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1 hour ago, Montrose1100 said:

It's a cool feeling seeing this interaction with the street. It goes against everything in the original vision.

 

The contrast in glass is kind of ugly, but I guess I'll reserve judgements until it's complete with some greenery. 

 

100% agree with see this being against the original vision. The change has been much...more than I would have thought after seeing the original outline a year ago.

 

If they basically just remove SOME of the brick from the Shops, downtown will have gotten such a facelift. And walking into the shops will no longer feel like going into a bunker.

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2 hours ago, Montrose1100 said:

It's a cool feeling seeing this interaction with the street. It goes against everything in the original vision.

 

The contrast in glass is kind of ugly, but I guess I'll reserve judgements until it's complete with some greenery. 


I think the contrast is pretty neat, from a historical perspective. I'm going to enjoy pointing out to people why there's such a stark break between the old building and the new renovations, and the 180 planning philosophy has made since the Houston Center was built.

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4 hours ago, X.R. said:

 

100% agree with see this being against the original vision. The change has been much...more than I would have thought after seeing the original outline a year ago.

 

If they basically just remove SOME of the brick from the Shops, downtown will have gotten such a facelift. And walking into the shops will no longer feel like going into a bunker.

 

I believe there are plans for updates to the facade of the shops, correct? or am I mistaken?

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On 9/25/2020 at 9:29 PM, Fortune said:

 

I believe there are plans for updates to the facade of the shops, correct? or am I mistaken?

 

Yeah, the face of the building will have the bricks removed in sections and replace by giant windows/glass, supposed to be done by end of 2021, if the plans are still intact and proceeding as planned.

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On 11/13/2020 at 12:32 PM, Eastdwntwn said:

Photo taken on 11/10/2020.

 

They reduced Mckinney to three lanes and expanded the sidewalk! So from Fannin to Austin its 3 lanes instead of 4. 

Houston Center.jpg


Drove by last night and this looks almost complete. 

 

Any idea when/if the Park Shops renovation begins? Looking forward to this as opening up the Park Shops outward to McKinney might attract more people inside and is close enough to to Discovery Green to potentially attract some of its crowd. 

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5 hours ago, tigereye said:


Drove by last night and this looks almost complete. 

 

Any idea when/if the Park Shops renovation begins? Looking forward to this as opening up the Park Shops outward to McKinney might attract more people inside and is close enough to to Discovery Green to potentially attract some of its crowd. 

I've been waiting for them to start for years, and then they finally start the redevelopment and still haven't touched The Shops. 

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