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I bike to work along this path. I'm not sure these pictures are regarding a new bike path or if theyre a re-alignment of the stormwater channel/white oak bayou?

I'm curious as to the repairs to the structure in that garage area. You can get some significant concrete deterioration from fire if exposure was prolonged and significant. 

5 hours ago, BigFootsSocks said:

2/3 on pizza joints in Skyhouses. Who's down to fund my idea for the third pizza joint in the remaining tower called "Cut My Life In 2 Pizzas"

Papa Roaches Pizza! 

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This makes me curious how that can be sustained other than through corporate deals. It seems like theres not a lot of condo's within downtown and I feel like that would balance out these units a bit. When property owners start renting out their own units, I'm sure the market would get more competitive. $6000 a month, for a rental-- and its not even a house. Like wow. I could stay in a hotel for $200 a night (200*30 = $6000), and someone would at least do my sheets every day. 

12 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said:

I am guessing that youare correct.  They will likely come with a monthly bill that I would need to mug Bill Gates to afford!  Oh well.  Maybe I will head over for a tour when they begin leasing in a few years so I can see the views of the "lucky few"!

Ha, I rented at Camden Travis street back in 2014, I had picked the side that faces downtown specifically. It was like $200 a month extra. The following year they raised my rent $250 MORE. I bought a house 3 months later. $1700 rent at that point was too much. 

I only imagine that those units will be upwards of like $2500 or more

Big fan of those curved corner units. They'll have a pretty awesome view of the skyline from that site if I'm correct. 

Apparently a piece of glass from the facade fell off the tower ~ 2 pm. 

Those corner units are going to have some nice lighting. Big fan of those windows. 

Normally shear walls are hidden around elevator shafts, stairwells, or the external framing of the structure. It looks like theres a "notch" in the backside of the building and they decided to put it there. 

The shear wall, btw is a system for stiffening a building against lateral loads. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_wall

Link above for some generic info. 

Quick edit because I didnt see your second question: Are they typical?

Answer is, yes. Pretty common. Your house has several around the perimeter, Granted, they look different. But, the perimeter studs when a structural plywood/panel boards is attached to the outside, it fundamentally acts like a shear wall, in essence stiffening your house against lateral loads.  

are you talking about next to the crane?

Thats the shear wall of the structure. 

Yeah, I cycled by this structure this weekend, I'm pleasantly surprised. Turned out quite nice.  

Okay so it took about 20 days for the grass to recover naturally. I'd imagine in the summer time with more light, and more favorable weather conditions--- this is probably even faster. 

I dont know. I like the events at discovery green, and the short duration of dead grass doesnt really bother me too much. I'm no grass expert, but perhaps a different breed of grass can take the 'punishment' of foot traffic better? 

5 hours ago, BigFootsSocks said:

That destroys the dramatic narrative we're trying to push here; ghosts?

oh, my bad. Let me rephrase:

I thought it was reported that GHOSTS were welding some components on or near the roof was the source of the fire?

I thought it was reported that welding some components on or near the roof was the source of the fire?

Was talking to someone regarding the continental building and apparently theyre going to keep the lights after the superbowl. Dont know if theyre gonna run through those cycles, but they sure are nice. 

 (fair disclosure, I live in cottage Grove). The streets are quite narrow, and the ditches make it more difficult to park. When people do park, it's difficult to drive because the street essentially becomes a one way for large swaths. Solutions could involve your proposal. It would help.

I tend to prefer the rebuild the roads and redo the drainage in the neighborhood which is another problem.

Anyway back on topic. I'm interested to see the affects of traffic and parking right in the area.

1 hour ago, Texasota said:

Serious question: 

 

What does "parking is an issue" mean? Is it just that the drainage ditches limit parallel parking? Are there any solutions short of rebuilding the roads without them? Would limiting traffic to one-way, one lane, with permanent, well-marked street parking and some sort of partial curbing protecting the ditches work?

Cottage Grove is going to need to upgrade its streets at some point. Developments like this I welcome, but they serve to add more parking issues within the neighborhood. 

 Outdoor Swimming pool in January. +1 for Houston weather. 

Just now, Triton said:

I tried viewing your first picture in several different browsers but I not able to view it.

Try this link

https://imgur.com/a/66Xxv

Not good at this internet thing this week apparently

Also, since were posting old photos of the building, I'll share a project I'm working on right now. I was able to get a skyline shot of Houston from 1966 which I had digitally restored.  I then hired a drone operator to take an equivalent shot for me. 

Edit, seems like I can only display one imgure link try this: http://i.imgur.com/np541Gz.jpg   and http://i.imgur.com/sfw5Mcj.jpg 

Many US (inner) cites were abandoned in the 60's and 70's. This certainly wasn't unique to Houston. Its important to note too that renovation is most of the time cheaper than new construction. Obviously I can't predict what would have occurred if the buildings were kept, but In my opinion a few of them would have been renovated by the 90's and early aughts. 

Looking at that building in the foreground in historic aerial photography, thats the corner of La branch and Rusk st . Which today is a surface level parking lot. (Lot 97)

This building just seems like the owner hired a 15 year old with legos as the architect. I agree with the notion that it already looks dated. 

Question, I thought there was a small law that forbid high-rises in downtown from having signage. 

I apologize if that has been addressed already.