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  1. Texasota
    Pennzoil Place earned Johnson a Pritzker. The three most architecturally significant buildings in houston are probably the Menil, MFAH, and Pennzoil. Landmark designation tends to happen *after* 50 or years, though exceptions are made. Pennzoil is less than 40 years old.
  2. Texasota
    Is Ross trolling?
  3. Texasota
    Replacing that facade will result in at least *some* public outcry. That's a classic modern tower, and one of Johnson's better buildings.
  4. Texasota
    It's definitely borderline satire, but I'm definitely excited to try their "farm-to-table" thai
  5. Texasota
    Oh I'm very glad this is an historic district. Hines itself is very guilty of wiping out historic buildings without regard. Honestly I would say 609 Main is a decent example.
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    If, for the sake of argument, HAHC denies or defers it, that will delay it a maximum of 6 weeks. it will easily pass planning commission on appeal. I sincerely doubt it will get that far though. This is a many-multi-million dollar project. HAHC is as subject to political pressure as anyone.
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    This isn't an $800,000 house in the Heights. This is a massive, expensive, important project downtown. Even if the commission ends up having some problems with it, I don't see them stopping it.
  8. Texasota
    Since this is in an historic district, Hines has to go through the commission before they can get permitted. Next commission hearing is September 12: http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Commissions/commiss_hahc.html
  9. Texasota
    boo authentication required
  10. Texasota
    Yes. Clearly you never go out for Mexican food.
  11. Texasota
    It's such a beautiful old building; theres got to be a restaurant or something that would take that ground floor
  12. Texasota
    Ugh, what a Heightsian response. They're renovating the building, so any visibility issues would already be present, but basically cannot exist on that corner of the intersection as skwatra described.
  13. Texasota
    spelt?
  14. Texasota
    oh ok. nice. thats a big piece of vacant land
  15. Texasota
    which corner? where the body shop is?
  16. Texasota
    ...for what?
  17. Texasota
    with ground floor retail!
  18. Texasota
    No reason for Midtown not to at least move forward with the park portion of the superblock. They own the land (after the land transfer with Camden)
  19. Texasota
    Hines is just building in the vacant part of the block. That block is inside the historic district, so none of those buildings are going anywhere
  20. Texasota
    Would you prefer bare concrete?
  21. Texasota
    What? That section of 59 is the prettiest freeway in the city. The vines are fantastic.
  22. Texasota
    Seriously doubt that strip center (on Westheimer) is long for this world.
  23. Texasota
    cautiously optimistic...
  24. Texasota
    The interior layout was ...awkward. The bar was fine, but then they put oversized couches against the inside wall that were too far apart for a group of people to talk to each other.
  25. Texasota
    The west side of main is physically much smaller than the east side though. At some point it will be financially way more logical to build out to the east. Maybe once the superblock is finished.
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