brijonmang

14 hours ago, Luminare said:

 

I'm not worthy of such an honor haha. I definitely don't want that much power. Where you in the area at the time when I posted that request? This looks great. Someone should pass this onto the guys working on One Market Square and say...hey you know what would look even better, a crane on that site along with the others.

Lol no the photo had already been taken by the time you wrote that.  I stayed in town Saturday night and hit this up Sunday morning. Always open for recommendations on places to photograph!

1 hour ago, Urbannizer said:

Height: 468’

Work begins 4/20, light one up for this one 😆 

 

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Jah bless! 

57 minutes ago, Montrose1100 said:

@brijonmang If only we had your photos during the great city-data & SSC wars.

Lol I was too young for battle in those days 

3 hours ago, LBC2HTX said:

They're collected every night by organized freelancers/contractors and placed neatly on the sidewalks by morning. In my experience there's always a few wayward users who leave them where they shouldn't be, but for the most part users are conscious about parking them in the right place. 

Yes I saw them being collected at night but my experience was more 50/50 on being out of the way vs being in the way.  Maybe some of it can be attributed to a learning curve.

1 hour ago, Montrose1100 said:

 

@brijonmang The same could be said about cyclists not obeying laws while riding. Did you try riding one? 

I don't disagree about cyclists.  I was just offering my thoughts on the scooters... I did not ride them as we were downtown within walking distance to everything we went to.  They look like they would be fun to ride but the way they were just strewn about carelessly on corners and the middle of walkways left a bad taste in my mouth.  Like with anything else, the bad apples ruin it for the rest of the responsible users.  I would be a lot more open to the idea if there was a quicker turn around on the collection process.  

After visiting Dallas this weekend and seeing these scooters all over the place, I am firmly in the no camp for bringing the scooters to Houston.  They look terrible clogging up corners and walkways and people ride them through traffic like they don't have to follow any of the road laws. I don't think the convenience they bring to getting around outweigh the eyesore and hassle for drivers.

22 minutes ago, Darb64 said:

Your photographs are amazing. I especially love the panoramic image with the sun setting behind the Williams Tower.

Thank you very much! I was probably 10 minutes later than I should have been to get the light I wanted but a sunset is a sunset!  It's crazy how many of these buildings are under 5 years old.

On 12/16/2019 at 11:27 PM, ChannelTwoNews said:

The design isn't entirely dissimilar from the San Felipe Tower plan a few years back. Same architect's work on both proposals.

 

 

It’s actually a carbon copy of Lvl 29 in Plano. Same architect, different developer, one more floor. 
 

6 hours ago, wxman said:

Can somebody please explain why soil sampling is important? I’m purely ignorant on the subject matter and would like to know. 
 

I assume that the soil sampled a block or two over (Likely sandy loam/clay) would be the same for said property. I doubt the soil changes that drastically from block to block.

Yes, soil can vary that much in a small area, especially when it comes to the weight of these buildings.  Sometimes literally just across the street - that's what happened with Texas Tower and The Preston.  I forget all the details but there was a big enough difference between the two subgrades that they did two totally different foundations.

Thank you, @ekdrm2d1.  Only took 13 years...