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16 hours ago, KinkaidAlum said:

Is there a level underground? 

No, the foundation started a few feet below street level with about a hundred pilings and then a mat on top of them. 

Jobsite safety coordinator is going to be all over her for not wearing proper PPE.

On 10/20/2021 at 11:08 AM, Houston19514 said:

So, you think you could start a restaurant named, just to pick a person's name at random, ... Wendy's?  😉

Fair point, but you can get pretty close as long as it's not a Coming to America/McDowell's type situation and/or you set up shop in Barbados or Australia. 

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1 hour ago, Ross said:

The area just South of 610 was an oil field, and the owners of the rest of the land were running their cattle businesses and had no interest in selling for development.

That would have been my guess. Old oil fields are typically seen as oil fields waiting on technology to surpass what existed when they stopped producing the last time.  Mineral rights owners will go generations waiting for it to come around, and I'd imagine no developer would want to build on top of land with a permanent easement for future development of wells, if doing so is even legal.  Mineral rights changing hands is a completely different economic ballgame compared to the real estate it is attached to. 

There seem to be Delilah's in Philadelphia, Las Vegas, West Hollywood and elsewhere.  You pick a person's name for a restaurant/bar, I think you pretty much give up on trademarking.  If you drop the "h" at the end, you've got places in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota and Columbia, Missouri too. 

On 10/8/2021 at 2:53 PM, Triton said:

Do the people on these upper floors not have kids and in-laws? 😅 Because that's exactly who I wanted to bring.

Say you're meeting with your attorney about a probate/divorce and instruct the family to all look very sad. The awkwardness should get you a clear shot. 

Now rocking the largest Chase logo ever installed indoors*. 
 

*excepting stadiums perhaps 

On 9/25/2021 at 8:29 PM, Meg Pohodich said:

This is my stupid stick shack. Feel free to ask if you have any questions. 😉 

 

This is my stupid stick shack. I’m happy to answer any questions anyone has regarding the construction and/or services Harmony House will be providing here.

Thanks for doing it, I drive by it on my way out out downtown every day. Your building will make this a better city, thanks.

15 hours ago, urbanize713 said:

Anyone know what is being done to it? It is surrounded by scaffolding covering the sidewalk on all sides.   

I think it's work done on the curtain wall, I was guessing resealing/weather stripping. 

1 hour ago, Specwriter said:

.... I mean no aspersions to my relatives in that area. They are fine, hard-working, fun-loving, and generous people. The Cajun culture is one of camaraderie and celebration of life with conversation, music, and food. Oh, the food!

Nor did I, they're just different neighborhoods meeting different needs and cultures.  

I am reminded of seeing Deer Park branded bottled water for the first time. 

16 hours ago, Specwriter said:

Bridge City is an interesting name since it is also the name of an industrial town near Port Arthur in Orange County, Texas. It's original name sake bridge is a somewhat awesome construction and the newer one is also.

That was my first thought. Whoever thought up the name clearly isn't from around here. Montrose and Bridge City are like craft cocktails and Natural Light. 

On 7/19/2021 at 9:41 AM, H-Town Man said:

I think the office landlords feel a pressure to do some kind of little renovation so that they can tout to potential tenants that it's been renovated. Just a little splash of newness in the common areas is what most office renovations amount to. In this case, it does not seem apparent why a plaza with a glass wedge sticking into it would be any more pedestrian-friendly than an open plaza. When you think of great office plazas like the Federal Center in Chicago, there are no glass wedges jutting out of the buildings, just crisp open plazas. I could just as easily see, if the wedge had been built originally, them saying "We are removing an obtrusive 1980's glass wedge in order to create more open space and enhance walkability for a new generation that desires these things."

They’re lining up their shot for 2050. 

9 hours ago, nate4l1f3 said:

Looking at this I’m actually disappointed in the development around MMP. 

There was at least one other DLI building that was axed when we had the downturn that would have taken out a surface lot, but north of the ballpark is still a blend between the courthouse stuff (bail bond shops) and the Salvation Army/Star of Hope/underpass encampment traffic, that's going to make things lag.  DT as a whole had that whole feel and dynamic in the 90's, I think it will come around. 

13 hours ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said:

I drove by this yesterday. I'm back on the 'it's estupid' train

Maybe with the whole plaza redone and the extra volume in the lobby of the building it will make sense, but it sure seems like a whole lot of effort for something so "tacked on". 

Thanks for compiling this, really cool. 

I've been here more often than not over each of the last 20 and it's hard to overstate the change. 

An eight story gherkin with gargoyles? 

On 11/23/2019 at 7:47 PM, Urbannizer said:

https://www.highstreetresidential.com/en/portfolio/block-98

 

42-stories, 2Q 2022 completion

 

Quotage for bumping a rendering...