MidCenturyMoldy

How many decades have we been waiting for something...anything...to be done?

40 minutes ago, X.R. said:

uuhhhh wut. I'm already missing that Shipley's but that is nice compared to what the old location looked like.

I still miss the Del Taco.

On 4/11/2021 at 8:45 PM, cityliving said:

Hey! I just realized that from a certain angle this building will block the view of Three Allen Center, and from a different angle it will block the view of Heritage Plaza. I'M GOING TO LOVE THIS BUILDING!!! 👍

It needs a sign like this. 

For what it's worth, I get a malware alert every time I open pages 5 and 6 of thread. 

23 hours ago, hindesky said:

That warehouse demo is actually a tiny building that has gone through several iterations thru the years. I ride on McKee often because they have a protected bike lane. I believe it was originally was a fleet mechanics building then it became a Punk Club called Houston Underground for a while, it closed and got painted again and became a bar. It's been closed for a while.

Here's what it looked like 11 1/2 years ago. Seems longer, actually, but it's dated December 2009.

15 hours ago, hindesky said:

These are obviously part of the build, I wonder if they are buiding or walkway stones?✨

I would think they're part of the building. Here's a look at part of the Ismaili Centre in London. 

These two are looking up and smiling, which has me worried they're tearing down Aladdin and building a high rise! 😱

Or maybe the blimp comes back. 

On 3/12/2021 at 8:03 AM, MarathonMan said:

Any time there’s heavy traffic I’m white-knuckling the steering wheel.  

My knuckles blanch just thinking about Westheimer east of Montrose. 

I deleted this from my Flickr page just in case it's not the real deal.

Deleted by request. 

On 3/3/2021 at 4:04 PM, hindesky said:

I've been meaning to take a pic of the new art in front of the hotel. They are also repaving Harold St. and Yoakum St next to the building, it was in pretty bad shape.

Ooh! I love just about anything with rust!

On 3/3/2021 at 4:36 PM, wilcal said:

It kind of reminds me of "West of the Pecos" at IAH

The new sculpture is titled "Thirteen Blocks South of Peden." j/k

19 hours ago, hindesky said:

Everything is torn down, just loading out and start tearing out the concrete and asphalt.

Imagining Skanska releasing a statement saying "PSYCH!" then building a huge public square with a big fountain and a statue of Ray Hill. 

7 hours ago, trymahjong said:

I have seen lots of recollections (few of them fond ) on the Montrose Nextdoor concerning the  tiny HEB that was once there.........

That HEB Pantry store was nice. I really missed it after it closed.

On 3/29/2021 at 3:23 PM, hindesky said:

 

 

 

 

Why does the area above the green stripe look like a really bad Photoshop cloning job?

From what I read on another website’s forum earlier today, I may be suffering from a “rabid anti-density paradigm” all because I think that stretch of Bissonnet is a stupid place to put this boring-a$$ed tower. Who knew???😳😳😳

You know, back in the early-to-mid 60s, the nearest grocery store to our house was a Weingarten's. Literally about a 5 minute walk from our front door. My mom refused to ever shop there, though, because she said the store literally stank. By the time Weingarten sold their grocery business, their stores were pretty nice. I would shop their West Gray and Dunlavy locations. Looks like my mom was right about them all along, however. They stink to high hell.

35 minutes ago, cityliving said:

I have been photographing this structure for quite some time, and it has risen pretty quickly.

Really? It just seems like it's taking forever. Must be me.

Am I just too impatient or is it taking longer than usual for these buildings to rise?

10 hours ago, iah77 said:

You realize city permitting makes anything that is not super cookie cutter very expensive, time consuming, and risky to do right? Need variances for anything remotely pleasing to the eye. 

Does that include the Lyric Center parking garage or the Cambridge Office Building parking garage at Rice because both of those are excellent? Also the parking garage at the proposed development at Taft and Fairview was/is definitely not the ordinary schlocky garage.

2 hours ago, tangledwoods said:

Mad props to the developer for taking a risk, I hope it pays off for them and encourages others (hint Skanska) to see Montrose has an area that will allow for a bit more creativity than other parts of town.

If you ask me, it’s the developers who are averse to creativity, not any particular parts of town. 

On 3/4/2021 at 4:25 PM, X.R. said:

Also, I know we lamented the loss of the old library, and some part of me does too, but a rooftop reading deck sounds great. 

Do we know yet what the University of Saint Thomas is planning for the old Library/Black Lab property? I would HATE to see it demolished and replaced.