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Note Block 98 topics merged. 

I had never seen the Arquitectonia proposal before.  It is a shame that was never built.

I really like the Stinger.  It reminds me of a Maserati Quattroporte somehow.  And I like that they didn't go with yet another alphanumeric name.  

The Camry I don't get.  This is supposed to be a regular ol' car for regular ol' people, and yet Toyota keeps trying to push the styling envelope with it.  My guess is that the typical Camry buyer would be perfectly content with a sedate, boring design.  That is the Camry heritage.  

The LS is OK, but that grill and front end just don't work.  

I used to have meetings there back in the day and it was always nice, but a little dusty and dated.  I always thought the Houston Club had a great design - very urban.  Along with the Gulf Building that block on Travis was one of my favorites in Houston.  

It is a nice design.

On 12/24/2016 at 10:59 PM, Rexster314 said:

I don't remember seeing it, but does anyone remember getting dressed up and going to El Chico on South Main to sit on the second level to people watch? Used to really enjoy that place.

For a while didn't El Chico have a happy hour buffet thing?  

Now that the structure has been cleaned up, you can imagine how when it opened in 1951 it must have looked like a vision of the future.  This was the first modern-style skyscraper in Houston.

On 12/16/2016 at 4:43 PM, Urbannizer said:

Luxury menswear store to open in downtown Houston building

 

Didn't the Banker's Mortgage/Great Jones Building house a large menswear store back in the day?

Window awnings on southern exposure in Houston's climate make perfect sense.  What I don't get is the point of having orange window awnings, except as an homage to mini-storage buildings.  

Tal's hill was a bit gimmicky, and it was designed in as opposed to organic quirkiness, so I won't really miss it.

I didn't realize the garage was going.  Does anyone remember the name of the restaurant that was in the ground-floor space in the garage?

Not neoclassic.  More neo-Romanesque would be my guess.

It's a shame to box in the new Meridian with a jumbo garage.  And "Federal District"?   Who dreams these names up?

On 12/18/2016 at 1:00 AM, Sharon said:

Anyone remember when they changed  Westheimer into 4 lanes from 3 lanes? Without widening the road? That sucked!!! 

I do remember.  I'm guessing mid-1980s.  

Note three Archstone Memorial Heights topics merged.  

Carry on

2 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said:

I'm beginning to think that Delicious Concepts' Ken Bridges' Four Phantom Brewing mixed use (brewpub, food hall, hotel) is part of Ancorian's 11th Street Commons project. The properties are identical.
 

Merged the two topics

Nice looking.  It's interesting that electric cars usually retain some designed facsimile of grills.

It's so bad in so many ways:  the cheap-looking orange panels, the oddly shaped towers, the mix of round and rectangular windows, the cheap concrete panel construction, etc.  When I see things like this I always wonder how it made it through the design process without someone crying "Stop!  This is really hideous!"

15 hours ago, bobruss said:

At the rate this is moving some of these companies could be out of business before they finish this.

I wouldn't hold my breath or get too excited. How long has it been since this was first announced ?

 

Well, this topic was started in January 2007, so in a couple of weeks it will be ten years.

There was another downtown dairy - the Phenix Dairy Company was I think near where Allen Center is now.

It seems odd seeing the Texaco building with interior lighting.  

I don't really trust buying clothes online, but other than that there is little that I still go to stores to buy.  There will always be physical retail, but it's obviously a tough business unless the retailer has a well-defined niche.  Given how many people shop online, I wonder how the market can support all the new retail clusters:  River Oaks District, Kirby Collection, potential Regent Square, etc.  Isn't there bound to be a shakeout at some point?  It does help explain why the Galleria and Rice Village are undergoing major revamps.  

Looks like this was not part of the original rendering above.  It seems to sit north of the DNA section. 

So cool.  Thanks for posting those!