Subdude
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There are several candidates for that title. I doubt it would be the Stowers-West Bldg-Montague block, because there are numerous parcels that would have to be acquired. Possibly the block where the Shamrock isn't, or anything south of Travis Tower down to the Beaconsfield. That's just a name dreamed up as a marketing gimmick. It has no particular signicance beyond that. Probably around early-1970s. Two Houston Center is there, but not One Houston Center which was built shortly afterwards. What "sleek native style"? Since when does downtown have anything that could be considered a "native style"? A bunch of skyscapers that happened to be designed in the late 1970s-early 1980s doesn't constitute a native style, it just indicates a historical coincidence.
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I don't know if they can really be buying land secretly, but 3rd Ward probably is a great place for developers to speculate. The economy is doing well, and the neighborhood is close to downtown and ripe for redevelopment (townhomes). The reason that developers might not be advertising the fact that they are acquiring property is that there is some political pressure to maintain the neighborhood as primarily African-American. I think it's bogus, but you know how these things get. -
It's not always the case - look at New York. But in general I think you are right that supertall buildings don't breed an interesting streetscape. I wouldn't necessarily say it is the fault of architects as much as an issue of scale. More lively streetscapes seem to work better with shorter structures. For trying to encourage a streetscape, nothing is deadlier than those "deserted, landscaped pseudo-parks/squares." The single worst example in Houston is 1100 Louisiana, the drab plaza with the Dubuffet sculpture. Urban planning at its rock-bottom worst.
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Great news, but as always it will probably be a long brutal process before shovels turn. So this would be on the block adjacent to where 6 Houston Center would have been. I would have guessed that would have been first past the post in the downtown office building race.
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Not to mention it is hardly a parkway. Unfortunately, mis-naming roads "parkways" has become quite the fad among image-conscious municipalities. Exhibit 1 - St Joseph "Parkway" downtown. I rest my case.
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Welcome to HAIF. You found the right place - there have been discussions here on a lot of those places.
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It is the Travis-Capitol-Milam-Rusk block. The building doesn't stand out, but it is very nice.
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Thanks for your impresssions, but this isn't yet another Compare-Houston-to-Dallas topic. Every thread in the Dallas subtopic gets hijacked that way.
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The building is there, but it has had structural damage and the club is closed. It is a mainly quiet residential neighborhood with some businesses around. When I was there I met a man who knew the owner of the club and he spent half an hour telling anecdotes about the place. Quite interesting.
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March 21, 2007, 11:48PM Bank sells downtown Houston Club Building Buyer plans renovations but hopes fitness center will stay By NANCY SARNOFF Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Downtown's Houston Club Building has been sold to a commercial real estate firm planning a major renovation that could include a hotel or offices and residential units. The building's new owner is considering several redevelopment scenarios. If it remains offices, the company may pump around $30 million into renovating the space. It is also in talks with two operators interested in renovating the property into a hotel. And a third scenario is developing high-end residential space on the top floors with offices below. Link
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Those places look like some serious bars. Where are they located? Here's the Spark Plug Club from the 1960s.
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I found the picture.
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Sevfiv.... Do a search. We have some info here.
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Spirograph was a bit frustrating to those of us lacking basic hand-eye coordination. I would always mess it up. One of my neighbors had this thing where you would put a piece of paper on a spinner inside a plastic frame, and then squirt paint on it as it spun. The result was strange blobby spun paint pictures.
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One Park Place: Multifamily At 1400 McKinney St.
Subdude replied to GovernorAggie's topic in Downtown
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Well if it stops in the lane that would make things worse.
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As a matter of fact... Link
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Minimax Grocery Store At 1201 Strawberry Rd.
Subdude replied to foxmulder's topic in Historic Houston
Jamail's on Kirby. I believe this was Houston's early "gourmet" grocery. -
What is VZT flooring?
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I'm not sure if Heathrow would be that much of an improvement. The place is a zoo.
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My understanding is that he didn't spend the night at the Rice, just stopped there to rest up before he continued on the trip through Texas. Not to quibble, but in 1963 it wouldn't have been the Rice Rittenhouse, just Rice Hotel. The Rittenhouse was added after it changed ownership in the 1970s.
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The US and the EU just renegotiated their airline flight rules, which should free things up a little.
