Twinsanity02

42 minutes ago, Angostura said:

 

I read somewhere that one of the tests for a city is if there were a city-wide protest or celebration, would everyone instinctively know where to go to participate. I'm pretty sure Houston fails this one.

 

 

Houston is quite unconventional in that sense. In addition all the significant clusters of high rises , downtown, Med Center, Uptown, Greenway Upper Kirby, soon Allen Parkway and Montrose , creates a diffuse urban feeling.

51 minutes ago, Angostura said:

 

You mean an overly wide right-of-way dominated by automobile traffic? Houston has plenty of those!

 In that category we clean Paris's clock. I believe the Katy freeway is the widest highway in the world.

But seriously the Champs Elysees  "begins" at the Triumphal Arch in which the remains of a unknown French solider is interred and lit by an eternal flame. The avenue is used for bastille day celebrations. It has been the scene of many historic events: Charles deGaulle and the liberation of Paris, the US 28th infantry division marching through to go to battle. In addition the Tour de France ends there. The avenue ends at  the  Place de la Concorde, stunningly beautiful and with much historical significance, which leads to the Louvre, the world's largest Art Museum and former palaces of the Kings and Queens of France. I left out gardens and several other things.  Duplicating the avenue in our great city is impossible.

As switsig previously mentioned we can have a Park ave. or Rodeo dr. That in my opinion is very doable.

Hate to sound like a curmudgeon ( though I am sometimes), but I don't see a "Champs Elysees"  anywhere in Houston ever developing. South Post Oak can become like an Avenue Montaigne and Montrose Blvd. a Paseo del Prado in Madrid , but the Champs Elysees is a non duplicating avenue. Too much history and culture.

Me thoughts this was in the grave yard of undone things.

11 minutes ago, Urbannizer said:

Hmmm...

 

https://www.lifang.us/portfolio/exterior

 

6 minutes ago, Avossos said:

 

I would LOVE to get a 50 story tower here. That means 600-700 feet tall?

I think so. The "shortest" 50 story building in Houston is Three Allen Center at 685 feet. The restaurant on top is going to have some amazing views.

57 minutes ago, adr said:

 

Hines is busy.  Crane going up on their residential project across the street.

With all the Gerald Hines buildings in Downtown Houston  perhaps it should be named Hineston.

Hineston in Houston.

What is this area called? It definitely is coming into it's own as another major  Houston Skyline after Downtown, Uptown, and TMC ( don't know if upper Kirby  or Greenspoint can be called this yet). Many cities would give up an arm to claim one of these skylines. 

I know "sodo" stands for "south of downtown", but what is the difference between that and midtown which is also south of downtown? Is sodo a distinct area of midtown? Is there a wodo and nodo?

Most of the dates from construction came from the Downtown Houston development maps

Here are some samples: Feb 2014:Est completion summer 2017,  Soil test 4/17/2014,  Urbannizer: 2/20/2015  Start date 2Q 2015, Later start date 1Q 2017, 

More start dates 1Q 2018, then 1Q 2019. Someone in the company is  indecisive or the Down Houston development maps are inaccurate.

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

I'm optimistic, look at the emblem on the trucks at the Texas Tower and then the truck here. Same company, they only hire this company when things are about to get built.

Case settled for Hindesky. 👨‍⚖️⚖️💰🎉😎😜

I hope you are correct. If so I look forward to the photos you and ekdrm will post

2 hours ago, ArtNsf said:

 

Actually, this does really look encouraging to me.  Anyone else ?

If this is just soil sampling I'm not encouraged. They did this several years ago. Then nothing.

24 minutes ago, TheSirDingle said:

Purchasing managers' index and CPI is correct. We need an economist in here to see if my bs is up to snuff lol. Haven't looked deeply at economic trends in a while. 

Just remember

President  Truman famously asked to be sent a one-armed economist, having tired of economists  proclaiming "On the one hand, this" and "On the other hand, that". 

This isn't part of the Australian developers planned high rises is it?

1 hour ago, Urbannizer said:

Midtown is going wild. 30-story residnetial high-rise with ~10,000 sq feet of retail (former SEARCH Homeless Services site).

 

 

Is this for real? There are so many high rises going up it's getting a bit surreal.

20 minutes ago, bobruss said:

I think you should remember what has been happening along Montrose and Kirby also.

Montrose has added the Hanover, the Hines is going up, and the Chelsea Market site is now under construction.

Kirby has the River Oaks Hanover, and the new Thor development high rise added to its already three standing and the West Ave.

Its amazing, like I said earlier. There are so many major developments going on all inside the loop.

You're correct but my old brain goes on overload over all the construction. Sometimes it's tough to keep up with all the high rise apartments/ condos going up. Don't think anything like this ( high rise apartments) has happened in Houston before 2010.

Going to be fun to watch which stretch gets the most high rise apartments/condos: Midtown Main Street, or Allen Parkway/Memorial Dr.  Maybe even the Hermann Park perimeter.

29 minutes ago, Avossos said:

 

I get the joke - but any truth to a delay?

Not that I know of. It's just they've delayed it at least four times. 

41 minutes ago, Twinsanity02 said:

Pushed back to 1st quarter 5020. See Doctor Who if you wish to view this building.

Not that I know of. It's just they've delayed it at least four times. 

Pushed back to 1st quarter 5020.

Not another asphalt parking lot!. This is an outrage. Soon they may all be gone. Stop Them!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Went to the Uptown lighting ceremony last night. The lights and fireworks were spectacular. Santa showed up.

12 minutes ago, Luminare said:

come on everyone. One guy with zero post history decides that the first thing they are going to do is not comment about architecture...on an architecture forum, and instead chooses to comment exclusively on race and perceived "privileges" of others. Doesn't that seem fishy to y'all and if thats the case, why bother getting into all of this bs? That person is clearly baiting people, and isn't here for the reasons most of us are here to discuss. Especially when this is a post about one low-rent highrise apartment complex and not about the intricacies of race relations.

Good point. I guess I fell for it.

No one should be excluded from living in any neighborhood they can afford whether it's labeled white, minority, Italian, Greek, Chinese etc.   In my childhood neighborhoods were segregated throughout a large part of the United States. This was officially ended decades ago.  I live now in a very racially and ethnically mixed affluent neighborhood in the suburbs.  In my opinion it is exponentially better than it used to be. As for being labeled "privileged",   Thank You.  Like many folks in Houston I  had wonderful immigrant parents who sacrificed greatly so my brothers and I could succeed in this country of great opportunity. To my folks and all the people who sacrificed to keep this a free country I will be eternally grateful . 

An Alhambra in Houston? One can only hope.