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This may be my least favorite building ever built in the history of Houston. Not just because it's ordinary, but because it will block views of Pennzoil Place, one of the best and most famous buildings ever built in Houston, so I will hate it until the day I die.

If they had built this tower just about anywhere else in this city or if it had been significantly higher in order to justify covering up Pennzoil from the north and east I would have liked it just fine. But no, it just had to be just a little higher than Pennzoil and do its best to flatten up the Houston skyline even more without doing much to enhance it.

Houston has enough grass fields (in the suburbs). We need more Midtown parks.

Wow! This area has never looked better. I wasn't sure I'd ever live to see the day that Midtown Houston would look this good.

...and 417 units are leased, kitty cat.

Even with the stucco, this is a great looking tower. And I'm sure that is all RD is hearing from anyone that matters to him.

...Except financially. Evidently, internet whiny-boys are NOT in his demographic.

V as in Vik, right? The troll formally known as Slick Vik strikes again. 

Want to escape the white stucco pedestal? The only way to do so is to move into one of those buildings so that you don't have to look at it. What a ruthless, yet genius marketing gimmick.

All renderings are a dream.

1 hour ago, 102IAHexpress said:

@Vy65 is correct. It's a mediocre design. However, W's are really known for their architecture and design inside the hotel not their exterior design. If any thought is put on a W's exterior it's usually a cool rooftop bar. We will have to wait and see how this W compares with other W interiors. If this interior gets shortchanged, then I think that is a more fair criticism. 

 

I'm more interested in the location and what the location says about Houston. W's operate in the cool and trendy area's of a neighborhood. The investors have objectively concluded that the convention center is the cool part of downtown! Houston does an absolute horrible job marketing itself if this is the best place for a W in Houston. 

Somehow I doubt you are an authority on 'cool'. 

44 minutes ago, Vy65 said:

No trolling. You couldn’t answer a very simple question and instead proceeded to have a conniption fit. But keep on projecting. I don’t really care at this point.

The answer to your question is no. I will not meet you for drinks.

And BTW, you're the one having the daylong pissing contest with at least 3 different people, trying in vein to convince anyone that you are some kind of authority on building design. Sorry, still not buying.

28 minutes ago, Vy65 said:

Snide, non-responsive commentary and grammar smack. You're on a roll.

Trolling, repetition, reasoning? So are you.

3 minutes ago, Luminare said:

 

 

Apparently this person also lacks comprehension skills and honestly. To quote and then to go further to miss represent what a person actually said in writing. Best we move on and discuss the actual hotel itself. This interaction will only result in mediocre attempts at zingers. Seems more this persons forte.

Agreed. This is stupid.

31 minutes ago, Vy65 said:

I actually like the one in Austin. I also like they’re SF location too. I also really liked the renderings of the one planned for the galleria.

 

even something like the Omni in Dallas would be preferable to this.

 

I don’t understand the preference, but to rah his own. It just seems like yet another dinky addition to an otherwise average downtown. So I guess it kinda makes sense

I understand the preference. I also understand the difference between "they're" and "their". But, nothing you've posted today makes any sense.

1 minute ago, Vy65 said:

Oh ok.

 

I apologize for expecting something above average. I’ll stick to mediocrity from here on out.

I'm sure you will.

6 minutes ago, Vy65 said:

 

 

what does it being a welcome addition have to do with the design given?

It's not just about the design. The design is just fine. Nothing spectacular, but it doesn't need to be. It's all about Houston finally getting a W Hotel. They could stick it in the Embassy Suite building for all I care, it still pretty good news. 

I don't think so.

3 minutes ago, Vy65 said:

What does being a welcome addition have to do with the mediocre-at-best design?

What does your opinion of this being a mediocre-at-best design have to do with actual design? 

Blah Blah Blah. You can't rationalize that a W Hotel won't be a welcomed addition to this city no matter what the building design looks like (to you )... or whatever it overlooks. Come on, it's all about the highly sought after 2000's tackiness on the inside, really. It's not about whether or not you like glass or stucco or angles or whatever else they stick on or don't stick on the outside of the building. And anyone concerned about 7 floors more or less is just demonstrating their own personal insecurities, not Houston's.

And speaking of the view, one side of the Dallas W overlooks the shitty industrial warehouse district on the west side. But I'm sure the Dallas cheerleaders are happy they have the ugly old goat anyway.

I suppose when Houston finally gets an In'N'Out Burger there will be some people at this forum complaining that every In'N'Out Burger on the planet has bigger, thicker meat and tighter, tastier buns than Houston's. 

Look at it like this - Houston already has the shortest W in the world. It is 0 stories tall. So anything higher than 0 would be an improvement. Plus, Houston's W will be at least a dozen years newer and shinier than the one in Dallas if that makes you feel any better about your size inadequacies.

2 hours ago, treblelino said:

 That has to be the shortest in the world.

I'm guessing you hear that a lot.

Only 15 floors! This is an outrage! Whenever I go to visit a 5 star hotel, the first thing I check out is the floor count of the building. I won't stay at a hotel that is only 15 stories! EVER! Service, location and accommodation are irrelevant. What people really care about is how many rooms and how many floors their hotel has. A W Hotel with only 15 floors is completely pointless and no one will ever stay there. All the convention business will go to other cities, where they build taller hotels and cater to a more sophisticated population. Houston will never live down this shame. It's worse than being snubbed by Amazon!

And no, the fact that it is 15 floors sitting on top of 10 floors that are already built - making the total floor count 25 doesn't count. It has to be at least 30 floors or else we suck! PATHETIC! 

1 hour ago, CrockpotandGravel said:

Right... So all the university educated, well-informed voters who voted against this in 2013 are idiots. Okay.

No, they were a bunch of suburban burger flippers and short-sighted teabaggers. 

GREAT NEWS! The voters are idiots.