MidCenturyMoldy

6 minutes ago, West Timer said:

^ Quit being ridiculous. 

No offense, but with that comment and especially with the laughing smiley reaction, you're being a bit of an a... well, you get the point.

2 hours ago, KinkaidAlum said:

I used to wonder if Houstonians lack a sense of place...

It's hard to have a sense of place when the place you're trying to have a sense of keeps disappearing out from under you. 

I first moved into Montrose (the fourplex at West Alabama and Mulberry...it's still there) in January of 1979. The flavor of THAT Montrose is long gone.

Houston's not the only place that's changing so rapidly that any sense of place is at risk...Dallas and Austin are like that to some extent. Seattle, too. Toronto is almost a whole new city from the one I lived in as a kid for a couple of years in the early 70s.

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Edited to add: I will say this, azaleas, pine trees, pine needles, live oaks, asiatic jasmine, moss on bricks, broken sidewalks, torrential rain and mildew all scream "HOME" to me. I suppose that's a sense of place.

It's not often that I have ZERO qualms about a demolition in Houston.

2 hours ago, Luminare said:

 

 

2 hours ago, TowerSpotter said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The street to the west of the site is Yoakum, not Waugh.

6 hours ago, cityliving said:

Some activity happening on this project this morning, trees and shrubbery have been removed. 

I, for one, am absolutely THRILLED to see this eyesore being removed.

On 12/26/2019 at 10:17 AM, Avossos said:

I'd love to see the old Holiday Inn building get redone...

Kind of amazed to see someone remembers that it was a Holiday Inn. 

13 minutes ago, ekdrm2d1 said:

 

Here you go. Don't think we've seen this render.

 

 

 

That one's new to me! Is that a moiré effect or is the building melting? 

21 hours ago, danielsonr said:

Why didn’t they just tear the damn thing down and start over? What, if any, of the architectural elements of the building remain?

Tell me about it! I REALLY dislike the hybrid plan they have for this project. Either restore and repurpose the building as it was, or build something totally new. 

On 12/3/2019 at 4:42 PM, DarklyMoron said:

But the second floor gallery and Cullen hall are both large difficult spaces ...

Just a note: It's Cullinan Hall, named for Nina J. Cullinan. With all the "Cullen" stuff in Houston it's an easy mistake to make.

Disregard if autocorrect is to blame!

This stuff totally freaks out my old acrophobic self.  

On 9/18/2019 at 9:51 AM, Triton said:

So weird to think of how midtown used to be in the 2000s. 

You should have seen it in the early 80s! I knew several people who lived in the apartment building on McGowan at Milam in 1979. Talk about urban pioneering. 

30 minutes ago, Luminare said:

Maybe its the dude in the front of the image that is throwing things off. In the unaltered photo the amount of shadow works, but for some reason in the corrected photo its as if he isn't in shadow at all even though he is stepping into the tree shadow. Maybe it just needs an alteration in with highlights?

It definitely doesn't help make anything easier that there's a giant blob of sunlit white on one side of the photo. Especially when that blob of white is an integral part of the photo.

Quickie new version below. I don't know why, but this shot looks a lot better on my screen in Photoshop than on my screen on this website?

6 minutes ago, Luminare said:

I will say that the corrected photo does have funky HDR look to it 

I try to keep the "HDR" look to a minimum...I guess sometimes I don't succeed at that. Maybe I need to up the contrast a bit. I've already noticed, because of this discussion, that the original has some chromatic aberration (color fringing) that couldn't be removed on my iPad but can be removed on my Mac.

22 minutes ago, DarklyMoron said:

That side of the building makes me most happy. The Noguchi sculpture garden has always been a hidden oasis, but this will connect it to the museum at long last. Views from the restaurant (behind the white wall) should be stunning. The building insets as well as the slight cantilever of the second story ensures that it doesn't overwhelm the park-like space. Can't wait for it to be completed.

I was thinking about that last night. What occurred to me is that the new Glassell plaza actually opens everything up even more. Before, the Noguchi garden was entirely closed off from view from the street. Now the garden will be open to view on two sides and be much more inviting.

13 minutes ago, BeerNut said:

It's from uploading the pictures to the site.  Some individuals upload pictures to imgur and just insert the link which allows you to view a less compressed image.   I think I've derailed this post...   

Actually, I'm interested in what it is you're seeing specifically when viewed on this site that looks overly compressed. Or maybe more specifically, what it would look like if it weren't overly compressed. 

ETA: Some of any weirdness may come from the fact that that image was post-processed using Photoshop Express on my iPad because i didn't have my Mac available at the time.

1 hour ago, BeerNut said:

 

The picture is overly compressed.  It's like the picture was taken in jpeg then compressed again before uploading.

Huh? The photo was actually shot raw. What is it you're seeing that you're calling "overly compressed?" Here's the photo straight off the camera memory card, converted from raw to non-compressed jpeg, with no changes whatsoever from how it was shot other than reducing the resolution from 300 pixels/inch to 72. 

2 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:

 I love the effect the project is having on the sculpture garden 

YES! Exactly my thoughts as well. 

18 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said:

 

18 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said:

 

I really enjoy seeing your photos of this building, but you've just GOT to start holding your camera or phone level. It drives anal-retentive aspergers types like me CRAZY! 😜

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