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  1. por favor gracias
    How do you get "problem (question mark)" out of "not cool" and "how would you like it if that happened to you?" Why don't you just answer the question?
  2. por favor gracias
    Nothing at all "funny" about that... I'd be willing to bet that you wouldn't like it very much if bricks were flying over your head, through your fence or into your house...or if they put a 21 story residential tower 5 feet behind your back fence either, for that matter. Not cool.
  3. por favor gracias
    Me too. I wish the local developers would give more consideration to "blending."
  4. por favor gracias
    THAT would be outstanding...would love to see it! It could blend in very nicely with the surrounding area within a mile or two radius (ROD, Highland Village, BLVD Place, the Galleria, etc.). Now if we can just get some subways in and out of Uptown...walkability and mass transit are sorely lacking all over town really. I would love to see this happen, along with multiple high rise residential and mid rise, high end, mixed use restaurants/bars/arts/office/entertainment complexes built on sites from Target to Drexler's Car Wash, all along WestcreekStarbucks/Container Store to Maggiano's, Ethan Allen/Grand Lux Cafe to Canyon Cafe, California Pizza Kitchen to the shopping center just to the north of the Lofts on Post Oak (and with thoughtful, thorough consideration of the views/property values of current residents)...plus all of the remaining undeveloped/likely to be re-developed land between the "triangle" that is 610, Post Oak and San Felipe. If this kind of development was built (and built with consideration for the community, efficiency and character as top priorities), Uptown could very well put Houston on "maps" it has never sniffed before. It would most certainly improve our "tourist destination" status. Uptown could become a "city" within itself, right in the middle of Houston if we did something like this and did it right. The 3rd rendering down from this link is at least somewhat representative of what I have in mind for some of those arts/entertainment complexes: http://www.gensler.com/uploads/documents/Mixed_Use_and_the_Reimagined_City_04_26_2013.pdf Imagine something like that between Luby's and Pinto (and really all the way to San Felipe), or between Maggiano's and the Container Store, or around that Target, etc. A boy can dream...
  5. por favor gracias
    I think those townhomes are off of Mt Vernon and Bonnie Brae. I really like them too.
  6. por favor gracias
    I really like the rendering for that Navy Pier in Chicago...although I can't stand the fact that are proposing that project at that location. It would really cheapen the coastline and views of the lake IMO. I would LOVE to have a development like THAT project going up between Pinto Ranch and Luby's on Post Oak.
  7. por favor gracias
    First of all, VERY well played...and in good taste! That's a good point, too. I love those lofts...one of my favorite addresses in Houston. The "ideal scenario" would be not to obstruct anyone's view (at least anyone living above, say, 4 or 5 stories) significantly enough to devalue the location. Maybe have 3 or 4 stories (perhaps a story or two underground, also...possibly one that could connect to a future underground subway network???) of some sort of arts and/or entertainment "mini-district"...and then lots of hotels and residential mid/high rises behind it. It seems like BLVD Place (and the Galleria nearby) will have the shopping largely covered for the area. Something large on the other side of San Felipe (between Post Oak and Hallmark, and back towards the future Astoria tower) would be nice, too. I'd also like to see a similar large scale type scenario (with similar thought put into view obstruction for existing mid/high rise residents) along Post Oak between Maggiano's and the Container Store...and on the other side of Post Oak between Ethan Allen and the Canyon Cafe (and all the way back to the Grand Lux Cafe) as well.
  8. por favor gracias
    I would love to see that 53 or 55 story Ritz-Carlton back in the equation for this development. I would also love to see a development on Post Oak between California Pizza Kitchen and the Lofts on Post Oak in the form of a huge residential, hotel and entertainment complex...preferably with a large sports and restaurant/bar theme...and one that would mesh well with BLVD Place.
  9. por favor gracias
    I agree. It's like a whole other building just wasting space...and not exactly density/pedestrian friendly or pleasing to look at, either. So many parking garages in Houston are built away from their respective buildings, and Houston also might have the largest parking-garage-size-to-building-size ratio in the world. Some of our parking garages are almost the same size as their respective buildings. *Maybe* the "energy capital of the world" needs to upgrade its transportation system.
  10. por favor gracias
    It was the old 7-story Compass Bank building with an unnecessarily huge parking lot.
  11. por favor gracias
    I just prefer something that blends in better. I do like the building itself...and as DRUTH was saying earlier, it has potential for good night lighting. Four Oaks Place blends in really well with the Four Leaf Towers, and even 1200 Post Oak on the other side IMO. I love the colors of the buildings all the way from 1200 Post Oak through the blue towers and smaller brown tower at Four Oaks Place and the Four Leaf Towers with the Cosmopolitan blending in as nicely as it could have IMO. I love the colors through the skyline district of downtown, also. I would love to see some yellow, lavender, gold and more light brown and green colors in the Post Oak Area...and perhaps some oranges and reds, too. There can be better night lighting all over the city, too. You guys remember the lighting at night that was all over Houston when we hosted the Super Bowl in 2004? I thought it was the coolest Houston has looked in the 34 years of my life. It was awesome. I was very impressed, and even proud to a degree. If it was all lit up by solar power, I would have been truly proud.
  12. por favor gracias
    I love the building itself and the infill, but that design doesn't blend well with the other buildings nearby IMO. I think this building would be better suited for the TMC, Greenway Plaza or west Houston. It actually looks a lot like the rendering I saw for the 40 story AIM headquarters that were planned, but never built in GWP. I thought that would have been a great spot for a building like this.
  13. por favor gracias
    Thanks....it really does go way back there. Looks to me like there might eventually be something going on further down S. Post Oak Lane as you get closer to Four Oaks Place. It seems like more empty lots have opened up in that area, too.
  14. por favor gracias
    Also the 20 story building underway at I-10 & Eldridge, the new Rida development 30 story hotel downtown, and maybe another office building and hotel next to BBVA on Post Oak. Does anyone know what's going on off of S. Post Oak Lane just south of Riverway? It also looks like more land may be cleared soon between there and 1360 Post Oak off of S. Post Oak Lane.
  15. por favor gracias
    Is that Houston or Cabo???
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