Howard Huge Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Phew, scared me for a minute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 The taller the better. Oh and add a spire too, please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Looks like this tower has been reduced to 22-stories after concerns that the building will dwarf surrounding buildings: http://www.museumparkna.org/Resources/Documents/MPNA%20Position%20Statement%20-%20July%2025,%202013.pdf Edit: I inferred the ''reduced'' part based on the article. I have no inside information aside from what you read on the release.Hines' project will be 22 stories. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I was told that the details regarding this tower should be on the Museum Park Neighborhood Association's website soon. Did they give a time frame as to how soon? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 do they have any more meetings coming up? maybe someone could go to one and find out the details 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Probably so, in Downtown.^^^ Edited August 13, 2013 by TowerSpotter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Did they give a time frame as to how soon?No, but I asked. The meeting was last Wednesday. I also signed up for emails, so I should know the date of the next meeting soon. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Juanitos Superior Posted August 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2013 First post and new to this forum. ...and here's the rendering for Helix Tower: 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 First post and new to this forum. ...and here's the rendering for Helix Tower:That's exactly what the museum district needs. Thanks for posting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 First post and new to this forum. ...and here's the rendering for Helix Tower: Welome and Thanks. This is a marvelous tower. Not what I thought it was going to look like but better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) wait so Helix Tower is the museum district tower? if so i dig it! its not too twisty and odd looking.Thanks for posting and welcome to the forum! Edited August 14, 2013 by cloud713 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPHous Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Wow I love it!!! Reminds me of the "Upscale Hotel" proposed way back for BLVD Place, but bigger..I think. Nice find! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 First post and new to this forum. ...and here's the rendering for Helix Tower:I love you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) That's a beautiful building. I like how well it compliments The Parklane, including some design similarities. Also, placing it at the corner of Hermann and Jackon makes it right across from the Centennial Gardens parking lot, preserves most of the TEMA lot for future development including the possibility of a third tower as was originally contemplated, doesn't block any significant views from The Parklane (see attached), and shouldn't arouse any NIMBY protests. Job well done. Edited August 14, 2013 by nate 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 wait so Helix Tower is the museum district tower? if so i dig it! its not too twisty and odd looking. Thanks for posting and welcome to the forum! I have the same question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) I have the same question. from the rendering it appears to match all the descriptions. the setting seems fairly accurate (the plot of land, the corner of Parklane on the right, they said the garage would be 5 stories (one below ground) with an amenity deck on the top, so the 4 levels of garage and palm trees on top of the garage seem to indicate its the design described in the Swamplot article.. and the tower is 42 stories if you count.i think this is our tower. Edited August 14, 2013 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) It's a very Miami-esque condo tower. I'm sure not as grand as we all had imagined, but a fabulous addition to the skyline, and slowly making my dream of Hermann park completely surrounded by condo towers a reality. Looks like it might be the tallest in the area! Edited August 14, 2013 by Montrose1100 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sellanious Caesar Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Whoa there, somethings causing a disturbance in my pants right after I saw that rendering. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 This has to be our tower, look closely to the top right and you'll find one of Houston's residential buildings and also all the way to left looks to be another one of Houston's residential. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 It's a very Miami-esque condo tower. I'm sure not as grand as we all had imagined, but a fabulous addition to the skyline, and slowly making my dream of Hermann park completely surrounded by condo towers a reality. Looks like it might be the tallest in the area!My dream is downtown skyline connected with midtown high rises connected to the museum district towers connected to the med center skyline one day.ONE HUGE SKYLINE! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 agreed. midtown needs to step it up with the highrises and start working on filling in the gap! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 My dream is downtown skyline connected with midtown high rises connected to the museum district towers connected to the med center skyline one day. ONE HUGE SKYLINE! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 LOL to both comments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 My dream is downtown skyline connected with midtown high rises connected to the museum district towers connected to the med center skyline one day.ONE HUGE SKYLINE! and then skylines from Uptown to Downtown need to be merged. Greenway is starting to merge with uptown (at least as much as is possible without intruding into that small neighborhood between them), the 4th ward is getting some highrises. that just needs to continue and river oaks get some highrises and then their would be a huge skyline from uptown to the medical center. maybe by 2050.. heh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) and then skylines from Uptown to Downtown need to be merged. Greenway is starting to merge with uptown (at least as much as is possible without intruding into that small neighborhood between them), the 4th ward is getting some highrises. that just needs to continue and river oaks get some highrises and then their would be a huge skyline from uptown to the medical center. maybe by 2050.. heh And then the I-10 corridor leading up to the glob of buildings forming a long highway of never ending skyline. Edited August 15, 2013 by TowerSpotter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I was actually hoping for more of a "art" piece for the museum district, and would have preferred more of a twist. This is not bad at all however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 And then the I-10 corridor leading up to the glob of buildings forming a long highway of never ending skyline. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 What building is that in the upper right side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 its not the corner of Parklane? the rounded edge sticking in the upper right of the picture? the corners on Parklane are rounded like that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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