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  1. Mister X
    ...three things that all Dallasites are VERY familiar with because Dallas has all these things in abundance. And let's not forget about it's nationally recognized reputation for having bad taste and lots and lots and lots of empty offices downtown.
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    KEEP DALLAS TACKY!
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    Southpoint is going to be so cool. I can't wait.
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    I wonder what people said about the Galleria 6 months after it opened. I wonder what they would have said about it if the economy in 1970 was a scary as it is in 2009. I think it was incredibly naive of anyone to think that HP was going to change the entire retail landscape of dt Houston in its first 6 months of operation even in a booming economy. I walked through HP the other day and yes it's no Galleria, but there is a great potential. And again, I'd rather be looking at 3 blocks of empty storefronts than 3 blocks of parking lots. At least now we have infrastructure and not just a pipe dream. One more point - Be glad something was done with those blocks when it was, because any further delay of the construction of HP would have probably meant those 3 blocks would have remained parking lots for many, many more years. Give it time. Any if your REALLY concerned about HP, buy all your books at Books-A-Million and do all your shopping at Forever XXI.
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    Maybe 'uptown' is not the best name they could have come up with (it isn't very geographically accurate), but it IS better than the whatever "area" any day. Uptown Houston has an identity of it's own, a distinct, recognizable skyline, and is a major business center in this state and even the country. Somehow having to use the word 'area' every time you want to refer to it really weakens the impact of such an important business district. Plus, it's really simple. 'Uptown' sounds better, it rolls off the tongue better, it's easier to remember and it is quicker to say than 'the Galleria Area'. And anyway, the ball's already rolling. There's no stopping it. So 'Uptown' it is. End of story. Anyone that feels a need to hold on to it's former, rather lame, name should stop living in the past and except the Houston of the future. This is not opinion, it is fact. Don't question me. Now do as you are told and stop saying 'the Galleria area'. It takes too long and I have too much to do today to have to say 'area' again.
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    I don't want to seem overly and constantly negative, or like chicken little, or like some bozo loser who got beat up a lot in high school, but I bet Houston Pavilions gets cancelled and torn down any day now. Who would have thought the entire fate of downtown (and yes, the entire city of Houston) would ever rest with a bunch of yuppie bowlers. And this is only the beginning. I've heard that the economy is so bad that they are actually going to start dismantling Williams Tower, Discovery Green and the Galleria. I bet everyone in Houston is going to be laid off this year. Great Depression II will probably never end in Houston. But sit back and watch Dallas and Atlanta continue to get all these cool projects while Houston sits stagnant! I bet all our pro teams move away soon too! Will this torturous existence ever end! Me and 'WACS told you so. :wacko:
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    ^ This is why I love HAIF so much. ^ On sight reporting as it happens. Thank you, hysinger. This sounds very encouraging. HAIF's team of spies are everywhere. The Chronicle was never this on the ball. Keeping fingers crossed that it is what it looks like it is.
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    Engons, The 'HBJ rendering is the current building' part is the part that is confusing me. Is the rendering you speak of different than this photo? http://cll.bizjournals.com/story_image/110451-400-0-1.jpg or do you mean that the rendering here is just a smaller version of what they are planning to build in uptown? The photo is not of any building in the 90 floor range at all, unless each floor in that rendering has a loft and is really 2 floors - which sounds a little weird. Anyway, thanks for the tease.
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    Money is no object in my fantasies. I never said my idea was realistic, still it would be nice. I like your fantasies too. In fact, I would be in favor of burying all the freeways within the city limits and building Discovery Greens on top of them. Sure, I've now gone from fantasy into complete LSD purple haze-dom over the idea, but people have to dream up ideas like this before they can ever be realized, don't they. But I'm getting off topic. Sorry. Now back to more GRB gushing and bashing...
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    The Pompidou looks like a Borg cube. It is bleak, industrial and scary. The GRB looks like a Borg cube that had been captured by the Federation (the good guys), pounded flat, painted up and glamorized. It is perky and inviting, but still a bit industrial. Sounds like it BELONGS in downtown Houston to me. It is totally 'us'. But I never learned to appreciate it until about 2 months ago. The park was the missing piece. I think the city should start erecting Discovery Greens within every few square miles of each other all over the city. Imagine what a Discovery Green (complete w/ a large reflection pond) would do for Uptown. It gives me chills every time I think about it.
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    Could they have meant that other Hines Tower supposedly going up 2 blocks north of Main Place?
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    No. Those were not my photos. Sorry if I broke any rules. I never meant to imply that I took any of those photos (except for the top one - I did take that one). I just made a link to some photos I found on the internet to prove my point that the GRB isn't 'fugly'. In fact, it's getting 'beautifuller' by the day I think. Sorry again if I posted someone's photo without permission. I thought is was o.k. to posts links to photos. I assure everyone, it wasn't about the glory of taking the photo. Although those photos were all beautiful, it was only supposed to be about the architecture.
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    Oh, lighten up a bit Mo - it's not that bad. You have every right to your opinion, but at least the GRB is interesting and fun looking. Think about the good things about the GRB and you'll sleep easier at night. If you can't think of any I'll help you. 1. It gets noticed. 2. It's colorful 3. It's whimsical 4. It looks good near water 5. It looks good near a nice green lawn w/ shade trees and people walking around it. 6. It has the potential to attract large conventions to Houston. 7. It isn't dull. 8. It incorporated lots of cool looking metal beams and glass. 9. It has a definitive signature 80's period look. (I think people will learn to appreciate this more in the coming decades, just like how mid twentieth-century mod is now more appreciated than it was in the late 60's and throughout the 70's) 10. It won't be ignored. 11. It's a great conversation piece. 12. It could have been a lot worse. (it could have been something utterly void of personality) 13. It has personality! 14. Many people (enough people) like it just fine as is - so there is not enough reason to waste tax payer money by tearing it down and building another convention center just because someone doesn't like the look of it. (You can't please everyone. No matter how great you think a building is, SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE is going to delicate flower about it) 15. It ain't goin' nowhere, so you better make friends with it. The GRB will probably be standing when we are all dead and buried. Don't spend the rest of your life all bitter and hatin'. And my number 1 reason for liking the GRB is that now we don't have this (see below) going on in east downtown Houston anymore (at least not this bad). The GRB got the ball rolling. That is enough reason for anyone to love it.
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    I was never too sure whether I liked the GRB or not until after they built Discovery Green in front of it. Now I like the GRB just fine. That reflection pond does wonders for everything around it.
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    Unfortunately, people have to eventually grow up, hopefully learn from past mistakes and try not to make them again (especially at the risk of losing their shirts). But hey, this boom just started. Give our developers a few years of raking in the cash and I'm sure we will return to the days of irresponsible, grandiose and excessive building. At any rate, comparing the optimistic, dynamic energy in Houston these days to ANY city in America is unfair and just plain dumb. Look around you. This city is rockin' with positive vibes, high paying jobs, 70's style growth, building cranes, light rail expansion and mixed use projects. And you want to talk about KC, Charlotte and Norfolk. Give me a break. No offense.
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    Cut HP a break. They are charting new territory. If more apts follow OPP, then more than likely more developments like HP will follow. There is certainly no shortage of surface lots to build on. HP may not be everything that everybody was hoping for, but you have to start somewhere. Some of us are still amazed that a project like this was ever able to get of the ground at all. Some of you guys might be right that HP could have and should have been more than it is. But it is also true that those 3 blocks could have remained parking lots for the next 20 years while the powers that be were arguing over the 'best' way to do it. Or waiting endlessly for someone to take a risk. It's like the light rail situation. I like to think of HP as a start of something great. Sure, it may be not large enough or have enough amenities to serve everyone's needs when it opens, but there is a bigger picture here. In this case, creating a little vibrancy in a CBD that is known nationally, for being completely void of life after dark. If HP helps to change that perception, even by a little, just to get the ball rolling, then I am glad the city did what it could to help land this project.
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    KHOU reported yesterday that the city council voted to allow the big electric signs at HP. It will be the Times Square of Texas. How glamourous. I'm starting to feel snootier and more pretentious already.
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    I don't think having one tiny little "glamourous", Vegas-like spot will hurt Houston any. Bring on the jumbotrons. Those who object to them have about a trillion other blank, non-flashing walls to look at all over town. With all those other ordinary, non-electric sign fitted buildings everywhere in Houston to keep you happy, I think you nay-sayers can spare one or two (hopefully more) flashy signs for the rest of us to look at when we go DT. Are jumbotrons tacky? SURE! so what. Just like I said about victory fort up in little d, they are kind of tacky but they DO add an element of excitement. Add a few people into the mix (unlike victory due to that isolated, dead end location) and DT Houston might actually have a little buzz going on after 7pm. Wow, it could change the universe as we know it. Or maybe not. But anyway the lights will make us all feel important for a little while like they did for our buds to the north. We all know that HP is not going to change Houston into anything that it isn't anytime soon and neither will a bunch of blinking lights. But what's wrong with making the downtown shopping/dining/bowling/entertainment/live music experience a little more special and memorable than going to the 99 cent store, the steak and shake, and the bowlarama out in the burbs? Nothing, that's what! BTW, those of you spreading that loser mentality crap can point out and cling to all the negatives about HP you want, (future roaming gangs, pain in the butt location, leasing issues, no residential element, whatever city govt concessions had to be made to land HP in the first place, ect) but HP is one of the most special things to happen to DT in decades - as is. Need proof? How many other threads at HAIF made it to 65 pages? HP has already caused a big splash in this city - and it isn't even finished yet.
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    I don't think anyone was ever saying that LaQuinta will make East End Houston 'cool' like the w makes Victory Park 'cool'. I think LaQuinta was only thrown into that sausagefest HP vs Victory thread because it turned into a crane counting pissing contest. And cool or not, LaQuinta (if built) will add another crane to the skyline for awhile. But for the record, I don't think it makes our downtown look bad if we have a nice variety of hotels in the mix. That includes everything from cool to creepy or from 5 star to 5 stain. LaQuinta is respectable and if they can help to eliminate a surface lot and add a 20+ story tower, (and another crane) to downtown, I welcome them with open arms. I bet a few people in Dallas wouldn't mind seeing a LaQuinta Tower rise somewhere near Victory either.
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    Yes. This thread is more confusing than ever. The title says "High Street Not Highland Tower" but the discussion is about "Highland Tower" and whether it's 5 stories or 15 stories. It's been confusion since day one about these projects. Throw in a little discussion about "the River Oaks District" next door and it's total anarchy! Maybe the title of this thread should simply be "Highland Tower" (since that is what people are talking about here) and the title of the other thread should simply be "High Street" (since that is where the renderings of High Street are already posted). Just trying to help. I know Editor has it under control.
  21. Mister X
    Don't you ever get tired of being wrong, 214to713? You better be glad the internet is anonymous or you would have to wear a paper bag over your head 27/7. You have such a severe case of asshole-ism, it isn't even funny. Well, maybe a little funny.
  22. Mister X
    Very nice. The East End is going to be fantastic.
  23. Mister X
    ^ Debbie Downer ^
  24. Mister X
    I saw it, like 15 minutes ago. I didn't catch it until today because of the thread title. So, I just wanted this cool tower to have a more eye popping title. That's why I gave an apology on my first post and called myself 'anal'. I figure the mods will delete this thread or merge it with the 'variance request' thread, but will hopefully keep this thread's title so that more people will know about this tower at HAIF. I meant well. -Anyway, cool project, yes?
  25. Mister X
    http://swamplot.com/live-on-tv-new-med-cen...wer/2008-02-29/ I couldn't resist any longer. I feel that every new tower going up in Houston deserves it's own thread with a descriptive name, especially 40-story ones. If I've broken any rules for creating a double thread for this project, I'm sorry. Please feel free to merge this with the "Variance Request" thread. But PLEASE keep MY topic title. No offense, JAX, I love your photos and comments. But this tower deserves more attention at Haif and a catchier thread name is all it needs. Anal is a nice word for what I am.
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