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On 4/25/2023 at 8:49 AM, Luminare said:

So to all. It isn't because its downtown, these provisions apply to all of Houston. So due to a provision added to this code in 2009, roof signage is prohibited. Any signs projecting over the roof edge are prohibited. There can be wall signs and projecting signs from the wall, but they are regulated pretty heavily.

Perhaps AIG, Amegy, Crown Castle, BHP, Aliant Group, Brookdale Senior Living, Bechtel, Pros, Nitya Capital, 95% of all high rise Hotels, and countless others fit within a certain realm of an exception. The only thing they all have in common is they're not Downtown.

Can't find the articles but I recall exceptions made to the Hilton Americas & Marriott Marquis Downtown as the city owns the buildings. 

50 minutes ago, samagon said:

looks like the proposed tower in Austin that would have been taller than this one has been reduced in height, so Houston will retain the tallest tower in Texas.

The Wilson Tower (1035ft), which was supposed to be the new tallest, had it's height cut. The Waterline (1,022ft), is still under construction, which will be the new tallest. So as of now, JP Morgan Chase Tower will be #2.

1 hour ago, MrFubbles said:

Any signs of life? Noticed many of the food trucks moved off the lot

Each time I pass it seems to have diminished in popularity - as well as tents/food trucks.  

My Mom took us to Marco's in Spring, close to the previous Dairy Queen - same strip center as the ex-Klein Bank. This was back in the mid 90s. Was a staple in our restaurant rotation, along with Chef Chan's further south, Pappadeaux, and Bennigan's on FM 1960. All of which are no more.

Remember being held hostage in Marco's as my mom and grandma would talk for hours, long after we finished our meals.

Can't recall how good it was being such a picky eater at that age. Even if in pristine condition today, likely wouldn't hold up to the options we have now. Shame that Kuykendahl/Louetta area really looks run down.

5 hours ago, editor said:

I was in Methodist Hospital's Outpatient Building a little after sunrise yesterday, and took a few really bad pictures out the window while resting between questions during the mandatory 75-question "e-check-in" endurance test. 

Didn't we used to have social workers for these sorts of things?  I'm supposed to spill my guts to a robot?

If you want more soylent green, then yes.

St Luke's Tower still jarring without the spires. 

44 minutes ago, bookey23 said:

Gotta love those PS1 era graphics. Makes me want to go play Tekken

First Person view on Cities Skylines Console graphics.

On 4/8/2023 at 3:40 PM, Caribomoa said:

That’s what I was thinking too. The “For Lease” sign went up nearly instantly after the property was acquired. So it’s extremely unlikely that this is a change of mind after studying kind of thing.

6 Houston Center renderings/leasing info are still posted on their lot, so a sign doesn't mean anything.

51 minutes ago, thatguysly said:

Hard to compare Austin and Houston. They are getting a ton of tech money and jobs pumped into the city. The downtown district is vibrant with Rainey St, 6th, all the concert venues, UT, Town Lake, ect. Houston isn't Austin or Dallas and shouldn't expect to build like them.

Houston is doing what it needs to do, densifying. Austin has a limited area for high-rises which drives up slim towers with more floors. We have the entirety of land between the Brazos & Trinity to build.

Would have been cool to have a 700ft tower here, yes. Based on the current outcome of the medical building, very happy they're not creating more garbage.

5 minutes ago, Justin Welling said:

The project is planned for the site of the former Antique Pavilion east of Kirby, near French restaurant a’Bouzy and the French Gourmet Bakery.

How could they do Shanghai River dirty like that.

1 hour ago, ChannelTwoNews said:

Not to veer too far off topic, but...

Something about it to me gives off a vibe that it escaped from the Memorial City skyline.

Not sure if it's the angles or the lighting. Or Both. It just feels like it would "look" more at home there.

Might be a non-conformist since it has multiple lights on one building, and only the Memorial Hermann Tower tends to do that over there.  Nothing wrong with a bit of a rebel streak though.

I appreciate that most of the buildings in that area have some lighting on the roof, but my problem is it generally tends to be the SAME color, regardless of what's happening. It's always kind of messed with my eyes when I'm driving that way at night. 

It's actually kind of hard to find photos of what I'm talking about, but I found this in a story on the passing of Queen Elizabeth from last year.

And these renderings of The McKinley incorporated them as well.

Spot on. The MetroNationalization of the Museum District.

3 hours ago, HoustonMidtown said:

https://abc13.com/hardy-downtown-connector-extension-on-ih-610-north-loop-houston-traffic-harris-county-toll-road-authority/12895324/

 

Hope they'll fix the mess that is 45/Hardy @ 610 North. Taking Hardy to 59 works wonderfully since the onramp puts you directly on the 59 exit.

This building is a unit. 

8 hours ago, aachor said:

One of the things I've enjoyed seeing in Chinese cities is how many of their modern highrises and skyscrapers are outlined and lit by colored LED lighting like this. It really makes the cities look more vibrant and exciting at night. I'd love to see it catch on in the United States. At night, so many of our buildings are just formless, lifeless blocks. Sadly, the most exciting illuminated features are often the dim aircraft warning lights.

Light Pollution isn't that cool. 

On 2/18/2023 at 12:13 AM, bobruss said:

Great color, detail, and field of vision in the above image of Autry Park.  I enjoy the details, and seeing it from this height and angle  reveals  a continuous line of growth of mid to high rise development all the  way from downtown, to the northern edge of TMC. The density and height that has occurred, especially in the Museum District sort of surprised me. Starting wth Lovett and Hines towers on Montrose, and continuing south to the  buildings clustered around the Museums and Herman Park  has revealed an emerging  mini skyline that shows up in this image. 

Crossing either direction on the Shepherd bridge yields amazing views of density.

28 Floors Total, slightly shorter looking than One Park Place. Based on the renderings the southern most "shoulder", is only 1-2 stories shorter than the next, then the same for the tallest after that. The façade also appears to be a bit taller than the floor on each section. So, not much more if that corner piece is topped out.

They're fun and cute.

The Post food hall, however, is like staring at the sun.

18 hours ago, jermh said:

S&T was replaced by a Cajun place awhile back. 

Thanks for that. Could have sworn it was gone when I passed by it, but the outdate google info fooled me.

On 11/15/2022 at 2:19 AM, IntheKnowHouston said:

I will miss the Blind Goat's downtown location too. It's much closer to me than Spring Branch. 

Never had the opportunity to try Drunken Pho. Hopefully, it will fill your banh mi cravings.

Drunken Pho is excellent. Serious competition with S&T on Main.

1 hour ago, Ross said:

Haha, I just realized the title says "hosing", evoking an image of a place to go to get yourself washed. @Urbannizer can the title be fixed?

Changed it. Please use the report function instead of tagging us, thanks.

9 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:

https://www.spottedbylocals.com/blog/alpha-beta-and-gamma-cities/ 

We dropped a level back to Beta+. We were Alpha- for a couple of years 😔 Philadelphia and Seattle surprised me as Beta cities. Boston jumped from Beta+ to Alpha-. 

What could be the causes of this? Are Austin and Dallas having a greater impact on the entire state and more? Will the new transit lines help us jump even higher? 

"Finally the all-important caveat: the GaWC method of measuring the world city network produces theoretically informed, empirically robust assessments of cities in globalization. But it measures just one process in city development: the servicing of global capital. As shown, London and New York are the supreme archetypal cities in this regard. But, as we have also seen, the failure of Berlin has shown that the world city network can never be a collection of mini-Londons and little New Yorks. All world cities will have mixtures of cutting edge economic functions but these need not just be advanced producer services. The key is to find economic niches but without being vulnerable to economic specialization (Turok 2009). Milan and its design portfolio, Singapore and its logistics portfolio, Los Angeles and its entertainment portfolio and, outside the alpha cities, Houston and its energy portfolio, are each important examples of world cities despite their contrasting positions in the world city network (Taylor 2005). However, whatever the niches, cities WILL need to have a sufficiency of advanced producer services so as not to make it too overtly dependent on London, New York and their rare ilk. Thus within the world city network as conceptualised by GaWC, there will be ‘global cities' in the original sense of Sassen (1991) focusing on advanced producer services, as well as numerous other cities with varying sufficiency in advanced producer services. GaWC network connectivities and the resulting levels of integration into the world city network represent just one process, albeit especially global in scope, among many that constitute contemporary cities in globalization."

51 minutes ago, IntheKnowHouston said:

Below is a conceptual rendering of Norcity.

Company of Nomads (or Nomadic Hospitality) is the team behind Norcity. This is a container hall / food hall and market planned for 4001 Main St. It's part of the Ion campus / Ion Innovation District.  

Other details regarding Norcity:
 

• 5 food vendors
• 2 full bars
• Completely off grid energy solutions and sustainable
• Atmospheric water generator making water out of air

Close-up

 

Green Cities DLC for Cities Skylines.

17 hours ago, Luminare said:

Remember when this project was the one we were all hoping would go up years ago, and now we have all nearly forgot about it? When I noticed this thread again, I was like...oh yeah that one, cool. If you don't mind I'm going to go look at the BIG project some more, bye.

It's been so many years that W Hotels don't even have the same hype anymore. Plus the renderings were a boring glass box, of which our skyline desperately needs. 

On 2/25/2022 at 9:34 AM, BigFootsSocks said:

40 minutes ago, enriquewx91 said:

Other 2 towers?