SkylineView

Well, the MCD's is gone.  I woke up and they were knocking out windows.  I thought I had another day (there was no heavy equipment on site)... sorry.  I was going to do a cool timelapse and everything... Maybe I'll be luckier with the 24hr fitness.

2/2/2013.  Moving dirt.

2/2/2013  Along the Beltway.

From 2/2/2013.  Not a great photo.  This thing has some presence on the highway.

Parking garage is about 1/3 done.  It's full height on the south side.  Visible to the bottom left of the building below.  Taken early this morning.

*tear....

More new steel...  From 2/2/2013.

The McDonalds is officially closed.  If you need a burger in the north Post Oak area... God help you.  You will have to schlep down to the Jack in the Box on San Felipe.  Wah waaaah.

Post Oak Park: Retail Center At 4520 San Felipe St.

I'm not saying I don't love it, I'm just saying it's not an office park 40 miles out.  It has a very Ayn Rand feel to it... 

True statement... as is coming into Houston from the East.

Well at least, I think it's a natural gas station (for filling up your car... on natural gas).  Built at the intersection of McCue and Guilford.  Photo below.  Kind of cool.  Kind of a goofy spot, though I know that's where their office space is.

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg515/SkylineView/ApacheGas_zps5072899d.jpg

Thanks for the info.  So there will now be a Wells Fargo, next to an Icon, next to a Chase, next to a ___ (whatever they built on the tiny piece of land at the edge of Blvd Place... seems reasonable.

Overall site & new steel...  Walkathon going on in the bottom left.

The u/c apartment tower is going in on the right hand side of the screen about where the long white trailer is.  This view looks toward the southwest.

Is this still progressing? I realize they are likely working on the interior, but I haven't been able to discern any external progress in quite some time.

It's pretty amazing how quickly they ripped those places down.

If they push the McD's all the way left (east) and just leave 7 feet for the drive through... I think there's ample room. Photo below to show the footprint of Cosmo, which is not large. I assume this will be similar. Will we get more awesome wall art on Post Oak?!?!

That's pretty interesting. Here's the site... (taken with my phone... it's 8am and I'm feeling lazy).

Very cool, and a short walk to the med center.

I saw a sign that they were moving out. Does anyone know what's coming into the building?

This is progressing... I saw them being knocked down today. Some of them anyway... there are a lot.

It's 100% still open, with people getting their McRibs and McFlurry's as we speak...

Thanks for posting Yaga.

This is 100% office-based occupancy. The Renaissance pulls in some extra business with the church, Rice, and Qantas flight attendants (yum) but realistically this will be filled with business use. The site today is not used as a public space, and the corner, in general, could use some love. As someone who goes through there every day, I support this. My only complaint (if you could call it one) is that this isn't happening on the NORTH side of Richmond, which is a site waiting for a bulldozer.

After reading all of this, I'm wishing for a "Don't Like This" button.

I like Niche's idea. Why can't we be visionaries anymore? Hong Kong built an airport on a island... custom built and surrounded by mountains, and then connected it with a new highway and bridges that cost billions alone. Are you really telling me Texas couldn't do something just as awesome? Come on man! Show some pride!

Stepping in here may be suicide... but I live near the 59/610 interchange and drive under it several times a day. The way the route is plotted, and the way the 610 frontage Rd / Westpark-to-Post Oak underpass is constructed already has the right of way dropped into it. Post Oak is being redone for BRT (whatever), and assuming that happens, there won't be a capacity drop traffic. However, I have to agree with Mfastx that traffic will be a complete c.f. with trains trundling through all of the intersections (I think there are 10 now) and screwing up the traffic. Where I disagree, is that I think the Post Oak - Westheimer, and Post Oak - San Felipe interchanges will be more impacted than the 610 frontage southbound westpark drive east / westbound legs.

Also, could we get some g.d. no u-turn signs on Post Oak? I'm fuc*ing sick of people stacked up sitting in the left lane making u-turns because they took the Westheimer shortcut to Hidalgo and wanted to turn right, in front of the Hilton Americas, and (my personal favorite) because they wanted to get to the dessert gallery / verizon from n.b. P.O. Just go 70 feet further and there's a turning lane you can park your fat ass in.