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They likely have the mast climbers tied in to the remaining structural components. 

No no no, you got it wrong... theyre planning on a press release for a supertall 110 story apartment building, followed by weekly press releases of height reductions. 

tried to embed the tweet... didnt work.   Either way... here's an exchanged I had with their twitter account

@CentralSquareTX Are you guys still working on the project? I havent seen any progress for a few weeks

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@RJA_BoilerMaker Yes, we have been a bit swamped,but should be posting pics again. Should see some exciting changes in the upcoming weeks!

My only guess as to why its taken so long is that the building is occupied. Still, 4 years for a reskin? sheesh. maybe they just had low manpower for the job? Don't know.... it is slow..

http://www.historypin.com/channels/view/46823#!map/index/#!/geo:29.758444,-95.363743/zoom:20/dialog:230045/tab:streetview/

Tried to line up this picture of the WW1 homecoming parade with the current renovations...

are you confusing it with the Alexin construction?  I didnt see any equipment on the superblock this morning

If its structural damage... give my company a call. We'll fix it  

 

Indeed. 

 

I'm sure it has been written up and analyzed as to why, but this building will basically take 3 years start to finish. The Empire State Building took a little over 16 months from excavation to opening (January 1930 - May 1931).

Empire state building is a steel frame structure. This one is going to be all reinforced concrete(I'm guessing), which is more labor intensive. ESB construction also had 5 workplace fatalities, which today would be totally unacceptable. I tried to find a similar sized steel frame high rise built in the "modern era". Bank of America building in downtown Atlanta, over 1000 feet. Built in 14 months. 

The other thing to take into account is Fair Labor Standards Act, which passed in 1938. It established the 40 hour work week (and 8 hour day). If they built the empire state today, I would guess that the total man-hours(or person-hours) would be less, but the elapsed time to completion would be more. 

saw the first segments of the crane going up this morning. 

 

After a decade in which downtown saw only one residential project, the momentum is hard to miss. Thirteen projects have been announced since the subsidy initiative launched, including six recent proposals that could add more than 2,200 new apartments to the urban core.

Target: 10,000 units

Counting several apartment buildings under construction, the amount of downtown housing could more than double in the next few years. Today, there are more than 2,600 residential units downtown; Icken cited a study that suggested an appropriate target would be about 10,000 units. Though more could be developed, that would mean the subsidy could prop up half of all downtown apartments.

woo... that'd be a big jump. 

lol. 

Anyway, off topic again. (sorry mods). I plan on adding construction photos of various project (including this one) to Historypin. In my opinion, 5,10, 15 years down the road, if the site is still functioning, I think people will appreciate those photos. I'll of course, ask permission and give credit on the site. 

I guess everyone's I'll be sure to give credit.

No reddit. Got it. 

Slightly off topic, but photos like above are great for adding to http://www.historypin.com/   do the owners of the photos mind if I add them?

Houston, TX doesnt have a lot

http://www.historypin.com/map/#!/geo:29.760193,-95.36939/zoom:10/

Sheraton also had larger sqaure footage per floor that this structure. (I think)

I'm not sure this one is a reinforced concrete building. I would have assumed steel frame for both... but I could be mistaken. 

Decided to look at the map.

Along the rail.  We have Post Rail developments of:

Camden Travis St (Complete)

Camden Superblock (Scheduled to start later this year)

Alexan (Under Construction, located @ Hadley and Main)
Resturaunt Reef

Proof Bar
HCC expansion

Apartment building at Alabama and Main (under Construction)
The apartments at Oakdale/Fannin (Complete)
A *ton* of town homes within 3-4 blocks

Ventana Apartments (complete)
oh, And the CVS.
 

Note: Confined to only ''''skid''' row

I can't view them. But I think my office computer blocks Flikr. 

Women laughing at food stock photo. lol.

https://www.pinterest.com/whosinski/women-laughing-at-food/

Its alright. I noticed the glass balcony on the backside. Roofside pool perhaps?

Today I learned, I apparently live in Skid Row.

That surprises me. Though I havent been there in a long time.

I still think that midtown needs a better mix of restaurants to help support the bar scene

Very nice concrete placement. Nice pictures everyone.

I know on my side of the construction industry(industrial), we're having some labor shortages. 

That may explain some of the delays... I dont know about the mid-rise/high-rise contractors...

Chicago is one of my favorite cities. Great city, Great food. I went there for probably the 10th time in February. Girlfriend and I walked about 10 miles a day (yeah it was cold, but nothing a scarf and a good coat can't handle). I envy that kind of walk-ability and mass transit and wish HOuston had it as well.

That being said, Houston is home for me. Different cities, different feels/likes, different construction/transportation eras, and different climates. I recognize the differences between the cities. Can I say I like Houston and Chicago? haha

Seems like midtown and downtown starting to merge residential communities....

I wish there were more businesses/restaurants in the area between.

I hate compraing oursleves to other cities... but at the rate of growth we are experiencing our downtown density is going to increase with the likes of cities like Chicago

Houston has a lot of skyscrapers, but density of them is not one of the strong suits...

It will be a long time before Houston's downtown skyline is comparable to chicago's. Maybe if Midtown and EaDO filled up with midrises/highrises as well.