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Stowers Building To Become An Aloft Hotel At 820 Fannin St.
arche_757 replied to Urbannizer's topic in Downtown
^Hmmm.... Hopefully still happening? Maybe they'll move down the line a bit into Midtown? Sure would be a nice fit for the Stowers Bldg. Oh well if that's off the boards. -
^Yes that's what I understood. Still would save the three I listed before.
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I count 7 floors.
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the Galleria added its name to that area because it really lacked a cohesive/defining characteristic. Uptown (as its now called) is more than just a collection of highrises and shops centered around the Galleria. That's my take on it. Highland Village is Highland Village. I don't mind Mid Lane - name of the street, central portion of Wesheimer between River Oaks and Uptown, and its not a quaint area. One can think whatever they want until they get there and see what it is, once there few will identify that area as "quaint". It will probably not be anything. River Oaks District will be that. Highland Village will be that. High Street will be that. Since only Highland Village really, trully, plays on to the strength of Westheimer (the rest are inward facing) that's the only one of that whole area that is rightfully identified with that street.
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The way I read this is : Pick three buildings already gone that you wish we had saved. And those three buildings remaining will not remove from existence the buildings that replaced them.
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I was kidding about UpEast. Personally I would rather call it something - since its not Uptown and it isn't River Oaks. And Highland Village is a shopping center same as River Oaks District and High Town or High Life (whatever the heck its called). They aren't proper neighborhood names... or are they? Mid Lane is an actual road that is roughly half-way between Highland Village and the other developments - hence why I thought that would be ok?
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UpEast? As in Uptown East? How about Mid Lane? Kinda close to this area - and its sort of the "middle" between River Oaks/Upper Kirby and the Galleria/Uptown?
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^Cool. Not sure if I agree that CoDallas needs to be a 20% partner on this (if I'm reading right?). What do you think Dallaz, as a resident of the Big D? Also, I agree these are trophy towers but I don't think they're any where near 300meters in height. If this does come to fruition I'll be glad since it makes sense either Dallas or Houston would have the tallest residential towers in the state and not Austin.
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Look close you can see it just above the bottom of the page On the second page of BBP Masterplan "eastern sector" is the map with the South Canal clearly labeled. I thought this was common knowledge? Hence why its called the North Canal and not just "the canal" ...unless I mistakenly read your post incorrectly?
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This looks promising? Maybe it lacks a long enough boom, but you could nip away at the base until it fell over! Would be fun!
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I read that. However, I'm so against using a "fake" anything for any site - when you can find an actual working boat (or just build a cool building over the water without making it look like a giant Captain Benny's Seafood that I responded that way. North Canal (and South Canal - there are two remember) are probably a decade+ from happening. In fact I would go so far to say they're the next big "boom" cycle in Houston development away. This is presently an option for a great mixed-use development. Throw in the potential to tie-into rail/transit in the future and this is a massively important site that is FAR more valuable than being the HQ of HPD (do they really need 12 acres?) and booking facilities for the city jail. I agree with Subdude that it will be a long time before the big county jails are relocated.
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I should add I was saying "NO!" to the idea of building a "boat-like structure" NEVER build a fake boat. NEVER! How sad would it be for one of the worlds largest ports and port cities to build a fake boat? And why turn it into a lake? It would merely be a shallow basin in a part of the bayou. Too small for real boats, it would just be a wide part of the bayou.
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NO! And to Subdudes idea of a permanent fairgrounds... I'm not following why you would want something like that? I'm envisioning something tacky - can you elaborate? I think the best idea is to let a "Midway Cos" type of developer turn it into something. They could work in apartments, condos, retail and office space and leave plenty of room for park-scape facing town and the Bayou. Is it weird if I don't really consider this a part of downtown? Downtown to me is the area surrounded by I-45 and 59 and the Bayou. This is some other part of town, some other "district" if you will.
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^I would do the opposite I think. 2 lanes sunken, with 1 lane for the shopping center traffic not much different from major "life style" centers these days any way. Though I don't know if there is room? Maybe a 1 lane (each way) sunken portion, and a 1 lane ground portion (each way) with widened sidewalks and landscaping - though I don't know if going to a 4 lane road here from a 5/6 lane road would be good? I know how tight things are in this area with traffic - hence my suggestion for a larger/longer tunnel option.
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^eventually a traffic lane could be taken and used for lightrail? I moved the distances back so far on this tunnel because I don't want to have any issues with the major retail centers that are around and under construction. I think Mid Lane and Suffolk as the entrances to the underpass would be ok.
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I've thought some on the park idea.... I don't think it would be as great as we think. Discovery Green works because there is stuff around it. Imagine a park with a Freeway on 2 sides, a railroad bisecting it, and a bayou separating it from everything else nearby. Add to that the lack of residential that's close and I just don't see this being the "grand" park others think it may be. Add a little residential and make 6-7 acres the park and you'll have a successful area with a "grand lawn" facing town that people are talking (wishing) about.
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Yep. Think of it as a pass-through for buses and through traffic. It is a bit much (I realize), but it would ease traffic congestion in that area. Since all of this is hypothetical any way - why not envision something grand? Why not tunnel under some of the most heavily congested areas in Houston to alleviate traffic issues when that is absolutely possible? Since the option of building a road overpass tall enough to clear the train tracks would be an eyesore and cause additional traffic headaches, why not tunnel below? There wouldn't need to be any road closures (except at the tunnel entrances) and the retail in the area wouldn't be harmed by construction and the visual blight of a big TexDot style road overpass (replete with Texas states stamped into the pre-cast concrete).
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I guess they could have simply built parking lots - since they have quite a bit of land?
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Ok. So... that leaves a tunnel option for the vehicular traffic. Put the tunnel entrance heading west at Edloe Street, place the exit a 1000' east of Chimney Rock. Traffic problems for people wanting to travel through that area without intentions of stopping would be eliminated. Thoughts on that idea?
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An underpass for the train. Not the cars. At least that's what I'm curious about.
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Wow. I would rather have steadily moving traffic than have traffic back ups down Richmond due to the train!
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Never said it was nefarious. Developers ought to attend/schedule these sort of competitions more often. It would at least spur on more adventurous thinking for large - catalyst projects like this (or similar). Still a sort of "free" conceptual design idea that proposes things developers may have thought about (not just Hines) yet been too cost conscious to inquire about.
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Ah... Afton Oaks. Screwing themselves over since the 1980s. How unfortunate if they actually did fight to keep the rail from being lowered! Why? Why would they fight against that? I just don't understand it. Now there will always be a big, loud, potentially dangerous (remember the chemical spill near West U about a decade ago?) train track on grade with most of the homes in that neighborhood. A shame. It can still be trenched, though I suspect the costs would be a lot higher than in the 80s.
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Pizza in Houston
arche_757 replied to Nakatosh's topic in Houston Area Dining, Shopping and Entertainment
I've always like the deep dish "hanks" from Star and they have a decent basic margarita. Pinks I found to be vastly overrated and wouldn't imagine paying for it myself (friends bought it).
