brijonmang

On 5/20/2017 at 0:30 PM, cloud713 said:

I thought the reason for the reduction in glass/windows was because of the high expense of glass curtain walls?

It was for heating/cooling purposes.  There was concern about how much power/HVAC capacity would be needed to keep the building cool in the summer.

11 hours ago, bobruss said:

Brijonmang, I'd love to see a view of downtown at that altitude, but from just behind Minute Maid looking southwest.

Please!

 

I've got some already!  I'll post later today

20 minutes ago, pablog said:

Mr. Hines is looking up thinking that he needs one more grandiose tower to cement his legacy. A tower that defines Houston and puts it on the architectural world map. 

*cough cough* Old Chronicle site *cough cough*

12 minutes ago, nate4l1f3 said:

Nice! Wish I could save this.  This picture kinda makes me sad though, knowing that the freeway will be wider and wipe out some of those structures.  How cool would it be if that freeway wasn't there.?

Thanks! PM your email and I'll send you the image

1 hour ago, ArtNsf said:

on the construction cam still online for this tower: https://app.oxblue.com/open/Hines/609Main , does anyone know what the construction is for ?  If you look about halfway up the tower and just to the right in the frame.  There is a tall crane with a few floors below under construction.  I don't think this is the HSPVA or the Capitol Tower, am I wrong ?

 

That is for the Texaco Building Renovation catty-corner to 609 Main.

3 hours ago, enriquewx91 said:

Maybe I am seeing things but I drove by downtown today around 2130 and saw that the bottom half of the crown was lit with white LEDs 

I'm planning on being downtown tonight to shoot so I'll get a picture of it if it's lit up.

2 hours ago, samagon said:

I am assuming things will move faster once they are in a rhythm, but I just watched a crew trying to put the first forms around the rebar for the columns. I'm unsure if they were successful or not, I ran out of lunch, but I watched them try to thread that needle for almost 30 minutes.

 

Here's the corresponding image to help with my unarticulate description of events:

 

 

"AY we got a first timah ovah here!"

3 hours ago, bobruss said:

Thats an amazing video but after watching it I'm surprised that they didn't make plans for the  incredible amount of construction debris that went in to the lake.

Its unfortunate that they didn't have some sort of netting up to catch some of the debris. I'm sure the fish and turtles that were

minding their own business in the lake were a little  surprised to have a torrential rain storm of bricks, wood and metal shrapnel 

come down on them.

They knew what they were getting into when they were artificially stocked in that pond.

2 hours ago, LarryDierker said:

 

Sweet shot but definitely isn't obeying FAA regulations...

Nice work Urb!!

Are we sure they are done getting all the LEDs up and running?  

56 minutes ago, bobruss said:

I applaud this project. Lets face it this was a no mans island and now its a hill and once the landscape has had time to take and the trees get a little older it will be a very nice change of pace for midtown. I applaud the sculptural shape of what was a very nondescript piece of dead zone. I want to see more of these little details that give the city more of a well planned finished look. Instead of belittling these small details more of you should think before making unwarranted comments. It shows a lack of thoughtful consideration for the public realm. 

Agreed, huge upgrade.  I look forward to more of these little finishing details going up around the city.  These are the minute details that you probably don't really notice when they look nice, but you complain about being seedy or run down when they are neglected.  Keep bringing on these little projects all day.

4 hours ago, nate4l1f3 said:

My only complaint is I wish that they would have stuck with the same dark brown brick that's on the bottom throughout the building.  The light brown brick looks too much like stuco... lovely building though!

Couldn't agree more.  Not sure why the switch (I'm assuming money since that's the name of the game) but it still looks good.  Just would have looked that much better if they kept that same theme as the base. Oh well, going to be a great addition to downtown.  Can't wait for the next batch of res to go up!

26 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said:

Omg is it possible this might finish before the Super Bowl!?!? 

....no