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  1. Nate99
    Channel Two beat me to it.
  2. Nate99
    Why didn't I think of that?
  3. Nate99
    Dang. That strip came out fast. The side of the tall portion facing Capitol is now completely covered in the black fabric over the scaffolding. I will get a shot of it today.
  4. Nate99
    Thanks again for the pics. That canopy structure is quite something.
  5. Nate99
    I was looking at the SEZ height myself wondering if they had topped it out with these latest extensions, but I don't think they have yet. The renderings have a cantilevered support out to the highest points overhanging the Bright complex.
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    Anyway...
  7. Nate99
    I'm a fairly experienced moleman. That looks like something that existed prior to any work done on this spot recently. I'd guess some kind of storm drain pipe down to the bayou. The nearest tunnel connection is a long way from there (717 Texas, probably) and uphill quite a bit.
  8. Nate99
    A little help for you. All of the blue boxes in this picture are residential. All but a couple of them are 20+ stories, and one of the shorter ones takes up three blocks. As swtsig mentioned, DT is blowing up with active projects right now.
  9. Nate99
    It was being renovated concurrently. I don't think anyone ever figured out if it was previously internally contiguous with the 806 Main building (or if they did, I missed it), why it was clad in a different curtain wall than 806's 1960's reskin, or really what it's deal was in any respect. Its mystery was always part of its charm. They added a new stairwell up out of its roof to the top level of the 806 Main building, and there are new interior walls being constructed in it, so it's part of the hotel, not sure if there is any real difference at all, apart from the exterior. I think they should make it a separate Super Secret Exclusive Black Label Executive Club hotel and keep with the building's obscure history.
  10. Nate99
    It will never be so narrow in our hearts and memories as it was in actual width.
  11. Nate99
    Today they hoisted up the first of nine big steel structural supports that will hold up the new East side press box/canopy. The visual scale that it adds to the stadium is quite something; it will look absolutely huge standing next to it (or driving in from Houston around Greens Prairie Road (or whatever they call it now) for that matter). http://kylefield.com/constructioncams
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    Watching Foleys/Macy's go down and now the Texas Tower, I am imagining a crazy amount of rubble that they will need to move as they clear the big building off the site. There will be a lot of truck traffic for a long time to ship this thing out, especially without any area to work as a staging to make big piles that can be worked down.
  13. Nate99
    One more drilling/sampling action shot from today...
  14. Nate99
    There is one visible, and it does appear to be covered in goo...
  15. Nate99
    I posted a pic in the wrong residential tower thread. With so many, it's hard to keep them straight. Whodathunkit?
  16. Nate99
    Very busy out there these days. This is from today.
  17. Nate99
    Most of the windows on the tall section facing Capitol have been removed. and they are putting platforms across the scaffolding framework that went up a couple of weeks back.
  18. Nate99
    I was thinking about Dubai as I typed that actually. Anyway, here's more nearly real time photos of the last days of the Texas Tower. In the third pic you can see the flying bobcat that was hoisted up to roof way back when they started has worked its way back down to the 3rd floor.
  19. Nate99
    Shiny new glass on the skinny Rusk side part... Full shot - note the scaffolvators are coming down... \ Far off shot...
  20. Nate99
    Indeed. I'm sure it has been written up and analyzed as to why, but this building will basically take 3 years start to finish. The Empire State Building took a little over 16 months from excavation to opening (January 1930 - May 1931).
  21. Nate99
    This block actually has a number of oak trees surrounding it. One of the plan views of the rendering shows them attempting to keep a number of them, hope that works. The shaded walk in front of the Rice Hotel is actually fairly decent even in the summer, though perhaps only relatively because you just walked out of blazing direct sun on asphalt. In any case, it would be a nice thing for designers to emulate. It has been said before here, but with this building, 500 Crawford and 609 Main going up, Texas Street will be a really visually unique city street. If something were to go up on the block across from this one, you would have nice stuff from the bayou all the way to the ballpark.
  22. Nate99
    I have to say, this does look better. Is it currently occupied during the project?
  23. Nate99
    Sounds like someone here heard something specific enough to know next month. A few months back I took a picture of the soil sample drill truck doing its thing on this lot, so it is most certainly more than a rumor, whether the rendering is 100% accurate, who knows.
  24. Nate99
    At one point, the Books-A-Million next door was staying there essentially rent free, but their business model has issues above and beyond limited foot traffic. Not sure if the other big tenant got the same deal on the rent.
  25. Nate99
    I walked by there myself today. Whole lotta nuthin' going on.
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