Howard Huge Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Crane City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 http://www.houstonconventiondistrict.com/ New Website What's that building to the right of MMP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 What's that building to the right of MMP?the low rise between the hotel and MMP? the Nau Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 No on the third pic there's a high rise what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Houston first headquarters plus a hotel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 http://www.houstonconventiondistrict.com/ New Website This rendering? That's Hilton Americas on the right/looking south. Or am I again missing something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Nvm I meant second pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) I counted at least 7 cranes while sitting on 59 in traffic behind the convention center. How great is that part of our skyline going to look by 2016/2017! Edited October 5, 2014 by Dakota79 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I wonder if us Haifers are the only dorks sitting in traffic counting cranes in downtown 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Nvm I meant second picOh, yeah. That's the 25ish story office/hotel referenced in the title of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I wonder if us Haifers are the only dorks sitting in traffic counting cranes in downtown 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 HFC Garage HotelPreSubmissionMeeting20140828Final.pdf 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 HFC Garage HotelPreSubmissionMeeting20140828Final.pdf awesome.. thanks for the schematics. is the interstitial space just a void where the pool(s) dip down into? i figured they would put an outdoor pool above the "perch". also looking at the first picture in the quote.. GRB MP 2025 had always planned for their to eventually be a "four corner" approach to the hotels, with 2 across 59. now that this hotel is moving forward on this side of 59 it makes sense to me looking at that layout that they would build a 4th hotel on top of the GRB 2025 expansion to the south/right of the picture,t to complete the 4 corners, without having to cross under the highway. and what is "the cloud"? i hope its not some rip off of Chicagos Cloud Gate (though thats a great piece) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hell yes! Urbannizer you are the man!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 This will be one busy, multipurpose building. Office/Hotel/Bus Station/Restaurant/Parking Garage/Lift Rail Tunnel-Station... This really feels like "outside-the-box" thinking. Love it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) This will be one busy, multipurpose building. Office/Hotel/Bus Station/Restaurant/Parking Garage/Lift Rail Tunnel-Station... This really feels like "outside-the-box" thinking. Love it.Seriously.. This might just be the most mixed use building in all of Houston.How many cranes should we expect for this one? 2 for the office/hotel, and one for the garage? That whole avenue down Rusk/Capital should be covered in cranes by the new year.Woah. I just noticed they cut ADLA off completely I front of the middle and south sides of GRB, between the underground garage entrance and the street at Hilton Americas.. Edited October 8, 2014 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly46 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Im having trouble understanding exactly how ADLA will function. Will it be open during "non-event" periods for traffic (4 lanes)? What are: 1) the Gardens 2) the Stage 3) the Wharf 4) the Cloud and 5) the Gallery? I take it that some of these (like the stage) can be assembled and disassembled. But not others (i.e. the Gardens and the Wharf). BYW, what is the Wharf - I imagine it is fountain like structures?. What is the Gallery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Im having trouble understanding exactly how ADLA will function. Will it be open during "non-event" periods for traffic (4 lanes)? What are: 1) the Gardens 2) the Stage 3) the Wharf 4) the Cloud and 5) the Gallery? I take it that some of these (like the stage) can be assembled and disassembled. But not others (i.e. the Gardens and the Wharf). BYW, what is the Wharf - I imagine it is fountain like structures?. What is the Gallery? ADLA will be half its current size. Basically, the east half of the street (from the current median to the GRB, will be converted to what you see in the renderings. The west half of the street (the current southbound side) will be converted to 2-way traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly46 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) ADLA will be half its current size. Basically, the east half of the street (from the current median to the GRB, will be converted to what you see in the renderings. The west half of the street (the current southbound side) will be converted to 2-way traffic.Thanks 19514. Any ideas on the permanance of those other things I mentioned? (i.e. gallery, wharf, etc.) Edited October 8, 2014 by Grizzly46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Thanks 19514. Any ideas on the permanance of those other things I mentioned? (i.e. gallery, wharf, etc.) I don't know the details of those specific items, but since they are on the plan documents, I would presume they are "permanent". I know one of the ideas being discussed was to have spaces for exhibitions of artwork. Perhaps that is the "Gallery" space. And the "Stage" space is fairly obvious (space for performances has also been pretty prominently discussed.) The Gardens, the Cloud, and the Wharf are a little less obvious. I'm eager to see more detail as this develops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 is the interstitial space just a void where the pool(s) dip down into? It is a portal in to John Malkovich's brain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Thanks 19514. Any ideas on the permanance of those other things I mentioned? (i.e. gallery, wharf, etc.)I'm thinking the Cloud might be the fountain with what looks like red clothespins in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Michelle Jarre was his name and it was the largest public crowd ever assembled, according to Guiness book of records, until he performed it in Paris or Japan and they had a larger crowd. We walked from West Dallas and Taft to sit on Allen Parkway in front of the old Jeff Davis Hospital, and watched in amazement. It was a sea of people on both sides of the bayou from downtown to Shepherd and the Pierce elevated shut down during the performance due to grid lock. Truly amazing.He was set up in front of allen center and played his keyboard while a dance group repelled down the sides of Allen center four. He dedicated the performance to the shuttle crew that died and Kirk Whalum, a local Jazz sax player who was friends with one of the astronauts played a specially composed piece for the concert. Of course a few years later they had the power of Houston which was another amazing spectacle. The best fireworks I've seen here though was the opening of the GRB. They brought in an Italian Fireworks company that had cascading fireworks that rolled over the roof onto the ground like a huge waterfall. It was beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pragmatist Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Though I wasn't alive, my cousin tells me how big of an event that show was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendez-vous_HoustonWikipedia on it. ... love the picture of the skyline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 This will be one busy, multipurpose building. Office/Hotel/Bus Station/Restaurant/Parking Garage/Lift Rail Tunnel-Station... This really feels like "outside-the-box" thinking. Love it.When it was originally announced that ADLA would be reconfigured and bus drop off moved to the side of GRB, I was initially concerned. But relocating the convention bus drop off to be within the new GHP building, easily connected to 2 hotels & the convention center itself is simply a brilliant idea. Masterful planning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) ADLA will be half its current size. Basically, the east half of the street (from the current median to the GRB, will be converted to what you see in the renderings. The west half of the street (the current southbound side) will be converted to 2-way traffic.I thought I heard this too but it doesn't appear to be true. Look at slides 8 and 21. It seems that they are CLOSING the ADLA (both sides) from the underground garage entrance southward. Thereby fully connecting GRB to Disco. ADLA will be four lanes of traffic (two in and two out) from the Northside of the GRB to the underground entrance only.Am I missing something?Edit.....Now, if you look at the last picture in the post above, it makes sense. You can see that the "blue cube box" that is in disco now (stairs to garage), is in the rendering. The new space shown is permenant new "park" space that connects the GRB to disco. The road is completely gone in this section. Edited October 9, 2014 by UtterlyUrban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I thought I heard this too but it doesn't appear to be true. Look at slides 8 and 21. It seems that they are CLOSING the ADLA (both sides) from the underground garage entrance southward. Thereby fully connecting GRB to Disco. ADLA will be four lanes of traffic (two in and two out) from the Northside of the GRB to the underground entrance only.Am I missing something?That's what I'm seeing as well...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 am i the only one that feel's that this is the perfect concept as per a omni brand? the people at omni, should be swooning all over this ready made location... it's perfect! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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