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Garage actually looks nice, and that crown will add much needed height.

21 minutes ago, UtterlyUrban said:

EnWave USA union station district cooling plant...... That's what the sign says anyway.

But can we put a top golf on top of it?

What is the building behind the school site with all the AC units (?) on top ?

7 hours ago, BrianG said:

Is this from a cam? Care to share?

Aris**

2 hours ago, enriquewx91 said:

 

#metropolis by Stathis Kafogli on Flickr

Will we be able to see aria from here?

54 minutes ago, UtterlyUrban said:

I think that they fenced off the entire park.  Not sure though.

The entire park was indeed fenced off.  I think if we can somehow erase the embassy hotel and grab the block behind it in between four seasons then the park can be expanded to a weird shape.  

47 minutes ago, astros148 said:

Im sorry but am i the only who thinks all this temporarily main st improvement is garbage? We have pot holes all up and down elgin and montrose and have so many other issues with the city. Instead we pump money into temporarily garbage looking art that will attempt to appease a few tourist that come here for the super bowl. Waste of money. 

I'm not a tourist and it appeases me.  Do we even know where the money is coming from?

1 hour ago, monarch said:

^^^ there is a small possibility that this is parking related.. since this storied edifice is now a parking garage.  however, it would be totally / completely exciting for something positive to be happening with this edifice moving forward.  why aren't we no-longer hearing anything.... why the sudden mystery...??

Don't worry, Houston Chronicle is on the case! 

34 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said:

I saw construction workers doing work on the Sakowitz building (hope I spelled that right)... I couldn't take a pic because I was on the train

Have we heard anything on who won the bid for this building or a timeline?

Nice!   Wish they could have had this ready for the final four events.  

Does a $5 million renovation sound a little low to anyone else?

the most affordable townhouse in East Downtown is a 240k townhome that's pending/continuing to show on HAR.

I assume you understand the difference between the monthly mortgage payment for 140k and 240k?

If you want to buy anything within 1 mile of downtown for under 150k, you can get into a converted garden apartment, but (outside of living closer to kirby and RO) you get all the same negatives (and more), and none of the positives. Think about it. No real sound insulation between you and your neighbors, no pools, no gated parking, you'll get a numbered parking space under a carport, hope you don't like sleeping in on saturdays, inevitably the property management will hire the lawn crew to come do all the maintenance on saturday morning (as an added bonus, it will seem like they are just standing next to your window running the equipment). You have a common area with a washer and dryer, not in units. just the kind of place you can afford to buy and be close to RO.

You could look at 3rd ward for houses under 150k, but considering what you think of east end, I'd hate to hear your commentary on that area. On top of that, you're not getting central AC/Heat, you're not getting a garage to park your car in, you get a yard that you have to maintain, or pay someone to maintain.

So no, you can't do what you're suggesting and be close to downtown on a first job out of college budget. as I said in my post earlier, the people who are the target audience want to live in an area like the east end, they do not want to live in RO, it's that simple.

but then again, there's a 31 flavors in RO, so that's something.

Lol I swear the maintenance man doesn't want me to sleep past 8 am on the weekends.

Looks like it's not going to be quite 21 stories

http://swamplot.com/expectations-lowered-another-notch-for-rising-hotel-alessandras-floor-count/2016-02-24/

Most disappointing downsize in recent years for me, of course this is because of the original renderings were great.

Looks like that rendering is actually from Glendale, CA. HoustonHCCD responded and said the proposal will be the same vision.

https://twitter.com/houstonhcdd/status/699632260748877824

I can't seem to embed a tweet so here's a screenshot.

i recently got a sneak peak at the rendering for 1616 Post Oak (Dinerstein Property). Astoria will look like even more of a joke next to the Dinerstein job.

Is there a thread for this?

I liked the original rendering but this is still my favorite project

Brownstones? Hmmmm are there pictures ?

If you look at it without the crown it's not that bad. It just looked soo cool in the renderings!

Some pics of the backside, looks like some glass but all in all not very attractive

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I'm guessing the backside or at least the backside podium will be covered up with whatever they build in the empty lot next to it. How long that will be is another question.

That's a nice chunk of time for maintenance. Seems like you could build one from ground up given that much time. Better safe than sorry though !

......and these are the things that make me happy. Weird, I know.

Do y'all think the developers are proud of this? I wonder if they're ever like "damn we f***ed this one up boys".

Did we ever see a rendering of the backside of this building?