Popular Post hindesky Posted July 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2016 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 ^^^ @hindesky perfect job my pal as always. however, that amazing trumpet look's as though it's starting to fade. houston's summers can be quite harsh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 New sculptures on the 1100 Main Southbound plaza in front of Hilcorp. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 That looks so weird. I need to take a picture in front of them. lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Proposed sign: Please don't feed the art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I recognize them. They are the Sutekh's mummies the 4th Doctor battled in the Pyramid of Mars. But I thought they were dead, I mean really really dead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post tigereye Posted January 24, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2017 Some updates to Main St Square. LEDs in fountain jets, light towers color changing once again. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Wow, the fountains are actually working again and look better than ever! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 The refreshing mist of downtown sidewalk runoff returns! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 8 hours ago, adr said: Also note new lighting on LRV poles. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) Just in case anyone is wondering Ay Te Miro means see you soon Edited November 29, 2018 by j_cuevas713 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 On 1/23/2017 at 10:11 PM, Sunstar said: Wow, the fountains are actually working again and look better than ever! I'm sure that they will fix them again in time for the next Super Bowl. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 I've been meaning to post this for a few weeks, but now the art on 901 Main is Sam Houston. It will be in place through April. More details here: https://www.downtownhouston.org/guidedetail/art-blocks/main-street-marquee-sam-houston-style/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdog08 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 ^^^Gene Hackman looks pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rechlin Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 There's a pretty big fire in this building right now (11 units responding), and I just realized I'd never posted a photo of the latest art: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Now a 4-alarm fire (this photo was taken an hour after the previous one): 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Does anyone know what the rest of that building is besides the food mart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Still burning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 And just yesterday we were linked to its former deco glory... it's going to be interesting seeing what the next act is for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, Nate99 said: Still burning 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Thanks for digging that back up, Avossos. Comparing them side by side, it looks like the slip cover may not have destroyed everything since it's roughly the same height as the original roof decoration. Now let's just hope that the fire doesn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I wonder how the slip cover affects its flammability. Could the space between the old facade and the slip cover be a pocket that fire can burn worse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, mollusk said: And just yesterday we were linked to its former deco glory... it's going to be interesting seeing what the next act is for this one. 58 minutes ago, cspwal said: I wonder how the slip cover affects its flammability. Could the space between the old facade and the slip cover be a pocket that fire can burn worse? While this one may have something remaining of it's original facade, I think you are confusing this with the Main Food Store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I think with this building we are uncertain whether the façade is a slipcover or if it replaced the original façade. Though now that flames are coming out of the roof, the building may be too heavily damaged for it to matter (HFD is flying a drone overhead to inspect, too). Here's the best photo I can come up with of the original 1929 appearance: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 hours ago, phillip_white said: While this one may have something remaining of it's original facade, I think you are confusing this with the Main Food Store. I get where you're coming from, but the fire is in the building housing a different bodega, the Main Street Market, a few blocks north. It, too was slipcovered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Damn so it was damaged that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 21 hours ago, rechlin said: I think with this building we are uncertain whether the façade is a slipcover or if it replaced the original façade. Though now that flames are coming out of the roof, the building may be too heavily damaged for it to matter (HFD is flying a drone overhead to inspect, too). Here's the best photo I can come up with of the original 1929 appearance: I can't imagine they would go to all the trouble to remove that stone when it is a perfectly fine base for whatever you need to put on it. Those lower art deco ornaments probably didn't survive though, and obviously the top projecting ones didn't. I've seen the slipcover and it does not seem like very substantial material. I think renovation of the upper floors will be driven by the market for historic Class B office space, perhaps creative space. Right now there is a lot of this available in the Lower Main area. Not sure why there isn't more demand for offices in such interesting buildings as we have but my guess is the parking issue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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