lockmat Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I can't see many people getting excited about this, but it's a little somethin'... http://ucr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Wells-Fargo-Plaza-Retail-brochure.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Is it currently vacant? I'm not a mole person so excuse my ignorance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 merged with the existing thread on Wells Fargo Tower @lockmat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, cspwal said: Is it currently vacant? I'm not a mole person so excuse my ignorance Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it just sort of an empty plaza/stairwell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 23 hours ago, lockmat said: Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it just sort of an empty plaza/stairwell? Yep, the plaza has a constantly broken fountain wall and was surrounded by a tunnel hallway on one side and a secondary lobby and vault on the other. This could actually be a pretty cool addition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 (edited) From the Wells-Fargo promotional material: " > Epicenter of Downtown Houston" Online dictionary definition of 'epicenter': 1. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake. 2. the central point of something, typically a difficult or unpleasant situation. You've been warned. Edited June 10, 2018 by dbigtex56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/08-06-18-adair-concepts-new-restaurant-wells-fargo-plaza-downtown-cbre-group/ prominent Houston restaurant group is bringing a new concept to downtown's central business district. Adair Concepts, the company behind Adair Kitchen, Eloise Nichols Grill & Liquors, and Bebidas, will open a new restaurant in the Wells Fargo Plaza office building, local real estate firm CBRE Group, Inc. announced. Slated to arrive in the fall of 2019, the new restaurant will serve breakfast, lunch, and happy hour-style bites to downtown office workers who will be able to access the restaurant from either the street level or the tunnel system. Local architecture firm Gensler will collaborate with McGarr Design & Interiors on the design of the approximately 4,600 square foot space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 elnina999 has added a photo to the pool: View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 What was before One Shell Plaza Wells Fargo Tower: 1962-03 View from Houston city hall by Mark Navarro, on Flickr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Isn't that the Wells Fargo block Urb? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 It is! Thanks @urbanize713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) On 8/30/2004 at 12:06 PM, Subdude said: It is a bit dated, but I like Wells Fargo more than its contemporaries (e.g. Chase Tower). The design in plan is two offset quarter-circles, although it is often said to be based on a dollar sign. While it lends some visual interest to the exterior, the shape to me makes the interior spaces a bit awkward. Found an early analysis of that shape published in Texas Architect in a 1981 article. Little known fact -- URL linking to a specific page number 64 within a PDF requires (or used to require) you to type #page=64 after the '.pdf' for some browsers to handle it, and #page64 for others. Here's the link, and here's another if that didn't take your browser straight there. Edited December 11, 2020 by strickn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) On 8/30/2004 at 9:32 AM, h-townrep said: I use to work on the 71st floor of Chase and on a low foggy morning, all you could see was the Wells Fargo tower, BOA and the then Transco Tower and Sanfelipe in a distance. That was pure beauty. Wells Fargo has a pretty cool design on top also. $$$$$$$ It's attractive all right. Less elegantly modern than Chase but much more likeable. San Felipe Plaza in the distance was designed by the same firm (Houston had a Skidmore, Owings and Merrill office at that time; Chase's designer IM Pei had a Dallas office in the 1980s) that designed Wells Fargo Plaza, with the quarter-circles offset a different amount in the footprint. Here's a picture of SFP that shows it, from the May-June 1982 Texas Architect article (with a lot of other fun pictures) on the state's crop of new towers. Many of them were post-deregulation investments from prosperous lenders who required heavy taxpayer-funded bailouts a few years later, to help keep the state's cities from becoming world-class tumbleweed farms. Edited December 11, 2020 by strickn 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 2:53 PM, strickn said: Found an early analysis of that shape published in Texas Architect in a 1981 article. Little known fact -- URL linking to a specific page number 64 within a PDF requires (or used to require) you to type #page=64 after the '.pdf' for some browsers to handle it, and #page64 for others. Here's the link, and here's another if that didn't take your browser straight there. Wow Strickn, Thank you for this! Check out Eagle Plaza in Midland! They WISH! Also, I don't think I've ever seen such a clear rendering of the Campeau Tower. She's interesting for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 3:16 PM, strickn said: world-class tumbleweed farms. hah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) On 6/5/2018 at 1:56 PM, lockmat said: I can't see many people getting excited about this, but it's a little somethin'... http://ucr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Wells-Fargo-Plaza-Retail-brochure.pdf This graphic from that brochure shows the space as being on the plaza level. Can anyone report whether Adair Downtown restaurant, which opened in this spot a year ago this week, has an entrance door from the plaza, as finally constructed, or entrances only from WFP lobby and the tunnel? Thanks! Edited January 23, 2021 by strickn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/23/2021 at 3:38 PM, strickn said: This graphic from that brochure shows the space as being on the plaza level. Can anyone report whether Adair Downtown restaurant, which opened in this spot a year ago this week, has an entrance door from the plaza, as finally constructed, or entrances only from WFP lobby and the tunnel? Thanks! The photos on their website shows an entrance from the plaza area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Thank you. A fresh post on 1000 Louisiana / WFP, of interest to this thread's readers, is in a different thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfewell22 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Anybody know why Wells Fargo and Chase Towers have not had there decorative lighting on for the last few months? Seems like ever since people got ticked off that the lights were on downtown during the freeze they decided to not light them back up. Sad seeing our skyline at night and our two tallest are dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I think that our crappy grid continues to be tested periodically during the hot summer months, it makes better sense for them to lay-off the lighting for a while. I think if I were managing the building, I'd do the same thing. I bet they light up again in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downtown JuJuB Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Has anyone noticed that Wells Fargo’s name has been removed from the awning outside the building at 1000 Louisiana? Are they no longer the anchor tenant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 13 hours ago, Downtown JuJuB said: Has anyone noticed that Wells Fargo’s name has been removed from the awning outside the building at 1000 Louisiana? Are they no longer the anchor tenant? Per their website, the building is still apparently named "Wells Fargo Plaza". Any photos? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downtown JuJuB Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 No photos at this time but I will walk by & snap one to post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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