NenaE Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I'm not a big fan of chain restaurant developers, but I would like to see the property cleaned up, and returned to it's roots. That rendering is a really good one. Even without a hotel, it's a nice idea. But they better get some good insurance, if they proceed. That Flagship has been nasty looking, for years. Would be nice to see it go. Oh, they are going to keep the hotel, and restore it. I think just a restaurant would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I thought a pool on the roof would have been much more cool, with another attraction at the end of the pier, but that's just me. This view would be awsome from a lit pool and cabana on a warm summer night/day (actual views from the Flagship hotel)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Wow! That last pic makes the Galveston surf look like the Amalfi Coast. Photoshop rules!This is one instance where I can't hate on Tilman. The important thing is bringing back the hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Nice shot of the Balinese Room. I miss it a lot more than the Flagship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Wow! That last pic makes the Galveston surf look like the Amalfi Coast. Photoshop rules!This is one instance where I can't hate on Tilman. The important thing is bringing back the hotel.Yup. For as much as I despise Kemah, if he pulls this off, I will tip my hat to him. This is what the Flagship used to be, and this is what it needs to come back. I wish him luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Blue water and white sands in Galveston? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Blue water and white sands in Galveston? That's phase II of the Flagship rebuild. After the hotel and pier have been fixed, and all sorts of cool doodads put in, Fertitta's going to pull all the silt out of the Gulf water. I'm not saying Fertitta is God, but I think it's self-evident he's at least god-like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 That's phase II of the Flagship rebuild. After the hotel and pier have been fixed, and all sorts of cool doodads put in, Fertitta's going to pull all the silt out of the Gulf water. I'm not saying Fertitta is God, but I think it's self-evident he's at least god-like. Actually guys this is not a photoshop. Sometimes the water IS this color, though very,VERY rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Actually guys this is not a photoshop. Sometimes the water IS this color, though very,VERY rare.http://www.flickr.co...e57/2420691172/This may sound far fetched and a bit like an easily dismissed conspiracy theory, but hear me out. I have the understanding Galveston used to have bluer waters for a long time. What changed was that so many Gulf waterways from the Mississippi River to Brays Bayou were concreted, causing silt which would have normally settled along the waterway banks to float out into the Gulf. The brown isn't caused by garbage. It's caused by silt. Had the silt had the opportunity to settle before making it into the Gulf, it would have. But, it didn't. The only place to go was the Gulf, and as a result now Galveston has brown, dirty-looking water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I actually saw Galveston water with a very clear-green color one time. It wasn't it's usual murky brown color. Was a couple of yrs. ago, in the spring/ early summer months, was still a little cool outside. My sister & I grew up going to nasty Galveston, we actually were out in the water, and on the beach, not believing it. Figured it had something to do with the weather, recent rain, and/ or movement of water into the Gulf, or tides. Was very unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 i hope tilman actually gets the ball rolling. this announcement comes shortly after the city places pressure on him to upgrade the property as promised. i wonder if it is simply to buy time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T 2 THA C Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Concrete ramp to Flagship Hotel torn downChron Galveston UpdateLooks like work has finaly started on the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier Hotel and Resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 I'll take pictures, soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 I actually saw Galveston water with a very clear-green color one time. It wasn't it's usual murky brown color. Was a couple of yrs. ago, in the spring/ early summer months, was still a little cool outside. My sister & I grew up going to nasty Galveston, we actually were out in the water, and on the beach, not believing it. Figured it had something to do with the weather, recent rain, and/ or movement of water into the Gulf, or tides. Was very unusual.There are at least 30 to 40 days of blue water in Galveston annualy. As a fisherman you learn to wait for the Southeast winds to blow for at least 3 or 4 days, which brings in the blue water, which brings in the Specs. In other words, you have to have a strong Southeast winds for a number of days for the blue water to make it to shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 As a fisherman you learn to wait for the Southeast winds to blow for at least 3 or 4 days, which brings in the blue water, which brings in the Specs. I thought we already had a Spec's downtown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 They've put up more barricades around what was the entraces of the Hotel and the ramp is gone. (sorry for the poor quality) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick × ×™×§ Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Looks like the hotel *may* be coming down instead of being remodeled/rebuilt.http://www.galvestondailynews.com/blog/3750 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 I don't see the logic in rebuilding a hotel that sits on the wrong side of the seawall...especially after the recent hurricane destruction. I was in Galveston a couple of weeks ago for the first time since the hurricane hit, and thought I saw new construction activity, a big crane, not a wrecking ball on the west side of the Flagship. PS - the link above doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 You have to be a subscriber to the Galveston Daily News to read the online edition. I have heard the Flagship will be torn down and a Coney Island type boardwalk will go up, similar I'm sure to Seabrook.  Might as well. That hotel was in bad shape before the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick × ×™×§ Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 You have to be a subscriber to the Galveston Daily News to read the online edition. I have heard the Flagship will be torn down and a Coney Island type boardwalk will go up, similar I'm sure to Seabrook. Might as well. That hotel was in bad shape before the storm. Actually, thats incorrect, you don't have to be a subscriber. However it does appear their website is currently down, which is why the link won't load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Actually, thats incorrect, you don't have to be a subscriber.  However it does appear their website is currently down, which is why the link won't load.That must have been it because when I went to their home page earlier it said I must be a subscriber to view the content but it all comes up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I drive by here every day, and there is always some minor activity going on. They're reconnected a small ramp so trucks can access the pier (I saw one driving down the ramp off the pier when I was stopped at the traffic light today), and there are always a couple of pickup trucks doing something up there. Not sure if they're just clearing debris (there are some big dumpsters full of trash as well) or something else. I guess if the plans for redevelopment aren't official yet they can't be doing anything terribly important.In other news, the Joe's Crab Shack a few blocks away is being demolished and rebuilt as a larger building. Supposedly it will only take 4 months.http://galvestondail...om/story/174230 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I drive by here every day, and there is always some minor activity going on. They're reconnected a small ramp so trucks can access the pier (I saw one driving down the ramp off the pier when I was stopped at the traffic light today), and there are always a couple of pickup trucks doing something up there. Not sure if they're just clearing debris (there are some big dumpsters full of trash as well) or something else. I guess if the plans for redevelopment aren't official yet they can't be doing anything terribly important.In other news, the Joe's Crab Shack a few blocks away is being demolished and rebuilt as a larger building. Supposedly it will only take 4 months.http://galvestondail...om/story/174230The Joe's Crab Shack building is not an architecturally significant building, but it does have some trivia attached to it. The building, on Seawall and 37th St, was built in the early 1960's by Hill's Seafood, a fairly popular family seafood restuarant during the 40's and 50's. Moving the restuarant into this larger building provided a spacious dining room and convenient parking for their customers. It also allowed the restaurant to operate a car hop service for awhile. The smaller location, that they vacated on 14th and Seawall was soon reopenned by an enterprising entrepeneur, calling it "The Original Hill's Seafood Restaurant". The Hill family filed a lawsuit against the new restaurant, but lost. Both seawall restaurants operated successfully for several years. The Hill's also operated a restaurant at Pier 21, next door to their seafood market.Landry's bought the Hill's location on 37th street sometime ago after it had closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 The Joe's Crab Shack building is not an architecturally significant building, but it does have some trivia attached to it. The building, on Seawall and 37th St, was built in the early 1960's by Hill's Seafood, a fairly popular family seafood restuarant during the 40's and 50's. Moving the restuarant into this larger building provided a spacious dining room and convenient parking for their customers. It also allowed the restaurant to operate a car hop service for awhile. The smaller location, that they vacated on 14th and Seawall was soon reopenned by an enterprising entrepeneur, calling it "The Original Hill's Seafood Restaurant". The Hill family filed a lawsuit against the new restaurant, but lost. Both seawall restaurants operated successfully for several years. The Hill's also operated a restaurant at Pier 21, next door to their seafood market.Landry's bought the Hill's location on 37th street sometime ago after it had closed.Interesting story, and a sad one for the Hills. My family always went to the family restaurant located at 1502 Seawall Blvd, late 1960's, maybe. Had those huge picture windows w/ booths, for a view of the water. It was always packed. I thought it was called Hill's. Makes me hungry for a fried shrimp platter. Looks like the Salt Grass Steakhouse is there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 The Flagship Hotel will be 'no-vacancy' indefinitely. The Galveston Daily News and Houston Chronicle report that the hotel is coming down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Flagship Hotel pier to become amusement park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 The original Pleasure Pier was built as a WPA project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 The Hotel is now being demolished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- Demolition work is in full swing in Galveston as the historic Flagship Hotel is being torn apart piece by piece. But now there are accusations that some of those pieces, including large chunks of glass, are actually falling into the water and possibly endangering beachgoers http://abclocal.go.c...ocal&id=7989282 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Looked like there were some renderings of the amusement park in that video, but I couldn't find them anywhere online. Anyone know how to find them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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