cspwal Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 http://swamplot.com/fake-storefronts-help-downtown-parking-garage-get-citys-historical-ok/2016-10-26/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 What a joke. Why even put up a fight against the look for fake windowless store fronts? I would have preferred them to require the retail but if you aren't going to then just let them build whatever. This does not blend in any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 The article says the windows don't have glass for flood purposes what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 LOLZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 This is a horrible look for the entry into downtown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 This sounds very odd. No storefronts but fake windows to create Potemkin storefronts? All this because it is in the historic district. Did I reads that correctly? Sounds very convoluted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 3 hours ago, HoustonIsHome said: This is a horrible look for the entry into downtown The renders that get posted don't even show the blank wall rivaling the Marriott Marquis that will face traffic coming in from the Katy and 45 north - solid concrete panels with filled firestop joints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I was told that no new buildings built here can have GFR because it is in the floodplain? What can you have on the ground floor? Can you only have parking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Can you have retail if it is designed like a submarine? That was a joke, but now I want to see a nautical themed restaurant along the bayou, with portholes and everything. Probably painted yellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Well atleast it's better than a parking lot, and on the plus side it's not a bland parking garage. So It could have been alot worse. lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I partially agree, but Potemkin store fronts? Still have trouble believing I read this correctly, sounds so bizarre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 On 11/7/2016 at 1:52 AM, JoninATX said: Well atleast it's better than a parking lot, and on the plus side it's not a bland parking garage. So It could have been alot worse. lol... No offense intended, but what could possibly be blander than the ten story tall blank wall this thing is going to present to anybody driving towards it on Milam on their way into downtown? If there's been a proposal to do some sort of tromp l'oel mural like what was on the Memorial City garages or the blank Travis side of the older building down near Bell, it hasn't been publicized too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 If they do a mural, I hope the execution is better than the one on the parking garage behind the new ZaZA and Aire Liquide near Memorial City. I've seen better murals painted by high school kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 On 11/17/2016 at 3:55 PM, mollusk said: No offense intended, but what could possibly be blander than the ten story tall blank wall this thing is going to present to anybody driving towards it on Milam on their way into downtown? If there's been a proposal to do some sort of tromp l'oel mural like what was on the Memorial City garages or the blank Travis side of the older building down near Bell, it hasn't been publicized too well. On 11/17/2016 at 3:55 PM, mollusk said: No offense intended, but what could possibly be blander than the ten story tall blank wall this thing is going to present to anybody driving towards it on Milam on their way into downtown? If there's been a proposal to do some sort of tromp l'oel mural like what was on the Memorial City garages or the blank Travis side of the older building down near Bell, it hasn't been publicized too well. Apologize for the late response. But imo this garage looks to me 100x better than a normal bland parking garage. Take for instance that monstrosity that they built next to the convention center recently. A ugly garage with no detail or design to make it look different. I agree, it is sad that it's another parking garage but I'm excited that developers atleast put some effort into it other than looking bland like most garages these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Hey I'll take a parking garage over a parking lot any day. I'm just gald they aren't destroying the entire lot to build one garage. Multiple structures on one lot is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I guess they won't get a tower crane for this project. Consolidated Crane has a crawler crane onsite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 The building to the left of the crawler crane looks it's a garage the crane just came out of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Precast garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Update. This thing is a looker. If this turns into a giant mural, cool. If not, pitchforks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablog Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 13 hours ago, kbates2 said: Update. This thing is a looker. If this turns into a giant mural, cool. If not, pitchforks. I do not know why, but for some strange reason I like that... I agree though that a mural would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Yuck! I know that Houston developers, in keeping costs down, tend to build the cheapest garages possible. However, I wonder if they overlook possibilities to distinguish their product that don't add much to the budget. Like the vine-covered trellises I've seen on garages in other cities. Perhaps there are one or two here that I can't recall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Are we sure it's a garage? Looks to me like that are starting to build a pyramid to bury Khufu right here in Houston! BIG tourist attraction, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Should paint it Vantablack so it looks like the Monolith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I don't blame the developers. They care only about the bottom line. It is up to the City or at least the historic district to implement some design requirements. Very few cities would allow this to go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 1 hour ago, KinkaidAlum said: I don't blame the developers. They care only about the bottom line. It is up to the City or at least the historic district to implement some design requirements. Very few cities would allow this to go up. And even fewer cities would allow historic structures to be bulldozed. welcome to Houston, Y'all. The city of "we don't care what it looks like as long as it meets fire code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Looks like a good shelter during a hurricane or tornado. No chance anyone is going to drive off this thing. I agree with Utterly Urban. Throw in a few mummies and you've got both a tourist attraction and parking revenue and a hurricane shelter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 What have I... what have I... what have I done to deserve this? What have I... what have I... what have I done to deserve this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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