EllenOlenska

I went to A&M in '08 through '11 and didn't know there ever had been one in the mall. 

I like it as is actually. 

And I'd rather it stay derelict and graffiti bespected than destroyed. 

It should be turned into a hotel. It would look clean with new glass and light fixtures. 

They must be pretty damned big, then. 

I just jumped up and touched my ceiling pretty easily and I'm comfortable here. 

51 minutes ago, Ross said:

HISD got enough money from the sale of the old building to construct the new one on property the district already owned. The new one is not an architectural masterpiece, but it is a modern building that is better suited for the workers and the public.

So, there's two? An old one and a new one? There is an older complex on Richmond? 

Hattie Mae is on West 18th and Mangum. I just drove by it. 

Okay, I was under the impression there were two Caydon. A beige affair and another facing it. Then there was news of these two towers connected by a sort of promenade. Does that bring it to four? Or does one tower cross over. 

As I've said many times, it's probably my favorite joint so I'm sharing some new rendering of Pop and Pan on here. 

Was that from a Time's op-ed section? Was it a Brooks or Douthat suggesting Chicago was better when people rode to the opera in carriages and the proles had to go on foot so they couldn't catch the horses? 

I lived in container apartments in Huntsville. 

There were three different containers and the front and back walls were all glass. Here that all glass view is covered with plywood. 

Well, it seems like there are a large number of "plausible" looking towers proposed for midtown. They range from 100 feet to almost 700 feet. They have offices and residential. Some more and some less serious. I hope to see them all pop up. 

Yeah and Paul George is driving a U Haul to Houston right now. 

Look at all that green space. 





I'm being facetious. 

There's a lot of interesting comments and great pictures on this thread, but every time I see someone remark on this my first thought is "is the glass box getting taller!" 

As I was driving down 610 it occurred to me that the overhaul which would suit Uptown most (other than a damned train) is turning the malls into street grids. 

...also, I want to raise the flag...

Drove by not too long ago and was struck by how deep it is. It's quite a sight. 

Hey, architects & engineers! 

Why not put a reflective glass of similar hue over the panels? Problem solved? 

I jog by a lot (and eat at the restaurants around it) and it seems like it'll be very handsome in the end. And pricey. 

Well, certainly, it's changing right now. Just comparatively very slowly. 

Sorry for all the adverbs. 

I might be putting a lot of weight on the bridge to park and "future rail." 

That's part of it, I don't remember when the rail opened and this tower was proposed, or the rail was proposed or anyone knew where it was going to be proposed. (Which begs political and legal questions, I suddenly realize.) 

And I'm not saying I don't like the idea. On the whole, I do. 

But a part of me is playing imaginary sims. The "concept" (as you put it well) by the soccer stadium or even along the rail on the UH side of 45. 

Tangent: The Gensler by Design crew has a supercool concept very near the soccer stadium title Loop 720. 

I have a few questions and a few propositions on this one. 

But the simplest question would be why wasn't it planned right beside a rail stop. 

I always thought the best thing about Uptown was the Four Leaf Plaza.

Up with BRT ("clandestine rail") and down with the strip malls. 

I get it, it'll be a mess.

But there's never enough parks.