Moore713

I think Midtown is great, but the areas around the Wheeler station and Greyhound are horrible. And there is not a single new, completed building along the rail line between the museum district and downtown other than a CVS (and only one new building in the museum district). This is especially curious because so much of the land along the rail is open lots and dilapidated buildings. If the rail wasn't built, I don't think this would be the case based on the outstanding growth elsewhere inside the loop.

ude you dont have a clue to what you are talking about , lived in what is now midtown between the 80,s and mid 90,s and had to transerve it everyday going to work... That era was can not even be called skid row since it was vacate lots and empty apts... Your talking about the rail made it skid row to someone who remembers the drug infested , waste land it use to be.. makes your whole statement absurb to me..

yea along the line there was no growth( then again along Houston as a whole alot of projects died on the vine thanks to a economic down turn some of those projects even where planned along the line. Many of those projects are just now coming back on line in the last two years

Actually that sounds kinda cool

I think I read they hope it becomes a really popular site for weddings so you can't have it too high just high enough for the bride and groom to be the focus point

I'm probably missing your point, but I've been to downtown LA a couple of times for business, and while not exactly comparable to Houston, they're pretty similar and I think we've got the better of the two. 

 

Their "old historic" section is larger and sketchy as hell. Their newer skyscrapers are very comparable in look and feel. The do have hills though.

yea you are .. I am not talking about DT themsevles rather the sense of it that people get( While DT L.A is similar to Houston, the feel is this is L.A something that Houston seems to lack. rather that because we lack some Identiy or were just hard to define dependes on who you ask

The amreit property is nearly directly in front of the Cosmo. Anything tall built there will block the view of at least half of that side's view. I agree that eventually that'll happen, but RD certainly wouldn't want to really piss off former customers.

Think it will go residental regardless of comso , it would give Davis a trifacte in that area and he seems to favor that part for post oak... now that a huge lot of land is open do you really think they would pass it up ? RD or not.. He been chomping at the bits to build Titan anyway

Trinity Episcopal owns the land, I missed the vestry meeting but have been told the church  lease land to developers for a fee and free parking in garage tower.

Smart the church gets a gargae out of the deal without having to pay for it , on the condition that their people be allowed to use it free of charge

Smart the church gets a gargae out of the deal without having to pay for it , on the condition that their people be allowed to use it free of charge

An announcement was made during services that not only was the parking lot along  Francis, Main and, Holman and  unavailable to the congregation for parking due to construction beginning--the small church parking lot Main, Holman and Fannin would also become unavailable and completion of new parking garage might be as soon as six months.

For the small lot on main , is the parking garage a church project or is it tied to the proposed tower that was mentioned a few months ago..

Here is the thing , its not the events themselves which in reality are a huge drain om your cities resources , what you are actually doing is marking your cities To business, Other big eventsnd yes in possible new cittizens who come into town and say , I could see myself living here...

There is a reason why places like NY and L.A nd even chicargo have such pull to people the DT are 90% of the time the only experince most out of towners will have with your city

As for light rail one of Houston biggest neg point is getting around, even DT.. I was downtown and a guy in a business suit asked me how to get to dynamo staduim ( The fact that he did not know how to get to DT from DT was a dead give away he was not from here. Now if the rail was up and running at the time how easy would it have been to say go one block over and take the purple line it will drop you right off in front of it.. Instead of telling him the names of a bunch of streets he was most likey not going to remember.. or sending him all the way to the transfer center to catch the bus.. or all the way back up the block to the greyhond to catch a cab... or saying yea it a 7 block walk in Houston heat

And I certainly hope there aren't any!  They go with the building!  

 

 

As an aside, hotels I can see, but what difference should the Super Bowl make to timing of office, light rail and residential projects?  What possible difference could it make?  Talk about way overkill.

Here is the thing , its not the events themselves which in reality are a huge drain om your cities resources , what you are actually doing is marking your cities To business, Other big eventsnd yes in possible new cittizens who come into town and say , I could see myself living here...

There is a reason why places like NY and L.A nd even chicargo have such pull to people the DT are 90% of the time the only experince most out of towners will have with your city

I can't imagine RD would cannabolize the view of the Cosmo residents to build another tower.

It 25 story if memory serve which would not block much of anything.. and they are already trying to seel the lot for a tower so ither way there would no effect of line of sight since they are so far apart no views would be obstracted...

Of the 75 units 60 are already taken.. not bad .... I wonder if this will encourange  them to try to build the titan again ? If  memeory servres that land with just  to the side of it just went on the market not to long ago right ?

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Prime-Post-Oak-parcel-up-for-grabs-5267366.php#/4

Of the 75 units 60 are already taken.. not bad .... I wonder if this will encourange  them to try to build the titan again ? If  memeory servres that land with just  to the side of it just went on the market not to long ago right ?

The problem is final say in designs are left to people who think they know what  edgy and modern is// It kind of like letting your parents DJ your party..... They can claim to have consulted the student body all they want, but in the end it was decided by peole in their 50,s and 60,s

Since so many of the new hotels are going to be so close to each other I think we should rename this area the Hotel district..lol

Thanks for the scoop, Urbannizer. 

 

I'm curious to see how all of this residential development, particularly in the southern end of downtown, will come together.  To be honest, I'm a bit worried.  Downtown needs many things, and projects like Block 365 satisfy some of them (infill, the elimination of surface parking, residential).  For that, I am grateful.  But the 5-story superblock north of Skyhouse, the weird Lego block south of the co-cathedral, the two projects south of Root Square, and Block 365 could all combine to make a giant, uncoordinated mishmash that I fear will turn that section of downtown into midtown north.  And by "midtown north," I am referring to the central part of midtown, not the pedestrian-friendly area near Fourth Ward.  The view along the Pierce Elevated is arguably the ugliest in all of Houston, regardless of which direction you're looking.  I am not sure whether these residential projects will play any role in changing that.

 

The introduction of all of these residential projects will create at least three distinct residential neighborhoods within the CBD.  What will their respective characters be?  Market Square and the area to the south have a nice, historic vibe that is even reflected in the architecture of their upcoming additions (JW Marriott, 38-story high-rise, Hines residential, the polarizing 40-story high-rise resi).  It is easy to tell that the section from GreenStreet east to EaDo will be for young professionals, trendy people of all ages, and tourists.  What will south Downtown be?  Family-friendly?  Artsy?

 

Note: I'm not being Negative Nate.  This is just discourse.

I am not really seeing it, as I review alot of the units proposed for SOHU..( Lets not call it that just a short hand) many of them seem to be of the same same squared off design just of various heights..( the exception being skyhouse) I think will be much more uniform that you think... I do give you props for pointing out  the three diffrent styles that are popping up( The ones by market sqare are a given since the historic district is very anal about that part and anything buildt over there will have to have a more comptemary design... I think we will see highrasies develop more turn Minnute made area since the set back would create a clear view of DT entire skyline

Lol

I have been saying that for years this us not Manhattan..if you built some complex's targeting the 50'000 to 60'000 range you could jump down population up practically over night

Lol

I thought the Sakowitz building was all ready in negoations to convert the grouund floor to retail.. Dont tell me the owners are holding out

took a photo of the front lobby today.  Looks to have a lot of potential.  Can't wait to see how it ends up.

If done right it could be one impressive lobby( The kind of lobby were you will be sold on the place the moment you walk in)

Wow.  That looks fantastic.  I hope this spurs more activity along Dallas as well.

 

Forgive me if this has been discussed elsewhere, but will they be demolishing the existing structure down to the ground?  Or simply adding to the top?

I think the HBJ said they will be demolationing the area where yao was to make the space... Seems a little backwards t you would think they would have started tihs first then the renovation.. but oh well , I am most pumped about the 7,000 sq feet of reatil... which I would image will be facing Dallas St...

Dont modify it , dont tweak it .. build it just like that

If they are putting in a hotel, then it wouldn't be wise to have an outdoor patio that would be producing noise until 2 am. This is especially true if they are already getting complaints from a hotel two blocks away.

I'm genuinely sorry to see it go, but if they want a music venue with a patio, then they need to find a location that won't disturb the neighbors.

 

I have never heard of anybody who moved into any DT complain about noise ...if that the case the burbs maybe a better place for you

I have a dreeam that one day we will have removed the vast majority of these parking lots....But this does remind me How much residental  poteninal  the south end of Dt has

ThIs is great and all but one of the main sellin points of this place was going to be the focus of retail .. so far not a single new retail opening.. which is odd given the number of small to mid size retail being forced out of Uptown due to  redevelopment you would think witht he growing residental that attracting companies to open up DT would have gotten easlier.. Second I stil think terminating the least on one of Houston most successful clubs(Scoot gerner) was the stupidest thing ever. Have they even filled that space yet ? Not many bar are known outside of Houston and scotts was one  of the few that a celeb might have heard of when it came to Houston.

Can you read?

Downtown has two census blocks.

One entirely south of the bayou with a population near 5k, the other north of the bayou where the jail complex is located.

You have posted no links, nothing other than your own estimates. I'm done entertaining this. Come back with hard evidence. All evidence I have seen have pointed towards the validity of the earlier poster's figures- about 5000 residents in about 2500 residential units.

Its not rocket science finding out how many are in jail. You zoom in on the northern census tract and it breaks down into census blocks. There is one block that lists 9000 people in ZERO housing units what does that tell you?

You were mistaken, move on

 

 

You seem to be right once you break down the numbers they cant be talking about the prison ,