por favor gracias

It will def stand out coming from 59 and viewing from EaDo.

It might fill a gap coming in from 288 also...

Ditto.  (and I would say it's usually closer to the pleasant greenish color than the dark murky (muddy) brown.)

 

I would add that it is highly doubtful that the water was ever clear.  The Mississippi has been pouring mud into the Gulf basically forever.

That makes sense.

If tourism keeps booming down there, hopefully more options will come

 

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Record-holiday-crowds-descend-on-Galveston-4555192.php

 

As for the water - it is what it is.  Some days it's actually a more pleasant greenish color while others it can be a dark, murky brown - it's usually somewhere in-between.  I've never had a "film", though.  I do wish there was a better solution for the seaweed

The water is nicer some days than others, for sure. I have been pleasantly surprised going over the bridge more than a few times. I haven't actually been in the water there since I was a kid. The "film" I'm talking about wasn't visible, but I just remember feeling a particular "ickiness" coming out of the water in Galveston. Maybe that's not the case anymore...I wouldn't know and I'm not exactly "eager" to find out in the foreseeable future. The seaweed is also unappealing to say the least.

I think Galveston has a lot of potential, but it needs a WHOLE lot of work.

Exaggerate much? Bricks flying overhead? Really?

 

Not only is the video funny...as well as the hideous accent of the homeowner...but so is your post expressing alarm.

From the article:

"The bricks that came flying over my fence landed only six inches away from my gas meter."

If anyone's exaggerating, you are about that accent. It's not THAT bad is it?

Don't you watch fail videos? I can see this being on "Fail Vids May 2013."

 

But anyway, no of course I wouldn't. I'm laughing at the expensive of other people's misery. Isn't that the whole premise of America's Funniest Home Videos? Pretty sure these people are going to sue and probably get a much nicer fence. These construction workers were careless though... what if this guy's kids or animals were down there. Yea, I'd be pissed and probably sue.

Most "fail" videos I've seen (and really the only ones I truly consider "funny") are the kind where someone does something stupid to themselves, and there's little or no actual harm done for the most part. This is different...but thanks for clearing that up and addressing my point. I hope you're right about these people getting compensated. I would be seriously pissed about this, too. It shouldn't have to happen to you (or anyone) personally to piss you off...know what I mean?

I thought it is was funny. Problem?

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?

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.

Downtown LA really sucked for a long time, but now they have LA Live downtown and City Walk over in Universal City and I think that those are more like the kind of thing that you're thinking of.

I was hoping that the Pavilions complex was going to drive that kind of development and hopefully the change in ownership will do something to revitalize it and extend development to the neighboring blocks.

Just googled those and I really like LA Live downtown. I noticed the Ritz and the Marriott, too...and I also really like how it's right next to the Staples Center. Houston could use a little (okay a lot) better lighting and better ways of advertising (on already existing buildings as opposed to being on billboards all over town).

Actually, if you look at LA, downtown entertainment options really only developed within the last 10-15 years.  Prior to that, virtually all of the entertainment options were a considerable distance from the city, in particular the entertainment park cluster in Anaheim (not that I'm even remotely trying to compare Galveston to Anaheim).

 

There's actually a reasonably nice cluster of options down there now for a getaway weekend. 

Yeah...it's not like there's "nothing to do" in Galveston, but almost all the options are family-oriented with very little in the way of night life (and I don't even go out a lot or drink personally). They really need to clean up the water (if possible) and the beach itself, too. It's just plain nasty. I remember as a kid going into the water there and coming out of the water with some kind of film all over me. It doesn't look like it's changed much since. I always hear how the Mississippi River dumps into the Gulf, and then that water is what we get here...which makes sense...but then I hear about how clear and beautiful the water was in Galveston a long time ago.

I haven't been to LA since 1989, but what you're saying is probably why downtown LA has never been thought of as a "local destination" outside of work...perhaps until recently. I think there's a good chance downtown Houston will eventually get more options with all the new and upcoming activity, especially in the residential department. That "kind of" helps too. 

Houston needs more large entertainment districts in the downtown, midtown, galleria areas, etc.

All these people need something to do...and we all know Galveston isn't "that answer."

I just hope they're able to connect ROD and Westcreek somehow, which I highly doubt happens. I'm afraid the trend for some of the these bigger blocks that are becoming mixed-use is that they don't blend with each other.

Me too. I wish the local developers would give more consideration to "blending." 

Maybe since rod is established they can feed off that and do rod's original idea.

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...

What street are these townhomes on? I love them!

I think those townhomes are off of Mt Vernon and Bonnie Brae. I really like them too.

http://www.gensler.com/uploads/documents/Mixed_Use_and_the_Reimagined_City_04_26_2013.pdf

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.

NOOOOOO.

I live in the tower of the Lofts looking north. The last thing I want is ANY sort of anything being built over the nice, short, totally-not-in-the-way-of-my-view shopping center that's there already.

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.

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.

It looks to me like they've started construction on the 2nd building, but I couldn't tell *for sure.*

Can anyone confirm?

I'm hoping the hbj print edition is not the true rendering. Check out this awful parking garage.

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.

It's definitely underwhelming but an improvement over wha used to be there at least. Wasn't the lot a strip center before this?

It was the old 7-story Compass Bank building with an unnecessarily huge parking lot.

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.

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.

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.

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.

What's up with the funky water color? 

Is that Houston or Cabo???