nmainguy

The Architectural Commitee

Wrong denomination, wrong location, wrong "explination," Lucy.

I would meld the window trim with the darkest brick and meld the gutters with the roof (and actually, your gutter color looks right on). That gives you enough contrast within the entire structure thereby avoiding a more cartoonish look just for the sake of being different. Tasteful and understated will always trump garish and cartoonish whether it comes to your home-which you will live in for a long time or your flip which needs to appeal to the broadest audience.

A recent example is the Christ Church Cathedral addition on Texas. It is a great example of for-profit architecture that exceeds long-term design, style and cost-effectiveness for a non-profit. My mother-in-law was here 2 weeks ago and we walked from Main down Texas to MMP. Now she hasn't been exposed to alot of design in her 67 years outside of Milam and Hemphill but I was taken aback when she stopped midway in the block and looked up at the trellis. Then she started to explain to us how pleasant it was to walk under this shaded trellis and how beautiful yet inexpensive it must have been to contruct in the overall scheme of the design Then she commented on the structure and it's windows and how energy efficient it must be and how great it was that the church had the buisness and esthetic sense to choose a beautiful and lasting yet cost effective design that included parking, office and green space. So yes, Velvet: you are correct. Houston is a captive of mediocre design. It's a quick-fix for the shortsighted which has unfortunatly become the hallmark for developers/investors/architects. It seems the days of long-term planning that not only benefits the developer but the public which he/she relys on have past.

Herb Greene-Norman, Ok.

It is definatly more than one lot. So did your property taxes.

Exactly. Imagine Pennzoil at 60 floors or a widened Transco. Conversly, a shortened Wells Fargo or removing one of the Flemish row houses from BOA woud make them look cartoonish as well. Actually many things are better than a dull and cheap One Houston and cheap unimaginative faux-architecture. Any Aggie can copy that. Why settle for the mundane?

That is Chicago's Metropolitan Statistical Area. This topic was started regarding Houston's Metropolitan Statistical Area. My point? None. Just a comparison.

We have no "native style." We have a group of buildings that you could plop down in any large city. Few were ever exceptional; Pennzoil, The Menil and Transco come to mind as exceptions. Houston builds on the cheap-although really good architecture doesn't always require alot of money. Knowing Houston's provincial background, I'm not expecting anything more imaginative than One Houston Center.

Maybe for people to get a grip on reality instead of concentrating on a video none of us know the background on?

Like this

It's my guess Sarnoff hasn't been fed her fax yet. Now if you're waiting for a much more complicated and more interesting story, I wouldn't be holding out for anything from her or the Chron-they don't do complicated or interesting.

If you are attempting to sell this property, your post belongs here http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...hp?showforum=76

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My Own Country by Abraham Verghese About an AIDS epidemic that hits rural Tennessee in 1985 and how this doctor and a conservative population dealt with it and overcame their pre-concieved notions about the disease. Diliberate Indifference by Howard Swindal About racial injustice, respect and human decency in East Texas. The Art of Understanding Yourself by Cecil Osborne Just read it. The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre Fiction based on historical fact in Calcutta. The best description I can give you is it's a story about how charity, love and grace can co-exist and at times overcome death, callousness and disease. Beyond Love by Dominique Lapierre Another fiction based on actual events. Again based on personal courage, grace, hope, love and charity for lifes outcasts whether they be Lepers or early victems of AIDS. Read "If" by Rudyard Kipling when you feel things are slipping out of your control. I like Lapierre in the two listed above because of the compelling and very true-to-life messages he sends. I like Rand because I think she is a great descriptive writer though much of her philosopy is a fantasy. If you are going to read her I suggest The Fountainhead first and Atlas Shrugged second. All of the above plus more has informed my life's outlook. Good luck.

They had quail in their room before they went down to the LULAC dinner and then to the Albert Thomas dinner. (My mom was a voracious note-taker and a good friend of Max Peck, the GM at the Rice. He set me up on the back of a motorcycle so I could see Kennedy. He and Jackie moved by pretty fast but LBJ worked the line and patted me on the head.)

I could but why waste any of my creativity on a caricature? Time's up, rhinestone.

Are you completely humorless? Did you not catch bigtex's sarcasm and just laugh it off? No, you had to go into another pointless, long-winded, broadband wasting pendatic reply when all you needed to say was "Gee, Tex! Clever sarcasm there!" and let it go. Not every post needs an essay in reply when just a few words are far more effective-and appropriate. (God, I feel like I'm talking to a 7th grader) Maybe you should start a Humorless People Pride Club? Or we could get some right-wing "christian" nut job to cure you by lobotomy.

Red, What bigtex said...don't make me go out and buy some Depends! (Love your floors, BTW!)

They used the Imperial Suite on the 5th floor to rest and change. He gave a speech at the Coliseum that night and went straight to the airport. They flew to Ft. Worth where they spent the night at The Texas Hotel. That was the first time I had ever seen a President and future President and the next day was the first time I ever saw my Dad cry.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OPPORTUNITY FOR PEDANTS!

Great post, kink. I have known alot of gay men and women who have had a similar experience and have come out stronger on the other end. I suppose I was one of the lucky ones because of my parents. I think I was about 15 when I came out to them and they were always supportive. I think because of them, my siblings and close and enduring friendships, I avoided the bar scene and some of the more negative aspects that can accompany that scene. I suppose my only gripe is my partner and I remain second class citizens under the law. That some translate that gripe into the tiered old "All you people want is special rights!! You're not special!!" just shows how uninformed many people still are when it comes down to what EQUAL-as opposed to special-rights really means.

Why don't you just ask Puma if you're that interested...and feel free to leave me out of of your pointless, loaded questions.