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Downtown Austin' Office Space is Booming But No One is Moving In
MidCenturyMoldy replied to hindesky's topic in Austin
^ "Irrational exuberance" From the WaPo article: "Roughly 87 percent of new office space is expected to open vacant, according to data from the commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield." 😬 -
Fairfield Waugh: Multifamily At 1010 Waugh Dr.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
Dang! These folks are starting the party EARLY!- 165 replies
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Cloud-O-Rama or Over Houston Under Overcast Skies
MidCenturyMoldy replied to MidCenturyMoldy's topic in Photographing Houston
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Cloud-O-Rama or Over Houston Under Overcast Skies
MidCenturyMoldy replied to MidCenturyMoldy's topic in Photographing Houston
Fun </s> story about this shot. I was standing on the sidewalk on Main while shooting this. There's a fence with limited access points around that parking lot. While the drone was still above the lot, I started walking toward the entry point underneath the mural. I was looking right at (and walking directly toward) some guy screaming at someone who was in, or in front of, the restaurant in that building on the right. As I'm walking in the direction of the opening in the fence, I hear someone shout "Don't do it!" and the guy starts shooting at the person he was screaming at. 😮 He then runs across the northbound lane of Main Street and continues shooting from the platform at Preston Street Station. Needless to say I decided the entrance behind me and around the corner on Prairie Street might be a better choice. All this time my drone is still hovering over the lot while telling me it's about to land because the battery was low. If it had landed on its own, it would have gone back to its "home point," which was back on Main Street. 😬 I could have stopped it from doing so, of course. Anyway, after I got the drone back on parking lot terra firma and in its bag, there were Houston and Metro Police SUVs circling all the blocks in that area at high speed trying to find the guy. -
Hanover Autry Park: Mixed-Use At Allen Parkway & W. Dallas St.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to Vertigo58's topic in Going Up!
I don't disagree with you, but I think it should be remembered that much of what is found in the "great urban centers" is geared toward tourists.- 954 replies
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Aga Khan Foundation: Islamic Community Center
MidCenturyMoldy replied to torvald's topic in Going Up!
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Aga Khan Foundation: Islamic Community Center
MidCenturyMoldy replied to torvald's topic in Going Up!
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Aga Khan Foundation: Islamic Community Center
MidCenturyMoldy replied to torvald's topic in Going Up!
Your response really should be directed to rechlin, not me. -
Aga Khan Foundation: Islamic Community Center
MidCenturyMoldy replied to torvald's topic in Going Up!
Massive fines? I wish that were the case. Copyright enforcement for photographers, especially hobbyists, is nigh on impossible. Uptown Houston Association stole a photo of mine of the Post Oak Christmas "trees," used it without attribution on their social media sites, then totally ignored me when I called them out on it. Facebook and Instagram could not have cared less, either. I agree that the deleted photos should not be reposted. But then, I also think the photographer in question should not flout FAA regulations when flying his or her drone in both controlled and uncontrolled airspace. But that's just me, I suppose. At least on this forum. -
Aga Khan Foundation: Islamic Community Center
MidCenturyMoldy replied to torvald's topic in Going Up!
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Rone Residences: Multifamily At 2311 Westheimer Rd.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to Dakota79's topic in Going Up!
River Oaks Name Exploitation- 223 replies
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The White Oak: Mixed-Use At 2520 Houston Ave.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
Well, at least the owners of those white townhouses across the street have good views out the back after the developer illegally cut down trees that were not even on their property.- 112 replies
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The Madison: Condominiums At 419-515 West Gray St.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to IntheKnowHouston's topic in Going Up!
Welp... There goes the neighborhood! 😄 (I lived on the corner of Peden and Stanford for years starting in the late 80s).- 25 replies
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I lived in a studio apartment in 4102 Caroline in 1985. This will be the second of my old apartments to be torn down. The first, which was also my first Montrose apartment, was on W. Alabama at Mulberry near the Menil.
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Aga Khan Foundation: Islamic Community Center
MidCenturyMoldy replied to torvald's topic in Going Up!
Note to self: Skip any scenic routes (e.g. checking out Ismaili Center progress) and take Waugh (as usual) to get into Montrose when I go to Houston next week. -
The Chaucer: Condominium High-Rise At 2360 Rice Blvd.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to hindesky's topic in Going Up!
“POETIC LIVING IN RICE VILLAGE” by Randall Davis. 😩😩😩- 58 replies
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Post Oak Central Campus At 1990 Post Oak Blvd.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to editor's topic in Going Up!
Philip Johnson really shouldn’t get credit for the Rothko Chapel. Definitely not sole credit. Johnson was basically fired by Rothko who, from the beginning, didn’t want Johnson involved, but aquiesced to the de Menils’ desire to use Johnson after he had designed their home and the UST campus. It has been claimed by Rothko associates that he was appalled by Johnson’s earlier support for Nazism and Fascism. Local architects Eugene Aubry and Howard Barnstone were brought in to finish the project.- 89 replies
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Has anyone seen this? CityNerd, an urban planning and transportation channel on YouTube that I eventually unsubscribed from because he unfairly bashed Houston one time too many, recently visited our fair city after hearing about Prop B. So, he arrives in Houston and… Lo and Behold! …he finds a city that he wasn’t expecting to find. Here’s the video:
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X Houston: Residential High-Rise At 5501 La Branch St.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
It occurred to me that the French pronunciation of X is “eeks,” which, oddly enough, is the third most common reaction upon seeing this building for the first time after “Yikes!” and “Oh no…”- 476 replies
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The Allen: Mixed-Use Development At Allen Parkway & Gillette St.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to jmontrose's topic in Going Up!
Emphasis on “slow.” 😁- 1,655 replies
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The Allen: Mixed-Use Development At Allen Parkway & Gillette St.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to jmontrose's topic in Going Up!
From the last set of exterior photos it looks like there is still plywood on the balconies.- 1,655 replies
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Chevron Tower For Downtown At 1600 Louisiana St.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to tangledwoods's topic in Going Up!
We old-timers have heard this kind of nonsense before. I think it was 1974 when Houston (The city of the future!) was “on track to becoming the largest city in the world” in the not-so-distant future. 🙄- 1,170 replies
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Post Oak Central Campus At 1990 Post Oak Blvd.
MidCenturyMoldy replied to editor's topic in Going Up!
That explains all the black “Imgur” rectangles that remain in a number of threads. Certainly would be nice if some moderator would do something about those.- 89 replies