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    It's those damn furries...
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    And no free donuts this time, either! .!
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    Welcome to Hollywood...during the writers' strike!
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    Yeah, it wasn't up when I came home from UH yesterday. It was up this morning.
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    Simcity 5, anyone?
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    A few holy grenades should take care of that.
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    For about 4 yrs, Simcity 4. Before that was anything from the C&C series. I pretty much gave up gaming now though.
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    Each segment seems to be approximately two floors, actually, if the scaling of the window workers is correct.
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    I tend to prefer George Benson's cover of it myself.
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    This one has the advantage of free food and beverages.
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    You guys need to get Firefox with Noscript. You can pretty much avoid anything malicious out there with this combo.
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    I did notice that the Ziegler Cooper site has been updated recently with renderings of this project. I was skeptical of course, but I guess that was a positive omen regarding this project indeed. http://www.zieglercooper.com/projects.asp?...41&projid=8 Now, is this more to your liking, Niche? It's not too over festooned with design elements, and the only ones present seem to be simple and structural (mullions, etc). The facade material also seems to follow the rule of "structural integrity" rather than for excessively ornamental purposes.
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    So essentially, you prefer things without excessive architectural embellishments; more of function over form. I agree that a lot of the towers from our boomtimes are quite timeless in their architectural being, since they lack the elements that date a structure. How about some of the other things going up in the TMC? One in particular I was wondering about is the recently built UT School Of Nursing, designed by Lake Flato. Of course, there are also obvious attempts to stamp neoclassical elements on new structures (MD Anderson Ambulatory), but of course, Postmodernism qualifies as a real style in itself (which is why some consider it a paradox). Then again, some people enjoy living in a paradox and a parody of what real life is supposed to be. So, if you were to design such a "redevelopment/development", what would it look like? What exactly is "real" to you, anyway (besides function over form)? What would the materials/forms and such be?
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    Of course the rendering will attempt to present a product in the best possible light; they are trying to sell it to someone/a certain demographic after all. What I meant regarding my previous statement was the desire for that the subtleties and such portrayed in the renderings to be preserved in real life once the project is completed, or at least for some sort of resemblance to the projections. As someone stated above, I at least appreciate the fact that the architecture is not going on an excessively trite level, like Market Street. This is perfect example of a project which is overly encrusted with neoclassical elements; it has more of a superficial appeal to superficial people who want to have the "canned Disneyland experience" (complete with the long waits, and overpriced crap) without the idiots in suits parading about. At least in RS, the so called "canned" architectural elements are applied in a much more reserved manner; there is less "makeup" applied to the facades. Sure, it may still be somewhat superficial, but at least it is somewhat more convincing than the other examples. While we are on this note; perhaps you could show us examples of architecture and projects from recent history, and modern times that you do appreciate, eh Niche?
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    Looks like they're trying to pull off a more traditional style here than what is usually found in these new developments (ie: Post Midtown, BLVD Place, etc), but I find the designs a tad more convincing than many other developments that try their hand at such a style (ie: West Ave). I appreciate the architectural subtleties in most of the buildings; they do not attempt to over festoon most of them with trite and stereotypical neoclassical elements, such as quoins, keystones, etc. Furthermore, it also looks like the majority of it will be clad in solid masonry; here's to hoping that those stucco looking structures are not actually done in EIFS. I'm just hoping that the actual results will be just as convincing as these renderings.
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    TL;DW
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    http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/
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    Hey, it was Superbowl Sunday, mkay?
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    As a snack, I had like 40 of em once. I could prolly do at least 100.
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    95.7 sucked anyway. Good riddance. Maybe they should try playing some REAL jazz next time.
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    Plop cheats and modds FTW!
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    Yeah, I am the same way. The solution to this poor configuration is to use a paper towel to turn the faucet off, and open the door. It irks me greatly when there are no paper towels in bathrooms, or the garbage bin is too far from the door.
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    Looks like the love child of 5 Houston Center and Symphony Tower in Atlanta.
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    A massive swarm of giant Asian Hornets. Their venom is powerful enough to dissolve flesh.
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