mlyoung83 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I was able to get up this week, was dressed up to blend in though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlyoung83 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I think an admin has to do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Ohh. I was confusing groups with pages.. Couldn't figure out why there wasn't an option to add photos. Ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) . Edited June 14, 2014 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Is the Wells Fargo skylobby open to the public? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Is the Wells Fargo skylobby open to the public? No, your best chance to get up there is to be in business attire and just act like you belong. You will have to do this during normal business hours. They typically have 1-2 security guards on either side of the elevator banks. Another good idea is to go into the tunnels and take the direct skylobby elevator from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovettJungleBomber Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I went up to Floors 58-59 twice this past summer without any problems. Casual dress (jeans and sport shirt) so I obviously didn't look like a lawyer or a CPA. I entered once from the tunnel and once from Louisiana Street and boarded the elevator without any questions.Enjoy the view! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 As happens so frequently, just walk right in like you own the place and you are rarely questioned. BTW, lawyers often wear jeans and a sport shirt to the office these days. When they aren't wearing a Brooks Brothers suit and a homburg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) n/t Edited September 27, 2014 by kylejack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlyoung83 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 We got up there, took the tunnels from the Shell Tower over to WF and went up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Ok where are the pics? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Yeah, tunnels is the easiest. Lots of activity going on because of the branch in the basement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Now that the weather's nice, I'll have to head over after Court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeopleAreStrange Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Does the Wells Fargo skylobby have an advantage over the Chase tower skylobby? I'm planning on visiting the Chase tower skylobby since it's open to the public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Does the Wells Fargo skylobby have an advantage over the Chase tower skylobby?I'm planning on visiting the Chase tower skylobby since it's open to the public.If you only see on Chase Tower is the way to go. Wells Fargo has a grand lobby on the 50 something floor, white marble, really awesome. The views offer the Chase Tower, the old Enron/new Chevron complex, and a view of discovery green. It depends on the time of day you go. Wells Fargo always seems to have worse glare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlyoung83 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I have been up to the Wells Fargo skylobby about 5 times now since my first post. Just dress nice and you should be fine. Worse case, they just ask you to leave. I was caught once, but had shorts/sandals on and was feeling lucky. The skylobby elevators for Wells Fargo are to your left when you walk in, on the last elevator bank. Chase Skylobby 60th floor: Wells Fargo Lobby 58/59th floor with lots of morning glare: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlyoung83 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) The Chase Lobby is one story, but Wells Fargo has a grand two story lobby on two levels (floors 58 and 59). Really cool. It almost has a surreal feeling to it. Not many people get up there/even know about it. Legend has it, the Bank of America Tower also has a very secret and hidden skylobby that looks out towards Heritage Plaza and City hall. I have been on 20 different floors in that building up top, haven't found it yet. Still searching though, I will find it soon enough. Edited December 30, 2014 by mlyoung83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeopleAreStrange Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Didn't visit the Wells Fargo Skylobby since I only had a few hours to spend downtown yesterday and spent an hour in the Chase tower. I might try the Wells Fargo tower when I return to Houston in a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrage Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I've known about the Chase and Wells Fargo sky lobbies for a good while. I first saw the Chase (then Texas Commerce Bank Building) Sky Lobby back in 1983 during a field trip in the 8th grade. Then first saw the Wells Fargo (Think it was the Allied Bank Building then) lobby in 1987 during the grand opening weekend of the George R Brown Convention center. My cousins and I were wondering downtown and went looking for the Hit Video USA studios in the Allied Bank Building. We found it and somehow stumbled on the sky lobby. I've been there a few times since. For awhile I was curious to see what other buildings had a sky lobby as well. The old Tenneco building looks like it may have had an open air deck at one time that circled the entire top floor. Anyone know if that's what it was? Hey KyleJack I had the exact same experience as your friend once not long after 9/11. My kids and I tried to get up there but they wouldn't let us and also told us it wasn't open to the public. It has since been reopened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlyoung83 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I know you can go out on top of the Wedge Tower. They have a restaurant/bar called The 43rd, which is on the 43rd floor. It has an outdoor/rooftop patio. Food sucks though. They do not allow cameras, only phones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I'm not aware that the Tenneco Building had an observation deck open to the public. However, when I was a kid, the place to go was the observation deck near the top of the Humble Bldg. (now the ExxonMobil Bldg.). The Petroleum club occupied the top 2 floors, so the deck must have occupied all of Floor 42. Besides the view, an additional fun feature there was a coin-operated machine that would make a rubber replica of the building while you watched. I wonder if the deck will be reinstated once XOM moves out and Shorenstein redevelops the building. I imagine the views now would be pretty cool -- since this building is offset from the main cluster of towers, rather than being right in their midst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I'm not aware that the Tenneco Building had an observation deck open to the public. However, when I was a kid, the place to go was the observation deck near the top of the Humble Bldg. (now the ExxonMobil Bldg.). The Petroleum club occupied the top 2 floors, so the deck must have occupied all of Floor 42. Besides the view, an additional fun feature there was a coin-operated machine that would make a rubber replica of the building while you watched. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 J-a-x has added a photo to the pool: Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cloud713 Posted March 31, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2016 Has anyone ever heard of this proposal to extend the height of the curtain wall (apparently the original design was supposed to be built that way, not sure why the "concept was never realized"?) with the glass extended above the roof line, making it the tallest building in Texas), along with adding an observation deck with a glass floor? No idea what year these plans are from, but damn would it be cool if it ever happened..http://www.keatingarchitecture.com/projects/details/60 Quote Wells Fargo Tower Observation Deck The Texas Panorama A pivotal building in the imagery of the City of Houston this 71 story tower dominates the skyline, especially as seen from Allen Parkway. The concept we had for the original design was derived from Houston’s self image as the Emerald City. Clad in luminous green glass and carefully sculpted in its unique shape that engages the light throughout the day, the association with the Yellow Brick Road from the 1939 movie, “the Wizard of Oz” was made real by this tower. The top of Wells Fargo Tower was supposed to extend the curtain wall up to hide the mass of the penthouse and give a skyline cap of translucency that would articulate the tallest building in Texas, but this concept was never realized. Recently there has been a series of towers in major cities that have seen the economic value in the creation of a public observation deck in unique vistas. This proposal would cantilever a major glass floored deck well out over the city and in so doing finish the top as originally conceived while providing a vista that would include the path of the Texans leading from the Alamo to the San Jacinto monument and the resulting defeat of Santa Ana, ultimately bringing Texas into the United States. At the same time this building would become the tallest tower in Texas resulting in new real estate value and a recognition to this major tower that has eluded it since it was completed. Interestingly enough.. Keating Architecture also designed the Block 142 mixed use(?) X-shaped tower that was posted last year in the Houston Potential thread. I didn't realize that was designed by a legitimate firm. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 (edited) Wow, that would be awesome! If this is a real proposal I hope that the curtain wall is raised no less that 80 ft as that would raise the hieght to 1072ft. Exactly 2ft higher than Transbay (Sales Force) Tower Edited March 31, 2016 by urbanize713 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrage Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 On December 2, 2004 at 4:50 PM, Heights2Bastrop said: Yes, VH1 originated in Houston. I knew about it, but I weasn't into it or MTV back then, so I don't know all that much about how it got started. I do know that it was 1985 when they were in Allied Bank. no actually it wasn't VH1, it was a local low power video channel that went under the calls K05HU with the moniker "TV5" then later "Hit Video USA". VH1 had already signed on in early '85, K05HU went on air in July. Hit Video attempted to go national on cable but it never panned out as they hoped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrage Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 On December 13, 2004 at 8:11 PM, MidtownCoog said: I call BS on the VH1 starting in Houston. Show me in print. You are getting it confused with that old station on Ch 43(?) that played the four same videos day after day. A local station from downtown. Duran Duran, Dire Straights, Tina Turner... ok, three videos. Channel 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Now more than ever we need this roof top observation deck proposal to happen.. heh. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Could this really happened? That is what we need. I hope it will not be potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Found this on ABC 13's Youtube. Coverage of the "blue bandit" parachute jump from multiple angles on the ground and in the air from 1983. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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