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  1. HoustonIsHome
    And to think this was a camping spot for the homeless a few years ago. There were always people sleeping around that little building. Gives hope to the area just a few block south past Pierce. A few developments like these can really turn around the neighborhood
  2. HoustonIsHome
    For that size, 40% leased should be enough to have a noticeable affect on activity in that area. Can't wait for it to all come together as that neighborhood matures
  3. HoustonIsHome
    I think AP was supposed to have their initial store in that building, but that didn't happen and the Montrose location was chosen instead. There was an AP poster up for a while. I used to frequent American Apparel a lot. Wish the store had materialized in Downtown as that would have been a more convenient location for me.
  4. HoustonIsHome
    Three awesome pics, but the middle one is definitely the money shot. And I am even a Dan if the beige brick. In this instance it fits well.
  5. HoustonIsHome
    I think it's hedious. Depending on the trees chosen (we love skeletal looking live oaks) the final version might be even worse. We really do need more pretty trees though. I think they are doing Green Str... I mean Dallas street right
  6. HoustonIsHome
    You know 609 is magic when it makes that chase tower look good
  7. HoustonIsHome
    That's exactly why I said the city knows who butters their bread.
  8. HoustonIsHome
    Government always in bed with fat cats. Chevron knows what it can get away with. Especially with Exxon pulling out of downtown. I hate that we lost such a large tax base in the heart of our city. Some of these taxe payers could have lived in and around downtown, contributing to the $$$ that make the city stronger. But instead of focusing on strengthening the core to keep the tax base that we have, we want more and more loops so our biggest tax payers can flee further and further away. Back directly on topic, the powers that be at chevron know what they are doing. The city knows who butters their bread.
  9. HoustonIsHome
    I hope so too. Timeless beauty
  10. HoustonIsHome
    Is been a million years since it was proposed and yet this building would still look awesome if built today. What are the other towers in this rendering?
  11. HoustonIsHome
    Would you really need a tremendous number of parking spots with a location like Hermann? A drivers paradise like KBR would definitely need tons of lots, but Hermann does seem to manage lots of visitors by having more options via both cars and Public Transit.
  12. HoustonIsHome
    I don't think the garage takes away from tower. I think it looks like a continuation of the building. Looks like a gun standing on its butt
  13. HoustonIsHome
    Hines isn't getting younger. If his goal is to leave the ultimate landmark them he won't be sitting on this for long. But let's face. People keep boosting him like everything he does he does for the city. Now I do admit, that if you asked 10 people what are the most impresdive landmarks in our city, probably 9 out of those 10 would give a Hines building because he dominates our skyline: Chase, BOA, Galleria/Williams tower, Shell, Calpine, 609 Main, BG group place, etc. But Hines, like every other company out there is out there for the $$$. Hines group will ask themselves two things when deciding what to do with this lot: How can we maximize profits, and How can we maintain our brand. Now, the city getting a tower to br as g about may still happen, but I doubt Hines goes out there with a mind on giving the city something to be proud of. 609 Main is a nice state of the art tower not because Hines thought it would please this city, it is a nice state of the at tower because Hines knows that he could sell it. If Hines determines that the best bet is to build a 25 floor safe looking building on this lot in 12 years then that's what we are going to get.
  14. HoustonIsHome
    A couple of residential buildings this size in Midtown east of main would make such a difference
  15. HoustonIsHome
    The was a hose running from the building out to the curb on the Travis side. Water was coming from it. Looks like they were draining something
  16. HoustonIsHome
    That isn't necessarily true. The monteleone was an expansion. I said maintain the older crop of buildings, not never alter them. The Monteleone had outgrown it's space so they built a larger building. But the stipulations was that what goes up needs to match or surpass what comes down. The goal of historic preservation is not to stifle development. The goal is to maintain character. You can build a completely new building and come out of it with even more character than before. The Monteleone is a great example of that. It may seem counterproductive to maximizing profits by placing limits on development/demolition, but in the case of Rue Royale the positives outweigh the negatives. That street commands some of the highest retail lease prices. With nothing around to match, or aspire to surpass then we get embassy suites surrounded by asphalt lots.
  17. HoustonIsHome
    If we had made more of an effort to maintain more of the older crop of buildings maybe this one would have been forced to be more ornate. Kind of like the hotel Monteleone reno. Still mad at you Lancaster.
  18. HoustonIsHome
    I disagree. It is nothing to shout about, but I don't think it resembles 2016 main. To me it looks more attractive in person. Aris is a much more attractive building and does fit it better with MS, while at the same time looking more modern, but I think this building is more safe than unattractive. Now the embassy suites and the Hampton/homeward suites around Discovery Green, those are unattractive buildings
  19. HoustonIsHome
    I would do love to do a Riverside Reno. Wish I could afford one
  20. HoustonIsHome
    Yep On a block between 4 icons Our tallest- Chase Our most ornate- Esperson Our most awarded- Pennzoil One of the most iconic- Gulf You would we would have gotten something spectacular. Then again, I guess you can can it a spectacular disappointment
  21. HoustonIsHome
    I feel that way too. Major influence on our skyline. The height ofb the proposed international tower would have made a big difference in our skyline too. Wish we had gotten both this cycle
  22. HoustonIsHome
    Love it. Only thing I would change: That huge glass around the entrance should be repeated all throughout the ground floor.
  23. HoustonIsHome
    I like the top part of the building but the podium is too fortress-like. Too unwelcoming. Looks kinda like something that would house juvenile delinquents.
  24. HoustonIsHome
    Looks totally ridiculous next to chase. What is it? A step stool?
  25. HoustonIsHome
    Someone correct me if I'm wrong but other than the Chronicle, Chase and Exxon, isn't every last building on the east frontage of Milam between market square and the Days Inn a parking garage? I know there are some on the Travis side, but Milam is pretty much all parking garage other than Chase, Chronicle and Exxon. With the chronicle building and Houston club gone chase and Exxon with be the only non parking building on the left side of Milam from Market Square ask the way down to The Days Inn. There is the International surface lot, then the Chronicle surface parking, then Chase, then Skanska garage, then Esperson Garage, then garage, then garage then garage .... all the way down to Bell where the is surface parking on one side and Exxon on the other. Kind of sad that there are basically only two non parking buildings fronting that side of Milam.
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