Tumbleweed_Tx Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 12:06 AM, hindesky said: Getting tarred A year ago if someone said this lot was being tarred, feathers would have been involved. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Looks like they are power washing the Alley. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kbates2 Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 I’ll take full credit. 4 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Looks like future columns for what I assume will elevate the area like it was before. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 4:50 PM, hindesky said: 17 hours ago, hindesky said: Looks like future columns for what I assume will elevate the area like it was before. With the lifting loops coming out of the top and the plastic sheet below, these are definitely temporary. It appears they are experimenting with concrete pigments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Nate99 Posted November 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2021 Forgive the dirty lens pano shot, but the view from the new square here is going to be something the crowd around here will appreciate. Calpine has been there a while now, but for those that still have the "seedy as ever" view of downtown, the metamorphosis from this vantage is as stark as from the Market Square side... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tumbleweed_Tx Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 tar paper and crates looks much better than what was there.. .lol 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 https://www.studioredarchitects.com 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mattyt36 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 On 5/15/2018 at 12:21 PM, ttuchris said: Has anyone seen any more information on Tranquility Park being renovated? In my opinion, it needs more help than Jones Plaza. I walked through this park and around City Hall over the weekend on my way to The Hobby Center. The sidewalks are narrow and in extremely bad shape. It seems like City Hall is used enough to justify improving this area. This website says the fountains have been closed since 2013. Maybe something will happen after the Bagby redo. Tranquillity Park Fountain - September 9, 2013 - Until Further Notice Due to mechanical repairs, the Tranquillity Park fountain basin has been drained and the tall "stacks" will not be operational for the duration of the project. http://www.houstontx.gov/parks/closedrepair.html Can I re-up this question? Is Tranquility Park just forgotten until the next "master plan"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, mattyt36 said: Can I re-up this question? Is Tranquility Park just forgotten until the next "master plan"? It honestly doesn’t even need to have a full gut. It’s just needs a light facelift. Improved sidewalks… updating landscaping… get the fountains working! it could be super cool and kind of retro. But it’s useless right now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 38 minutes ago, Avossos said: It honestly doesn’t even need to have a full gut. It’s just needs a light facelift. Improved sidewalks… updating landscaping… get the fountains working! it could be super cool and kind of retro. But it’s useless right now. It's just such a shame . . . it's been more than a decade now but that was a great place to walk around and take photos. The columns really lined up well against the buildings behind the fountain. Plus, it's TRANQUILITY PARK, commemorating the moon landing, so I can't help it's pretty pathetic we can't make it functional again. Is there a major engineering or structural problem with the fountain or something? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 When I moved to Houston the first time, Tranquility Park was on all of the postcards. Now it's dead. Yet another example of Houston being good at building things, but taking zero interest in maintaining them. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I believe it’s damaged and was leaking into the garage it was built on…I may be wrong. So there’ll have to be quite a bit of structural work on the garage underneath. I know the planned rehab of the site was grouped alongside the Bagby Street redo in the Master Plan PDF, but there hasn’t been a whole lot else said about it. All I could find was this KHOU article from 2019, claiming there is a funding issue. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 @BEES?! Thank you so much for that . . . it was much more than I was able to find. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Amlaham Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Jones Hall is being renovated with a $25.5M price tag! No renderings but expected to be finished around 2024 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/Jones-Hall-undergoing-dramatic-changes-to-improve-17213960.php 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Amlaham said: Jones Hall is being renovated with a $25.5M price tag! No renderings but expected to be finished around 2024 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/Jones-Hall-undergoing-dramatic-changes-to-improve-17213960.php $25.5 Million is the amount they've raised so far. The total price tag is around $50 Million (and some of the work was already done during COVID; I'm no acoustician, but I think the acoustics are already noticeably improved). The Symphony is doing their summer concerts in the Hobby Center, so that work can be done in Jones Hall. Edited June 2, 2022 by Houston19514 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbg.50 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Houston19514 said: $25.5 Million is the amount they've raised so far. The total price tag is around $50 Million (and some of the work was already done during COVID; I'm no acoustician, but I think the acoustics are already noticeably improved). The Symphony is doing their summer concerts in the Hobby Center, so that work can be done in Jones Hall. Has anyone seen renderings of the final design? I'm curious if they will remove the hexagon ceiling "hangings" and where new bathrooms will be added. I'd also love to hear what the musicians have to say about the acoustics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Another article about the renovations: http://stylemagazine.com/news/2022/jun/02/foundation-jones-hall-announces-50-million-renovat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foundation-for-jones-hall-announces-50-million-renovation-plans-for-iconic-performing-arts-facility-this-summer-and-beyond 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/3/2022 at 12:44 PM, Houston19514 said: Another article about the renovations: http://stylemagazine.com/news/2022/jun/02/foundation-jones-hall-announces-50-million-renovat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foundation-for-jones-hall-announces-50-million-renovation-plans-for-iconic-performing-arts-facility-this-summer-and-beyond Early discussions for a renovation project involved a potential $200 million figure, before I think Hurricane Harvey scrapped everything. I seem to remember it was going to involve a complete gutting as well as adding a rooftop garden. At the time, I was disappointed that they weren't going to build a whole new symphony hall, as Hans Graf called for them to do twenty years ago. Although I will say that the last couple times I've been in town and seen Jones Hall, it had a certain venerable awe, maybe because I've lately been going to concerts at the Long Center in Austin. Anyway... I'm just glad that they're even renovating it at all. You have to look at the glass half full. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post JBTX Posted June 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2022 Alley Theatre received a $25 Million gift today and will be renaming the 615 Texas Ave building the "Meredith J. Long Theatre Center" in honor of the deceased Chairman. Based on the gift amount, I suspect there will be additional renovations as well. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/Exclusive-Alley-Theatre-to-be-renamed-after-17269041.php?fbclid=IwAR12meZVbGuXD9cPsbrVKSScm7Zrm-oQvJmpiEGnTzrKcRu4zKeeZr7pNWg 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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