I like this short lived moment in time to see the buildings  from a new perspective. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I didn't realize how bad this demo was going to make this area look. Such a massive gap between the Chase tower to MSP! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 4 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: I didn't realize how bad this demo was going to make this area look. Such a massive gap between the Chase tower to MSP! Â You'll have the 10-story parking garage for One Market Square one block north of here to fill in the space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 16 hours ago, houstontexasjack said: Â You'll have the 10-story parking garage for One Market Square one block north of here to fill in the space. Â Maybe this can develop into downtown's Parking District North. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Initial plans for this block were scrapped after oil prices fell. Would have involved an office tower with a highly unconventional use of the ground floor. That's all I think my source would want me to reveal. Edited March 17, 2017 by H-Town Man 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) On 3/17/2017 at 0:28 PM, H-Town Man said: Initial plans for this block were scrapped after oil prices fell. Would have involved an office tower with a highly unconventional  (for Houston) use of the ground floor. That's all I think my source would want me to reveal. Feel free to PM me and tell me everything you know . You can't trust some folks on this board hehehe Edited March 18, 2017 by nate4l1f3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, nate4l1f3 said: Feel free to PM me and tell me everything you know . You can't trust some folks on this bored hehehe  All he meant was retail.   3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Oil prices fell 2 years ago. If plans were scrapped then why follow through with demolition that cost millions if no plan exists for the site? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CREguy13 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 He is referring to the One Market Square lot, not this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) 51 minutes ago, wxman said: Oil prices fell 2 years ago. If plans were scrapped then why follow through with demolition that cost millions if no plan exists for the site? Â Parking revenue would be my guess. Also lower taxes and quicker start when the market turns. Â Edited March 17, 2017 by H-Town Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 2 hours ago, lockmat said: Â All he meant was retail. Â Â Â They did that in their last two buildings. Â 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post quietstorm Posted March 21, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2017 Today. Â 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Interesting view of the Aris which I don't believe we've seen here recently. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 we haven't seen that view because the Comical building was in the way. Marvin The Martian used the illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator to remove it since it obstructed his view.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 50 minutes ago, bobruss said: Interesting view of the Aris which I don't believe we've seen here recently. ^^^ i'd have to concur here. Â it took a few seconds just to realize just what building it was. Â cool.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted March 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2017 https://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com/2017/03/houston-chronicle-takedown-update.html            17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) HOT TAKE ALERT.  I would like to point out that it's 8:14 PM and there are still crews out demolishing the building at this very moment in backhoes. Do you really do two shifts (presumably with hazard pay) if you don't have a deadline?  And, as a contractor, if you didn't have a deadline with your developer (Hines), wouldn't you have put in your bid that you could spend less to tear the building down if you took more time doing it?  Like "Say Hines, if you got more time, we can tear this down for cheaper which lets us put our second-shift team on another job which lets us make more money during the same stretch of time, and it costs you less, chill?"  And wouldn't Hines have said "Great idea.  We have no plans for this but to immediately turn it into a surface parking lot, sales on which we would pay tax on this a heckuva lot more than if we had a condemned building just hanging out.  I mean, look at the guys who own the Days Inn Building - they figured it out. MAD TAX SKILLS."  Am I crazy?  UPDATE:  It is now 12:07 AM and they are still working on this. Edited March 23, 2017 by adr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 2 hours ago, adr said: HOT TAKE ALERT.  Am I crazy?  You might be, but I'll buy it!  Are they in a race with Skanska and Linbeck? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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