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  1. mollusk
    I get where you're coming from, but the fire is in the building housing a different bodega, the Main Street Market, a few blocks north. It, too was slipcovered.
  2. mollusk
    Thanks for digging that back up, Avossos. Comparing them side by side, it looks like the slip cover may not have destroyed everything since it's roughly the same height as the original roof decoration. Now let's just hope that the fire doesn't.
  3. mollusk
    Dang, missed the kolaches. And "TC Energy Center" sounds like a basketball arena somewhere or another. they just need to get off my lawn... grumble...
  4. mollusk
    And just yesterday we were linked to its former deco glory... it's going to be interesting seeing what the next act is for this one.
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    H-Town, fair point. However, turning the bottom few floors into something that doesn't even try to coordinate with the rest of the building is right up there with the aluminum skins that were a "modernization" fad in the 60s. Changing the usage (and even the massing) doesn't have to mean ditching the basic design concept.
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    Incidentally, this is what's wrong with the idea of changing the bottom two floors of Two Shell, Houston Center, etc., to meet our current tastes. There will come a time when 80s style will be considered chic again. (***shudder...***)
  7. mollusk
    If they really wanted to be ambitious, they'd include some wildlife in the renders...
  8. mollusk
    And to think we whinge about a project that only takes two or three times longer than it should...
  9. mollusk
    They rebuilt the iPhone version a couple months ago. It's a noticeable improvement - then again, I learned on steam powered computers so YMMV.* *(a more polite way of saying "get off my lawn")
  10. mollusk
    NoDoz - the neighborhood that never sleeps. Catchy.
  11. mollusk
    The Mia Bella building has really difficult sewer issues. That's why they moved.
  12. mollusk
    We've been able to do that forever. It's even easier now that there's a phone app.
  13. mollusk
    Let's not forget the historic dives...
  14. mollusk
    I get it - but I make my living writing stuff that my clients and I hope is not ridiculous, hence my barely restrained obsession regarding grammar that affects my daily life. I even have a "grammar" folder in my browser toolbars, an effective collection of links that includes Common Errors in English Usage. Meanwhile, back on topic: Photos from before the 1960s remuddling appear to have a second (and perhaps even a third) feature similar to the one at the southwest corner. Does anyone know if they're going to be recreated to match what we see in all the renderings of the Main / Wheeler corner? (I may not have dug back far enough in this thread)
  15. mollusk
    One could also call it post modern (cf. 700 Louisiana), or perhaps Neo Byzantine Gothic Re-Revival. .... Today's moment in pedantry, and one of my pet peeves: "Post modern" is an oxymoron.
  16. mollusk
    As hard as it can be to walk from one building to another nearby building and as shiny as everything is, nope... it's definitely suburban. (not a serious answer )
  17. mollusk
    Piffle. All those areas are outside the Loop and therefore insignificant. 🙊
  18. mollusk
    There might be - I only posted once.
  19. mollusk
    Market Square must qualify as a tourist town, then. (those effing chop top busses... 👺) Market Square must qualify as a tourist town, then. (those effing chop top busses... 👺)
  20. mollusk
    They still have more to do on the parking levels, although they're getting close. The office portion of the building will only cover a portion of the parking - it'll be a rectangle bounded by the zig zag details on the parking levels IIRC.
  21. mollusk
    When I went to South Texas we had to fend for ourselves with parking, most of the classes were in the evening, and anything east of Caroline was more than a bit gritty (as in someone would get mugged every month or so). Dang soft kids these days... they also need to get off of my lawn.
  22. mollusk
    If your only tool is a hammer...
  23. mollusk
    Maybe Bork can take over... it would be a game changer.
  24. mollusk
    The cladding may help a bit with LEED certification...
  25. mollusk
    OKfine... I get it, I'm less than hip. But what IS it with the "social stair" fad?
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