houstonfella Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I guess it goes to show you. Houston is a 21st Century kind of town. Anything older than a couple of years might be torn down. It could be worse. We could live in Dallas. Oh, that'll make 'em kill me. They hate me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I guess it goes to show you. Houston is a 21st Century kind of town. Anything older than a couple of years might be torn down. It could be worse. We could live in Dallas. Oh, that'll make 'em kill me. They hate me anyway. ...but we love you...in a tough love kinda way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Thanks to my "tough love" H-towners. I am not all that. I have so many faults, but one of them isn't loving the city in which I live. I Hou-stoned.... errr.... Houston... Merry Christmas to y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 And most are free online. Why pay? For the Chronicle, subscribers get access to the online archive. If you do a lot of Houston research, it's worth it. Do you know what is depicted in the emblem on the top of the building? Looks interesting and kind of like Chrysler's old winged blue-ribbon badge of excellence from the Fifties. Maybe it's an early version of this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 For the Chronicle, subscribers get access to the online archive. If you do a lot of Houston research, it's worth it. Unless it's changed in the last few months, you don't have to be a subscriber to access the archive. I was able to pull articles from as far back as '87, I think. You do need to set up some kind of free account, if I remember correctly. Maybe it's an early version of this: Nah. Hearst bought the Chronicle in the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 For the Chronicle, subscribers get access to the online archive. If you do a lot of Houston research, it's worth it.Maybe it's an early version of this: "In 1908, Marcellus Foster, who had founded the Houston Chronicle with a quick profit he had made from Spindletop, made Jones a partner in return for building the newspaper a stylish 10-story office building on the corner of Travis Street and Texas Avenue." It was probably the chron's masthead. Hearst didn't buy it until 1987. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Unless it's changed in the last few months, you don't have to be a subscriber to access the archive. I was able to pull articles from as far back as '87, I think.You do need to set up some kind of free account, if I remember correctly. Nah. Hearst bought the Chronicle in the 1980s. yeah, online access is free now - only goes back to 1985, though, even when it was subscribers only. and no online post archives and yeah, hearst bought the chronicle may of 1987 more chronicle history, from the chronicle: http://webadv.chron.com/house/house_i/insi...y/history1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 This is from an undated postcard: Looks like just a design element to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 That emblem would have made a good guessing game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 GovernorAggie said: You know, this is just pitiful. Do nothing about the building, but construct a pedestrian protection barrier since we know that the building is a piece of junk. Is think how to get around safety codes? Is that what an absentee landowner should do to a slum property--just build a gate around it so no one gets in? i was talking to a chronicle employee a few weeks ago. the siding of the chronicle building has become unsafe which is why they've had the scaffolding/platforms around it so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 was talking to a chronicle employee a few weeks ago. the siding of the chronicle building has become unsafe which is why they've had the scaffolding/platforms around it so long.They have actually been doing work on the Chronicle building during the last month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTG Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 They have actually been doing work on the Chronicle building during the last month or so.They are currently removing all the marble from the building. Aluminum panels will be installed from the 2nd floor to the roof. The ground floor will have new stone along with a new plaza. The existing parapet is also being removing. Once construction is complete in July 08 the building will have a nice new look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 They are currently removing all the marble from the building. Aluminum panels will be installed from the 2nd floor to the roof.someone else told me about the aluminum panels.....cringe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Why replace marble with aluminum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Why replace marble with aluminum?being cheap. supposedly some of the stone panels warped to the point of not being able to be used again nor easily replaced so it's not too obvious. (heard that from chron employee) i guess the aluminum was the easiest solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Pretty funny that the Chron hasn't even managed to report on its own building work. Sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 They're replacing the marble with aluminum panels? Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 This is a hard story to find news on.In the MeMo blog she mentioned that chunks were falling off the building. But you can't find that posting on her blog anymore.I think Ken Hoffman beat her up for letting the secret out. Speaking of Ken, you know how people write that damn Yankee with cutsie little questions?Well I wrote him and asked "WTH was up with the Chron Buidling and all the scaffoling."I don't think they ever printed my question.The new entrance to the Chron: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 So will it become the Houston Chronicaluminum Building? Maybe they will surprise. Then again...maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I hope it doesn't look as bad as the aluminum clad Sears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgg Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I work at the Chron. And yes, the building has psoriasis. (The same thing, I think, happened with Jones Hall's marble.)Last time I got a memo on the subject, it said that the Chronicle's marble was being replaced by plastic that will look like marble. And heck: maybe it really will. Anything's likely to be better than that perpetual scaffolding.I've heard jokes about aluminum siding.... but those were jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I work at the Chron. And yes, the building has psoriasis. (The same thing, I think, happened with Jones Hall's marble.)Last time I got a memo on the subject, it said that the Chronicle's marble was being replaced by plastic that will look like marble. Plastic fake marble? Ummm, go with the aluminum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 The same thing is going on with the Fondren Brown building at Methodist Hospital, except that TMH is replacing the marble with stucco. Pieces of the travetine marble had been falling off the building for the last couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Just out of curiousity, anyone know how many years (yes, literally years) that the scaffolding has been up, and the sidewalk reduced to single-file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Just out of curiousity, anyone know how many years (yes, literally years) that the scaffolding has been up, and the sidewalk reduced to single-file?Several. I am not positive, but I think it was up during the Super Bowl, which would make it going on 4 years.EDIT: Holy Cow! How about 6 YEARS! According to this blog, the scaffolding went up after Tropical Storm Allison, which caused some of the panels to come loose. Allison was in June 2001!http://politicalblog.abc13.com/2007/07/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 If anyone's curious, you can go to the Chronicle lobby and see a rendering as to how it will look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTG Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Several. I am not positive, but I think it was up during the Super Bowl, which would make it going on 4 years.EDIT: Holy Cow! How about 6 YEARS! According to this blog, the scaffolding went up after Tropical Storm Allison, which caused some of the panels to come loose. Allison was in June 2001!http://politicalblog.abc13.com/2007/07/index.htmlThe scaffolding has been up for about 4 years. (I know this because I'm involved with the project. The project is scheduled to be completed by June 08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 The scaffolding has been up for about 4 years. (I know this because I'm involved with the project. The project is scheduled to be completed by June 08.So... well over five years, start to finish.Just curious - how come whole blocks can be demolished and redeveloped in less time than it takes to re-side an exisiting building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 If it were just some schmuck company, that would be one thing. But this is Houston's newspaper. That speaks volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I wonder if the Chronicle will even be there in ten years. The sun is setting on the newspaper industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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