Twinsanity02

1 hour ago, Timoric said:

What year do you think they will tear down the Galleria?  I think it might have 20 years left.

I'll give it 60 more years, or until my twin daughters can't  walk around much. They and their friends love the place unlike most other malls.

I live along a canal on the lake and my property is heavily wooded. One section is relatively untouched east Texas forest. We have opossums, skunks, raccoons, which traverse our yard. We love it except all the skeeters we have. Having said that I still think the design looks ugly and the folks who live there better be ready for insect and potentially vermin problems. Rats and mice will have no problem climbing all that greenery.  Saying is nature could include cancer, tornadoes, malaria etc. We have houses to keep much of nature out.

I respectfully disagree.  Not only does it look displeasing to the eye, in my opinion, but they are inviting an increase in insect and rat problems throughout the building. 

Turned onto Fannin from Congress. Was surprised the effect this building has. The skyline along Fannin appears more stretched out. It was very surprising. Can't wait to see what the other buildings of this development are going to do. 

I am not as surprised about the massive investment in midtown. Midtown in the 1980's and into the mid 1990's was derelict and run down. The change in the last twenty years has been amazing. Considering midtown is close to downtown with all it's sports and entertainment venues, the Theater district, Rice U, the museum district, Hermann Park, etc I would be surprised if it had not developed.

58 minutes ago, Timoric said:

It was actually great to live in the 80s in that period - cheap housing, shiny new stuff everywhere, less traffic, great food, and good sports to watch - Hakeem, Warren, Nolan 

The Astros-Mets playoff game was one for the record books. Unfortunately the Astros lost.

12 minutes ago, hindesky said:

The pool deck at The Allen.

At night the view will also be beautiful. Tropical drink by the pool after a day of work. What a way to relax.

5 hours ago, Luminare said:

Since the previous image I posted in the Regent Square thread was so well received, I thought I'd do another one, but with a bigger scope that includes other big projects (not all for sure).

 

Often times, I forget that not everyone can immediately see the bigger picture like this in their head (because this is what I see all the time, and I have to for my own work), and images like these could be beneficial to everyone here (even me). So I decided that I'll try to do more of these. Our city is really changing and growing, and it will help us all to better visualize that change. A picture is worth a thousand words right?

 

Below is a quick compilation that I did in photoshop to give everyone here an idea of how impactful these developments will be visual on our existing landscape.

 

If the full buildout is done then this is what our city will look like:

 

Superb!

I don't understand the source of friction. Some people like living in the suburbs, some don't. Some people don't like living near low income people some don't care. Some people like living in the countryside or small towns some prefer an urban lifestyle. Some people love Paris some hate the place. So what? 

1 hour ago, brijonmang said:

Another @ekdrm2d1 inspired Where's Waldo 😉

 

 

Regarding construction towers: The furthest to the left is the Montrose Tower by the Colombe d'Or, To the right of center is the River Oaks tower, and the furthest to the right is Hanover River Oaks. 

3 hours ago, htownbro said:

this is officially dead.

Chucky darns

7 minutes ago, hindesky said:

The View from The Vue.

The view from Hirsch

In the View from the Vue, the Midtown highrises appear to stretch the skyline. It's only going to get better. 

9 minutes ago, phillip_white said:

 

Good visual answer.

1 hour ago, DrLan34 said:

From a friend 

Any chance of a wrecking ball put to use?

1 hour ago, BeerNut said:

Someone with one post calling out someone with 3 post.

  

Guess there's a first time for everything.

Drove through Dallas yesterday. What are those highrises going up along US 75/ I-45? Everything looks impressive

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

Too bad can't use a wrecking ball. Those things were fun to watch when knocking down something atrocious like this garage. Oh well.

As bad as the rainfall in Kingwood was, look up Kickapoo Creek , near Lake Livingston, October 1994. An area there received 25 to 36 inches in a 6 hr period. This area of the country can get incredible rainfalls. Though some flooding is unavoidable, it is the epitome of folly to knowingly ignore steps to reduce this risk.

On 5/6/2019 at 12:43 AM, mattyt36 said:

Dallas-Ft Worth is a humongous blob. There is no center. And people who live on one end only rarely go to the other. At the end of the day, that’s the difference between Dallas and Houston. Houston is also a blob, but, as luck would have it, it’s at the center of the blob, and anyone who lives in the metro area will say they’re from Houston. Go to the “Metroplex,” and you will hear from every other person how much they hate Dallas. Which is a shame. Because Dallas—the city—is a perfectly fine and perfectly livable place (in many ways much nicer than the inner core of Houston). You ask a Houston suburbanite about Houston, they say, “Oh so much traffic.” Or “I hear there’s a lot of crime.” But they never disavow Houston. You ask a DFW suburbanite, they almost universally say, “I hate Dallas (as in the urban core of Dallas). Why would I go there?”  It’s absolutely bizarre. Maybe it’s just my experience.

 

Very strange to me that the OMB considers DFW an MSA but not Washington, DC-Baltimore or San Francisco-San Jose. The Boston region is also underrepresented. I suppose that’ll come soon. 

 

What then?

 

I guess we would slip big time in the meaningless rankings.

 

I guess our best bet is to tell College Station to work much, much harder and become the next Ft Worth. 

There is a population ranking for world  "urban agglomeration"  which does that. I believe it is from Germany. There numbers are different from the OBM. Obviously this is not an exact science.

2 hours ago, Timoric said:

Crazy thought, in 10 years Uptown Houston approaches parity with Downtown Houston in terms of square footage

Now that you mention it, I am curious as to whether residential is included in square footage or is it only business. Currently I believe the TMC is larger than downtown in terms of square footage. The Uptown area is certainly huge, but is designated as having approximately half the square footage ad the Med Center. My eyes do not see it that way.

1 hour ago, Mr.Clean19 said:

I think this is the 3rd time in this string where it was brought up. The bayous banks are too steep on the east side to allow gators to climb up. 

Thanks for the information but  I was thinking of the Gondolas.  Though come to think about it,  people kayak the bayou and haven't heard of anyone getting chomped.

2 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

 

This is choice real estate. Proximity to the Bayou, the Theater District, Restaurants, Park,  Other high rise apartments, and walking distance to the rail and Minute Maid Park. 

We have gators in Lake Houston. I've seen one from my backyard. They don't seem to bother people, dogs may be problematic. They tend to stay away from populated areas. Is there a gator situation along the bayou?