ChannelTwoNews Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Do you happen to know the height of the proposal? It appears to be around 620 feet or so if the scale is correct.Most of the articles beforehand have given 630' as the height, so that would seem pretty much spot on. I agree though, it is a beautiful rendering and I look forward to seeing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 so this is main looking south? correct?Fannin looking south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Fannin looking south.So the west side of the building will front main? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 So the west side of the building will front main?Correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 CorrectWe haven't seen a 360 degree view of this thing from the bottom yet, right? All we've seen so far is the lobby and garage, and from this new pic, they look to be facing fannin for the most part. Do we know what will be on main's side? Maybe another entrance to the lobby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Can anybody on here put together some graphics of what the skyline will look like from the North (I-45 coming S.) and the West (I-10 going E.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Can anybody on here put together some graphics of what the skyline will look like from the North (I-45 coming S.) and the West (I-10 going E.)This will fill in some holes the skyline has from certain angles.It's nice. I'd still love to see more 10-story mixed use structures, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnmcbarnacle Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 FWIW...Was by there this morning and most of the old buildings were opened up with a bunch of guys in hard hats moving in and out. The old Dollar Store or whatever it was lookied like it had become a staging ground for the demolition and there were some Cherry Demolition trailers parked inside the old West Building. I saw one guy carrying out some debris so it looks like the destruction is imminent. Anyone know how and when they plan to bring those buildings down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I noticed that some of the storefronts were open this morning and cars were parked inside. Looks like the insides have been gutted, from the first floor at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Here is the embedded photo for those that are too lazy to click on it.Thanks for the photo. The rendering is very cool. I hope the final product won't be tweeked too much and look different. This really has a contemporary feel to it and the garden area near the top is awesome. I wonder how visible it will be from the North and West sides. And to add what someone else already said- maybe someone could compile a Houston 2012 photo....not just DT, but UT and MT as well. m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Seems like the sidewalk is now blocked off along the Rusk side, and the old vendors along Main were removing the last items from their old shops this evening... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I love that this is going up in one of the densest areas of downtown. Main St. will be very active in the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 The building on Rusk between the Montague and the Corner Store came down yesterday. See picture attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 The building on Rusk between the Montague and the Corner Store came down yesterday. See picture attached.thanks for the update.do you know/could you share the timeline for the demolition of the remaining structures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkjones98 Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 thanks for the update.do you know/could you share the timeline for the demolition of the remaining structures? I second that request. I have always wanted to see an implosion! > Where would one even look to find that out? I remember when they brought down Page Parks. For obvious reasons, it was early on a Sunday or Saturday. I missed it, but someone on Haif posted a jpeg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 wow! that was fast! I haven't been in downtown in a couple of days. Before you know it that wrecking ball will be hitting the rest of it in no time!I had noticed a few days ago that they shut down a lane on Rusk, but I didn't know why. I'm curious on how construction is going to affect main. Odds are they're probably going to have to shut down the northbound side for the duration of construction eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 The rest of the demolition will be spread over the coming 3 months, with the implosion of the Montague set for early January.We will not be closing a lane on Main Street, as lane closures on Main Street are not allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Everything seems to be going smoothly. Very efficient process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 (edited) I just walked around the block of the site, and they have crews crawling all over the brown building that fronts Main, with some others in the Montague. They have built scaffolding the entire height of the Stowers building in between it and the other one that is going to be demolished. I guess they must be going level by level on these taller structures taking them out from the top down. It would be fun to watch the Montague go down, any ideas on the timing of the implosion? The area definitely has the smell of recently opened crawlspaces that have not seen the light of day since the 1800 Edited October 8, 2007 by Nate99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Here's a photo from my walk yesterday after work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkjones98 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) Here's a photo from my walk yesterday after work. I really cannot wait for these blights to be leveled. I agree with some of the nostalgia, but when the buildings have been vacant for twenty years and/or are a haven for criminals, I have to give way to development. This building will do wonders for the area. Good bye shady buildings and bum tinkle smell! Edited October 9, 2007 by bkjones98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 bum tinklethat has an interesting ring to it...really, though, someone's going to need to pressure-wash the Just-a-Dollar to make the area more "smell-purty" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 The rest of the demolition will be spread over the coming 3 months, with the implosion of the Montague set for early January.We will not be closing a lane on Main Street, as lane closures on Main Street are not allowed.I wonder why permission was granted to implode the Montague, but the William Penn had to be brought down by wrecking ball. that has an interesting ring to it...really, though, someone's going to need to pressure-wash the Just-a-Dollar to make the area more "smell-purty"I hope Kirby Lofts entrance is included in any future pressure washings. The "No Restrooms" sign on the front door is a fine piece of irony, given that the concentration of pee is enough to make ones eyes water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 It really is a depressing section of Main Street. Hell, some of the empty structures along Main Street in Midtown look better than that block. Can't wait to see the impact of the demolitions once they're done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Had a short chat with a demolition worker yesterday and he verified that the Main Street portion of the West Building will be dismantled brick-by-brick. I thought he said that the bricks may be saved, but that may be a mistaken impression. He also was unaware of any plans to save that Moderne/Streamline doorway. Also verified that the Montegu will be imploded sometime in January. I hope at least a few of the details from the West Building (terra-cotta brackets) and the Montegu (those fabulous lion's heads above the entry canapy) are saved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I really cannot wait for these blights to be leveled. I agree with some of the nostalgia, but when the buildings have been vacant for twenty years and/or are a haven for criminals, I have to give way to development. This building will do wonders for the area.Good bye shady buildings and bum tinkle smell! We could even say that this was the last remaining piece of any Skid Row that DT Houston ever had, and so represents a superficial turning point in Houston's metamorphosis into a mega-city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 We could even say that this was the last remaining piece of any Skid Row that DT Houston ever had, and so represents a superficial turning point in Houston's metamorphosis into a mega-city.Wait a minute. Virtually every mega-city has a Skid Row. Could Houston have inadvertantly doomed any chance it ever had of becoming a mega-city by the destruction of its last remaining shred of Skid Row? Are we forever destined by this careless act of urban renewal to be just a large Fort Worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Wait a minute. Virtually every mega-city has a Skid Row. Could Houston have inadvertantly doomed any chance it ever had of becoming a mega-city by the destruction of its last remaining shred of Skid Row? Are we forever destined by this careless act of urban renewal to be just a large Fort Worth?C'mon, Red, Skid Row is old school big city, like 20th Century, back when men were men and homeless were bums. Yes, LA still has one but that could just be political feelgoodism refusing to let the market move the moldy mattresses.21st Century Skid Rows are a different breed. Now they're dispersed across the city, on every corner and in front of every store. The romance is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 You mean this has become.....PASSE? I feel life is passing me by. I feel I have become Old Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Passe is such a strong word, but you know the glass blocks have been out of fashion for a while. Someone should tell those sleeping guys.Don't feel bad about being Old Europe. They have Euros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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