BigFootsSocks Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 The GRB Super Plunger will never die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 This project is still "In Development" according to their updated website: http://zydeco66.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 On 10/23/2015 at 9:40 AM, lockmat said: Holy crap, lol. Not sure what to think @Urbannizer is this still the design?!?! Maybe if this was built in the 70's and 80's when real hardcore post-modernism was in vogue, but this looks really dated. Its almost a parody of post-modernism. Everything from the "plunger" capitals and ornament (because we do whatever we want!), to the out of scale elements...on everything (because everything is relative!), and to the garish color scheme (because its all up to interpretation! Its whatever I will it to be!). Hard Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Looks like Carnival Cruise Lines got into the skyscraper business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Response Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 BARF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 This "developer" has experience in desert style hotels, nothing taller than 2-3 stories. My guess is this was a EB-5 money play. It seriously looks like a money laundering or a Ponzi scheme. There are 1,000 more economically viable developments in the area that any real investor would rather put money in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Someone must really hate Houston and River Oaks to want to put toilet plunger towers up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 but the tiny, tiny children...in the tiny, tiny pool... That's worth something, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Good lord, I don't care that it's a 58 story development, I hope this never gets built if it looks like the renderings above. Incredibly hideous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jermh Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Are they calling it "The Eclipse" because you shouldn't look directly at it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfish Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 The pagoda from hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 I...... kind of love it? Although it does look like someone built it in MInecraft in those renderings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Ugly but would find it funny if it was in River Oaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 19 minutes ago, Naviguessor said: but the tiny, tiny children...in the tiny, tiny pool... That's worth something, isn't it? I mean yeah...of course! I wonder if they could just tour with a local circus instead!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 This one has me very confused. HCAD verifies that “Artesian Eclipse” has owned the land at 2120 since at least Sept 2015. I can’t access any records before then. The same entity also owns 2202 Welch, a townhome about 2 lots west of the larger property. 2200 Welch (between those properties) is owned by an unrelated entity, as far as I can tell. My guess would be IF they ever broke ground here, they would use the townhome lot as a construction or sales office. But I have tried contacting the people listed on their website before, and I haven’t been able to get any info. So who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Looks like a building that would be built in a city in Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, htownbro said: Looks like a building that would be built in a city in Asia. Nah, I think even Asia would pass on this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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htownbro Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, Timoric said: With this location near so many institutions in the heart of the city I think this has a good shot of getting the full build done. I am not aware of a large project failing in the Medical Center like happens all the time in the Energy Corridor because a commodity price dips below $40 and a see-through or scaled back building sits vacant or never gets built at all, this looks like a solid investment to me and I imagine investors would feel pretty good looking at the map view true but hopefully they will change the design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 YES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I think I posted this before........😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I halfway think those renderings are a placeholder joke. --- is there any chance this was like a joke they modeled and then just put it in as a placeholder while they worked on the real thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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arche_757 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Doesn’t appear scaled correctly for a 58 floor tower. Look at the base. That said, if this IS the design: garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, arche_757 said: Doesn’t appear scaled correctly for a 58 floor tower. Look at the base. That said, if this IS the design: garbage. Thats hardline postmodernism. Scale is arbitrary in this style and school of thought. Nothing here is proportionally correct, or scaled correct, but that is the point. Remember, everything is relative, and who are you to say what is the "proper scale" of anything. This isn't me defending or promoting by the way, but merely stating why it looks the way it looks. Everything here is purposefully subjective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Site photos as of today. Basically the same as the photos provided in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 On 4/26/2019 at 10:46 AM, Luminare said: Thats hardline postmodernism. Scale is arbitrary in this style and school of thought. Nothing here is proportionally correct, or scaled correct, but that is the point. Remember, everything is relative, and who are you to say what is the "proper scale" of anything. This isn't me defending or promoting by the way, but merely stating why it looks the way it looks. Everything here is purposefully subjective. I for one reject the notion that we can't have Hobbit children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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