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Love how TMC is sort of a city inside of a city

Looks like 7 more floors to go? Wish it was at least a 30 floor building 

A good read.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/609-Main-A-different-skyscraper-11153566.php#photo-12932407

I'm just happy we will be filling that void with a skyscraper and not another garage.

On 5/7/2017 at 11:40 AM, brijonmang said:

 

Looks great sitting there next to 609 Main

I know we would all love a supertall to be built but this infill of smaller projects has made the CBD denser and I think it won't be long til we get our supertall.

Preferably I would love to see it in the northern section of downtown within all the smaller buildings, maybe between the courts the Catalyst and Market Square.

I will take these as good news I'm guessing for further developments?

I wish we had something like a obs tower sorta like Seattle near Market Square. It would go great in the area.

23 minutes ago, hindesky said:

Might be the Maxim crane that attempted to take the Camden McGowen midtown tower crane but got cancelled due to the high winds.

I guess that is why Travis was sealed off today

Maybe I am seeing things but I drove by downtown today around 2130 and saw that the bottom half of the crown was lit with white LEDs 

Really wonder how it'll look from 45N, really wish we could get some kind of computerized image or something

4 hours ago, hindesky said:

http://www.capitoltowerhouston.com/video.asp

I wet myself. In all seriousness though, will this tower be somewhat visible in the skyline or will it just get lost in the sea of buildings. 

From this video looks like the northern view may change a bit.

AWESOMEEEEEEE

Ugh I hate the LEDs on 609 Main, they could have included the whole crown and made the lights white not dark blue (sorry I know wrong thread)

7 hours ago, hindesky said:

700 block of Milam and the 700 block of Travis between Capitol and Rusk will be closed for the crane construction this weekend from 7pm Friday to 5am Monday according to Baker Concrete. This can only mean they are going ahead with the office portion of the build. Great news. I wonder what company made the decision to move into the new building? 

lets hope so, I hope they add a few more floors to this so it'll be more noticable

They brought the fire for the opening!

On 2/19/2017 at 6:32 PM, wxman said:

I wouldn't say DFW has had all the fun. We've had *multiple* actual office skyscrapers built here including Main Place and 609 Main. We've got just as many 20 and 30 story buildings under construction or about to begin construction, if not more, than Dallas including Tillman's building, the med center hospital towers, Kirby Collection, Blvd Place, Allen/Gillettte condo tower, Marlow, Marriott Marquis and 3300 main just to name a few off the top of my head. I don't even know the last time Dallas erected a Class A office skyscraper with meaningful height in their downtown core. We've erected two 40+ story building in the last few years with at least one other one, Capitol Tower, coming out of the ground next month. 

 

This tower tho is definitely sexy as hell and absolutely needs to happen. I just hope the likes of 6 Houston Center doesn't take the wind out of this sail.

Wait Capitol Tower is being built after all? I'm late to the party apparently 

On 1/15/2017 at 4:31 PM, Urbannizer said:

 

5 new buildings in this view. Love the changing skyline!

On 1/13/2017 at 6:47 PM, HoustonIsHome said:

Downtown foot traffic has picked up, while the homeless population in that spot has gone down. 

There is still no big draw to Main Street Square though.

Forever 21 is ok, but not enough.

The Park Shops and Greenstreet are too inward facing.

 

As far as department stores go are they still popular?  I'm not sure what it's going to take to Jumpstart retail but I think it has to be visual.  People need to be able to see in. 

 

I think low end retail would work wonders here for now. 

Lower end than even Macy's. 

With the Galleria, ROD, Highland Village, River Oaks and Rice Village all in close proximity I don't see much high end coming to downtown soon. 

 

Don't laugh but I would put in Ross, Marshalls, Target,  a general goods store, a Houston souvenir shop, A sports merchandise shop,  a smoke shop, Petsmart, expand that CVS, bring in an urban version of Specs, throw in some restaurants,  bars and about a dozen lower end retailers such as Rainbow,  Old Navy, Bath and Body works, Lids, Sephora. That will keep the nearby residents interested.  Once the crowds become regular we can step up the game. I do think we may need something like a Williams Sonoma soon.  Something with  home goods

 

 

Low end stores like Ross, Marshalls, etc. have worked great in other cities. Nashville, Chicago I know that Houston isn't a Chicago but it'll be a start. We would just need the foot traffic.

On 1/1/2017 at 6:48 PM, Urbannizer said:

HoustonDec27-002 by Shaemon Robinson, on Flickr

I love this picture so much, it's just so nice to look at.

3 hours ago, Howard Huge said:

I cant believe I'm saying this, but........they've actually managed to make the GRB....not that ugly anymore.

Not that ugly is an understatement