Twinsanity02
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8 hours ago, brijonmang said:
From Friday night (8/24)
Very impressive. With the other two adjacent high rises and 3300 Main, these all will create an affluent urban feel to what use to be a wasteland in the 1990's
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It would be an unpleasant surprise if Mr. McNair greatly downgraded the former renditions. He is a Houston resident since 1960. My guess is he wants to leave a significant legacy in the city.
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13 minutes ago, Urbannizer said:
This is quite stunning.
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On 8/25/2018 at 11:18 AM, bobruss said:
Add to that the McNair development at Richmond and that skyline is going to be amazing.
Any information on this McNair development? It certainly contains the "wow" factor.
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2 hours ago, CaptainJilliams said:
I find this elegant. I just hope we don't get Allesandrized once again.
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I am a little confused by the use of the Borghese name. The house of Borghese is one of the oldest in Europe. Is this company associated with the family or can anyone use the name?
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17 minutes ago, HoustonIsHome said:
That garage is part of Houston history and has architectural value. It should be protected for it's value in demonstrating an era in History that Houston dominated and this garage in particular is a perfect representation of that era.
Just kidding
This thing is super ugly. I wish there was a word that describes a building so jarring to the viewing the area that it seems to be an affliction to the eye.
Here are a few suggestions: Revolting, Hideous, Vomitous ( if it's a word), Repellent, Loathsome, Nauseous. That's my impression if I glance at it while downing a Gyro at the park.
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Brooklyn 173, Is the long planned residential tower you referred to 1810 Main or something else?
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3 hours ago, swtsig said:
it goes beyond just marketing itself, it's downright pathetic that a relatively high-profile project like this in the urban core can actually begin construction without a single major publication obtaining any details whatsoever. this is the 4th largest city in the country in the midst of another building boom and nary a word?
in a lot of ways Houston is still very much stuck with a small city mentality... this includes journalists, developers, politicians, etc. we should demand better
I don't know the cause of this. Lived in Houston > 30 years. Have traveled throughout the world. Houston is a very dynamic and cosmopolitan city by any measure. It is a somewhat odd city with three different ecosystems ( Gulf Coast, Piney Woods, and Prairie like) and is the border where English fades as the dominant language spoken at homes to Spanish. Has a huge Asian population which one does not expect. Unlike Atlanta or Dallas it is a bit of a border city. For such a huge and growing metropolis it is quiet and unassuming compared to others. Maybe because we don't have glamour industries. Yet it still erupts in population. I've seen the movers and shakers try to come up with clever slogans and other image promotions. Nothing stuck. Houston is enigmatic.
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I would think so. That is what the article states. There is one under construction ( 328 feet) and two planned at 544 and 630 feet.
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15 minutes ago, phillip_white said:
https://skyrisecities.com/news/2018/08/district-transform-three-block-site-midtown-houston
Renderings are out again. This article is stating two highrises bookending a podium.
Good Job.
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I enjoy your postings Mr. Bear. Being the father of twins I find the competition between Houston and Dallas familiar. There is no "primate city" in Texas as in New York, Georgia, or Illinois which leads to rivalry. The two metro areas are very dynamic, bursting and at the seams, and many similarities. A great deal of beautiful architecture is going up in both. Architecture is what attracted me to Haif in the first place. I go to other websites to see architecture of other great cities.
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If and when this goes up that makes six high rises in the immediate downtown either at various stages of construction or highly possible: W hotel, Capitol Tower, Block 58, Camden Conte, the Marlowe, and highly probable Block 42. Go Houston.
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According to a Nancy Sarnoff twitter it was approved 8 to 2
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5 minutes ago, Nole23 said:
A vote on the W hotel will be held today.
"Houston First is expected to vote today on deal that could bring a W hotel to downtown Houston.
The hotel would be built atop the Partnership Tower, Houston First's new 10-story office building next to the George R. Brown Convention Center.
At its board meeting Thursday afternoon, Houston First will consider a preliminary agreement with developer Texas Hospitality Partners to build the hotel.
The city's convention arm solicited proposals in 2014 from developers who could build the hotel, which was in the original plan for Partnership Tower. The structure at 701 Avenida de las Americas was designed to support the hotel."
Anyone attending this meeting?
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17 hours ago, H-Town Man said:
Downtown Austin is a recreational downtown, downtown Houston is a business downtown. We have arrived late at adding the recreation component, mostly because the demands of handling 150,000 daily workers commuting mostly by car put a burden on everything else in terms of busy streets and endless parking needs. We also had some big city issues of blight and urban decay to overcome, which Austin never dealt with because they were never a big city.
But everyone on here needs to take a deep breath and stop making yourselves miserable. If you could trade downtown Houston for downtown Austin right now, and the trade is permanent, would you do it? You are permanently out of international top rankings for tallest skylines. You don't have any famous architecture to speak of. Philip Johnson, SOM, I.M. Pei, Cesar Pelli never came to your town. Instead of great performing arts companies and concert halls, you have a lot of bars with Indie bands. Instead of a great baseball park, you have Whole Foods. Your idea of a major office tenant is a back office for a Silicon Valley company. Hip, yes; important, not really. You have a lot of bars and grocery stores and restaurants, more than the other guy, but you know what? They're gaining. The other guy is gaining. You've been at this a long time. They're just getting warmed up.
Very well stated.
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4 hours ago, Timoric said:
Be competitive with Greenway Plaza soon
Isn't this area and Greenway Plaza approximately 1.5 miles apart? May meet in the not too distant future. The way potential midtown developments ( three Aussie and 3300 Main and many more I hope) may soon visually connect downtown to the Med Center.
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1 hour ago, Avossos said:
has anyone noticed the garage is still completely exposed? Are they supposed to put a skin on it? I am surprised it hasn't been done yet...
Can anyone put this worry to rest?
It would be very surprising if a tower of this caliber with Bank Of America as a major anchor having a cheap looking exposed parking garage. I'm sure it will be covered in time.
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19 minutes ago, Nate99 said:
Wonderful
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45 minutes ago, Mattie said:
I’m slightly confused. The slim rendering above is the same building as the b&w one posted initially? I don’t see it.
Perhaps the black and white rendering are block 58 and block 42 juxtapositioned to each other. I dunno.
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7 hours ago, MarathonMan said:
What is the fifth one going up?
Didn't make the statement clear. I meant two potentially going up, two going up, and one already up (2016 Main ?)
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With this and the three going up by the Australian developer, I count five high rise apartment buildings on Main Street midtown. All in a short time span. Quite amazing.
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38 minutes ago, wxman said:
I wonder why the north side of downtown is the hotbed for activity all of a sudden instead of areas just on the other side of the Pierce in midtown where the other residential highrise projects are going up? As a developer I would think that midtown will soon be bubbling over with projects and I'd wanna be at the forefront of that.
Just guessing.
Affluence begets affluence? Nearby Theater district, Entertainment venues, Ballpark, Discovery Green, Buffalo Bayou and parks . Rail access to Museum district. Two new highrise apartments have attracted an affluent base which is now being added on to. I find it attractive except for the fact I have children. Too expensive.
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13 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:
It is next to Market Square Park. It is "south" of the new highrise apartment tower I believe called Market square Tower.
Currently it is occupied by an ugly parking garage.
The Langley: Residential High-Rise At 1717 Bissonnet St.
in Going Up!
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It is a beautiful highrise. Very elegant. Not taking sides on this. Don't want to set urban loving haifers off. Just saying some folks in the posh houses in the area may not like having a highrise near them. South and North Blvds have some beautiful older houses with large yards. Very enjoyable area to stroll.
Honestly, I do not know what legal leg the opposition can stand on. There are highrises going up everywhere and as far as I know there are no deed restrictions against this sort of thing. I suspect all they can do is fighting a delaying action.