xsatyr

Apparently I offended a few folks who are insecure about their financial wealth. My point is that retailers like Hermès, Christian Dior, Tom Ford and John Lobb are boutiques catering primarily to a wealthy few trying to impress others. There is no other reason to buy their products, unless perhaps you just happen love high-end fashion. Not that there's anything wrong with that. 

Say what? Your post came off as insecure.

I went to Emporis' web site. They seem to be a self-proclaimed expert on commercial buildings. If their definition of a high rise is accepted by the industry for the purposes of marketing, etc. I have to take it as valid for those purposes as well. Just know that there is more than one definition of a high-rise building, some of which have important legal implications.

Back to the topic of this thread: Parc Binz One would seem to be a mid-rise then. I'm pleased to see it and other structures of similar size going up along this street. The seem appropriate in scale for the neighborhood.

It is widely accepted that 115 ft is the height required to be called a highrise. I don't think there is an exact definition though.

I decided not to pick a fight. ;-)

lol fair enough.

My bad.., chill out bruh.  I guess stone looks a lot like stucco to some. But I agree most of the newer stuff is a step down from older buildings like Four Leaf Towers.

Your post was better before the edit. : )

I could be wrong but I think he's talking about all the office towers I was mentioning earlier that are planned for the Capitol St area.

You're prob right.

Not one of these office buildings has a tenant that we know of. And from what we've heard, only one of them, maybe two, will actually get built.

Here is to hoping all three office ones go up (and we all consider five Allen dead)

This is not an office building.

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?

Just inches aways from potentially being even funnier.

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

Based off google earth it should be visible on some parts of 288. Hopefully it gets built.

I like it. I'd like more if it were going to be built on a block that would make the downtown skyline look bigger from some direction. I don't think this is going to stand out very much at that location. Infill's always a +.

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

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.

I thought it is was funny. Problem?

Even if MMP was not in this shot you couldn't see the old Texaco Building. You'd have to be in the nose bleeds on the far right to get better skyline. Can't see Snickers from the dugout.

Lol that's the view I was referring too. You can even see the top of Hess Tower from there. It's actually a pretty cool spot to chill during a 2-17 route.

I don't see how it's a horrible suggestion seeing as how it is the standard system of naming for most inner city rail transportation. The actual route should be named, not the line of tracks. It allows for only 4 options movement along the lines. It would allow for multiple routes, like an east end to northside route or southeast to northside route. It would allow for the possibility of express routes, n

Our rail is not that extensive where numbers are needed. I am sure they have a system in place for direct routes but then again it's Metro...

I hope it gets built, I was thinking last night when I saw the renderings how cool the skyline would look from inside Minute Park if some these new proposals get built.

I understand all of that. All of the improvements you mentioned are apart of the Transit Corridor plans the city introduced some time ago. The same improvements are occurring along the southeast line and east line as well (They really need to come up with better line names, something simple like 1, 2, 3, etc.). What I'm trying to say is I don't believe that the city is that concerned about the future of that SITE at the moment. The city is clearly concerned about the development of downtown, midtown, and east downtown. Because this is such an amazing site location wise, I firmly believe that we have to address the issues of connection to the site. Just extending San Jacinto is not enough, there needs to be serious work done to make the site more accessible. Without those numerous connections to downtown (pedestrian, bike, car, bus, and rail) it will be never live up to its full potential. It will become just another Houston island. Take for example highland village or greenway plaza. Imagine how much better highland village would be if it were in a more walkable, connected, urban setting. Greenway plaza is even worse, they are building a lot of housing along richmond and in the surrounding areas. This makes for a completely miserable experience. You are forced to use your car to go anywhere, there are no real walkable options. This is why I believe that there needs to better connections to north downtown and to the site. Also the architecture and planning visualized in the rendering is completely mediocre for a site with such potential. 

Such a horrible suggestion.

Sorry for the double post but I figured I'd post a picture that I just took of what I'm talking about.

Turns out it's actually two staircases leading to the station and both lead to this Hardy Railyard project. Metro wouldn't invest in this money if they don't know something was planned here:

 

Edit: Looks like they are even building an elevator. An elevator for just a dirt lot? I don't think so...

Interesting... That's wasted money creating a stop there. Something def has to be planned for the future. Looking at renderings I was wondering if they could incoprate the Metro rail, didn't know there was a stop there.

My understanding is that it's a great way for a non-profit to sit on tax free property and let the value appreciate.  Total scam.  

It's def savvy but I wouldn't call it a scam.

It would interesting to know who owns the McDonald's franchise and the land.  If the same entity owns both, I'm sure they/it will make lots of money from operating it over the next few years and then selling the land.

If McDonalds owns it then the probability of being sold is low. They are a real estate business and that location is worth owning. Ray Kroc used to say he was not in the restaurant business but was in the real estate business.

What a waist, you cannot see it behind Pennzoil Place each building is 36 floors.  They should build a taller one to make a impact on the skyline.

There is a gap between Pennzoil and JPMorgan coming from I-45.