nate4l1f3 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 16 hours ago, cspwal said: Nice! When did they start putting glass on it? Very early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 East side. Steel framing going up on the north side. 25 stories based on the service elevator numbers. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted June 13, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2016 Drone Shots Houston by vlad busuioc, on Flickr 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cspwal Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 That block just north of Catalyst just looks prime for some sort of development. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 ^^^ @Yoda outstanding illustration my pal.... WOW! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) That is a remarkable image. Whats most remarkable is the fact that everything in that photo is new or renovated in the last ten years. Beside barely seeing the stadium and G.R.Brown nothing else is really distinguishable as Houston. If someone was shown this picture who just knew our skyline they'd never think of Houston. Talk about growth. And this is on the east side of downtown that 20 years ago was a huge parking district. Great job Yoda! Nunca en mi vida! Edited June 15, 2016 by bobruss added a word 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Wait till the Northside of Minute Maid gets filled up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moore713 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Not long before calls for landscaping renovations for the street themselves. ..to give it a legit neighborhood feel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Im not sure what your referring to because they did all of the east west streets from Commerce to Texas from Bagby to 59. Its called the Cotswold project. Streets, trees, sidewalks, lighting and signage were all improved and once the landscaping is done in front of the new group of residences it should be finished. Im sure those sections will be landscaped similarly. The trees planted in 2002 have grown quite a bit, and it already feels 100% better. The grove of Bald Cyprus trees in front of Minute Maid are beautiful. It feels like a new world there. Once retail and shops open it will be a neighborhood, but you can't manufacture neighborhoods. they grow in their own way organically. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 12 hours ago, bobruss said: Im not sure what your referring to because they did all of the east west streets from Commerce to Texas from Bagby to 59. Its called the Cotswold project. Streets, trees, sidewalks, lighting and signage were all improved and once the landscaping is done in front of the new group of residences it should be finished. Im sure those sections will be landscaped similarly. The trees planted in 2002 have grown quite a bit, and it already feels 100% better. The grove of Bald Cyprus trees in front of Minute Maid are beautiful. It feels like a new world there. Once retail and shops open it will be a neighborhood, but you can't manufacture neighborhoods. they grow in their own way organically. I would like to see a redo of Crawford from MMP to Discovery green. Not sure if it would make sense to do on LaBranch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I imagine that once those streets develop some serious foot traffic after the dust settles and people start to actually live in this area they might do what they are doing to Main street which is upgrading the public realm. I don't see Labranch getting that treatment anytime soon. Most of the development is strung along Crawford and that's where the major venues are. Don't forget that each one of the developers who are building in these areas are planning some kind of landscaping so lets see what they might do. Money is going to be very tight for the next few years and there are a lot of major projects that will be needed before those dollars are available. I will remind that every North South street was rebuilt with new sidewalks, trees, and lighting, from Bagby to Crawford by the federal government, but not as much as the Cotswold project. I was living on Crawford at Franklin at the time and this Federal project along with the Cotswold project, and the main street plaza rail line were simultaneously built during the rush before the super bowl to spruce up downtown. This was the perfect storm that wiped out pedestrian movement no matter where you went. Imagine every North South street being rebuilt, and east west street being rebuilt from Texas to Commerce and Main from the Pierce elevated to the U. of H. It was a mess to get around in intersections were obliterated, mud everywhere wooden walkways sides of streets closed. Plus that was when they started installing all of the underground cables for people like Verizon and all the others. They'd finish a street and then come back and tunnel in to put the lines in. Very frustrating. As Ive said I was running Cabos at the time so I know what it was like from personal experience. It made it very difficult for the good restaurants to make it much less the poorly run clubs. They blamed their downfall on the Rail line, but it was more due the Perfect Storm and poorly run operations. Plus as you all know, the scene is always relocating. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) - Edited July 10, 2019 by Timoric 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I count 26 floors 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yoda Posted June 19, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2016 Dynamo Star Wars Night 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 is it me or are the top ~5 floors wider than the ones below? Is this the design of the building 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 It does look like there's a shift there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctaf Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 The balconies on the top several floors are larger and that's what you're seeing when it looks wider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 16 minutes ago, Ctaf said: The balconies on the top several floors are larger and that's what you're seeing when it looks wider Ahh ok, yeah it seemed out to me but that explains it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nole23 Posted June 23, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2016 Took a quick pic as I headed out this morning. Looks like they're on the 27th floor. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 38 minutes ago, Nole23 said: Took a quick pic as I headed out this morning. Looks like they're on the 27th floor. Is this our first official picture FROM 500 Crawford? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LarryDierker Posted June 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2016 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Suddenly it's seems like there are no bad angles to take a shot of downtown. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bobruss Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 That last one is a winner. Marathon Man strikes again! Don't know how you got all you did in heat like this. I Always enjoy the updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H-TownChris2 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) By looking at hindesky's last picture, it seems as if they're on the last floor. Edited July 11, 2016 by H-TownChris2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Houston? Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 What's under construction on the top right block in the second pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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