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    It all comes down to a matter of taste. I don't think that our downtown/highrise cluster lends itself to this kind of "show". Could any of us imagine our skyline with a couple dozen Texaco style oddities. I actually think the Texaco building works in the skyline. It evokes a "front door" type strcture with an embelishment over the entrance...in this case a Mayan pyramid "likeness" rather than a colonial eagle. Anyway...a touch of embellishment in the right location can work...but let's not overdue. I happen to believe that the proposed Chevon building is the right approach for the campus and our skyline.
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    ...nature sounds? ...ribit.....ribit... Kawwww!
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    Yeah, Cloud. Loved your idea about a submerged park and this would be an awesome location for it. The Exxon building would look awesome framed by the street level opening. The whole effect could be very mid-century. Hot!
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    I always thought that Enron2 was a brilliant deisgn that complitmented, and honored, its two closest neighbors/parents. The shape and wall curtin from Enron1. The proportions and the top detail echos the Petroleum club of the Exxon. Even the overhangs from the Exxon building are "mirrored" on the side of Enron2 that faces Exxon (look close)...but not on the side that faces its father...I mean...Enron1. Really Brilliant and sensitive. The Exxon building would fit beautifully in to the "Campus". I bet that Chevron would add some significant green space on one of the blocks in the area. Park or Plaza.
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    Red, you are probably one the, if not the most insightful, and thoughtful, people in this forum and your consideration to the topics are always real and enlightening. Please don't diminish your point of view and distract the topics personal insults and smack-downs. McDonalds owns the land...they are going to do whatever they can to maximize their profits. The fact that they compressed their footprint so a developer can build a highrise is a win win. Red is right...a city's development, at least in this city, in this country, isn't up to a planning board off some sort. What we are witnessing, at this property, the market working perfectly. We will, and hope to, see a lot more of this type of densification. And... Mc Donald's will always be part of the mix. It's who we are.
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    Great. Yet another forum turning to be about the people in them rather than about the topic. Almost hate to open up this sight anymore. We could all work on our social skills. Don't y'all think? These hotels are Great news for downtown. Won't be spectacular in design. And...a hotel lobby IS GFR, of a sort. Pumps people in and out, all day, everyday. Perfect for the area. Exciting stuff.
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    Nope. You came across testy.
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    Wow, Houstonian. Restraint, and manners. Not often found in the anonymity of this forum. You have a date to the prom yet? Anyway...I think this building is entirely appropriate for this up-town location. It will compliment the other highrise residential buildings in the area. Several more buildings of this size and style would look great and show dignity. Widens the the tax base of the area too.
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    Tilman would need one! They are doing lot of digging and making piles of earth...that get covered up. Is this, perhaps, cleaning contaminated soil?
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    Ryan's Idea! Ryan's Idea! Ryan's Idea! ...
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    Think the the point at this point would be, to develop what?! At least the Rail Yards had a sketchy vision. Does anyone have any clues, here? Wondering what we will blooming at by Super Bowl 2017. There will now be lots of visions of what Houston will be looking like in 2017.
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    I agree with Avensab727. However UA did frame their cuts/layoffs (which were coming anyway) as a result of the City's decesion to develop Hobby as a Internation gateway for SWA. UA just came off appearing to be juvenile in their response. "Your going to let SWA fly to Cancun...We aren't going to fly 787's to Auckland! So there." Does this make sense to anybody?? They lost jt16, me and countless others in this rediculous, thinly vieled response. Contiental didn't own Houston, SWA doesn't own Houston...United shouldn't think that they own it, either. So far...CO:UA...Disaster. I really hope they turn it around. I really do.
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    I say...Go for the Kill, Ashby Highrise. West U, get over yourselves.
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    Springhill Suites: No room Service. No Restaurant. Marriott Point Chaseres and convention goers. Will be eating most/all dinners close to hotel. On Good/reasonable budgets. Bodes well.
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    I always thought that the "second Enron tower" looked like a love child from the "first Enron Building" and the old Exxon building. Enron's shape and glass. Exxon's overhangs and proportions/profile. Brilliant tribute to both. Lets hope whatever Chevron puts up makes as much sense and continues the thoughtful harmony. Regardless how tall it is. But tall would be nice.
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