Latitude Med Center: Residential Tower And InterContinental Hotel

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[Timoric]

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Edited July 11, 2019 by Timoric

[corbs315]

1 hour ago, Timoric said:

So funny that Rice built such a huge stadium for a small school.

 

Rice used to regularly play UT, A&M, LSU, and Arkansas as part of the SWC, so it would regularly fill up. This is also due to there not being pro football in Houston when the stadium was built. It also hosted the Super Bowl in the 60's.

 

So now it doesn't make sense, but it was logical at the time.

 

Fun fact, all Rice alumni living or dead couldn't fill the stadium..or at least they told us that at orientation.

 

[KinkaidAlum]

When Rice Stadium built, not only was there no NFL team but UH had only been playing football for 2 seasons. Also, Rice was good. 

 

In the 1940s, Rice won a Cotton Bowl and an Orange Bowl. Rice not only was in the SWC but they also played LSU every year and beat teams like Clemson, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and LSU. 

[corbs315]

1 hour ago, KinkaidAlum said:

When Rice Stadium built, not only was there no NFL team but UH had only been playing football for 2 seasons. Also, Rice was good. 

 

In the 1940s, Rice won a Cotton Bowl and an Orange Bowl. Rice not only was in the SWC but they also played LSU every year and beat teams like Clemson, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and LSU. 

And Rice is the only school to have played Alabama more than once and be undefeated....fun fact!

 

Now back on topic.

[hindesky]

[H-Town Man]

On 9/16/2017 at 1:32 PM, KinkaidAlum said:

When Rice Stadium built, not only was there no NFL team but UH had only been playing football for 2 seasons. Also, Rice was good. 

 

In the 1940s, Rice won a Cotton Bowl and an Orange Bowl. Rice not only was in the SWC but they also played LSU every year and beat teams like Clemson, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and LSU. 

 

Pretty sure it was a surprise loss to Rice that knocked A&M out of national championship contention in 1956 and helped send Bear Bryant on his way to Alabama.

[kbates2]

Also it wasn't just built for Rice football (if I recall correctly), it was built as Houston Football Stadium.  UH and Rice played here.

[cspwal]

It looks like it was originally called "Houston Stadium" and subsidized by the city

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_Stadium_(Rice_University)#History

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The new stadium was subsidized by the City of Houston, and it was designed by Hermon Lloyd & W.B. Morgan and Milton McGinty and built by Brown and Root. In addition to Rice, the University of Houston football team played at Rice Stadium from 1951 to 1965, and the Bluebonnet Bowl was played there from 1959 to 1967 and again in 1985 and 1986. The Houston Oilers also played in the stadium from 1965 to 1967. In 1974, Rice Stadium hosted Super Bowl VIII, in which the Miami Dolphins beat the Minnesota Vikings 24–7

 

The official Rice history is more florid than the wikipedia article, but it says something similar

http://www.riceowls.com/facilities/rice-stadium.html

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However, old Rice Stadium (now the Rice Track/Soccer Stadium) seated less than 37,000 fans. Houston's civic leaders decided the old structure was not a proper venue for the SWC champions, much less a city with a future so bright. The idea for the new Rice Stadium was born.

 

It looks like that it's always been Rice's stadium, and they've hosted other football teams in it

[HOUCAJUN]

I'm sorry but did we rename this thread Rice Stadium? Is it just me?

[bobruss]

With four floors to go it's going to be striking on the southwest corner. When I said it would loom over the med center 

I was told this wouldn't be close, but it sure looks pretty tall and dominant. The O'Quinn towers height includes the spires and they're not as large a mass 

as the Latitude, so even though it won't be as tall as the top of the spires its mass at the top is very close to the top of the O'Quinn towers. Also it looks like its going to be very close to the height of Texas Childrens. At least from the angle of this image

The view from south and southwest makes it dominate and really change the scale of the skyline from that angle. 

 

 

[Urbannizer]

http://www.latitudemedcenter.com/

 

 

 

 

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[hindesky]

The hotel tower crane came down this weekend.

 

 

This gives a good view on the height difference of the two buildings.

 

[Urbannizer]

IMG_3722 by grooverman, on Flickr

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[KinkaidAlum]

The residential tower is turning out to be quite handsome. Nothing spectacular but solid. Much better than I expected. 

 

[WeiLu]

A shot from my phone. 

 

[j_cuevas713]

This adds great balance to the Med Center skyline and great density!

[Montrose1100]

I really like how the apartment tower beats to the same brick drum with the rest of the residential towers in the area. Wonderful addition to the feel of sophistication and class that the TMC, Museum district, and Hermann Park have.

 

On top of all that, I hope we see more units in the TMC’s future, as it will change the landscape like it has Downtown.

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View from Twenty Greenway Plaza

[bobruss]

On May 2, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Houston19514 said:

 

Emporis only has the Latitude at 423 feet.  Methodist Outpatient is 512', O'Quinn Tower is 477', Texas Childrens:  457'   Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza:  430'

It might not be as tall but it does dominate the skyline from the southwest, and from the west it looks every bit as tall as the O'Quinn towersMethodist Outpatient and and Texas Childrens.

Not much shorter than Hermann Medical Plaza

[Urbannizer]

http://www.medistarcorp.com/in-development/

 

 

 

[Twinsanity02]

The little bank building and the surface parking lot have a limited future I suspect. Main street here is being "canyonized" like Fannin. Looks great.

[hindesky]

Northside apartment.

[Timoric]

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Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric