Howard Huge Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I'll be that guy....What name shall we christen this new "mini-neighborhood" with? - Block 334- Skyhouse- Skyhouse Main- Houston House Apartments- The Beaconsfield Condos- Allied Orions Pappas BBQ apartments- Leon Capitols midrise- Camden's twin Toyota Center Towers- 1810 Main street apartmentsIf anyone says "Sodo" I'm gonna track your ip address and hunt you down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I've called it "Leeland" a couple of times to people. It's not super accurate since Leeland runs all the way out into the East End past Scott street though South Downtown (no freaking abbreviation of it though - I don't want to live in a soda) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pragmatist Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I'll be that guy....What name shall we christen this new "mini-neighborhood" with?- Block 334- Skyhouse- Skyhouse Main- Houston House Apartments- The Beaconsfield Condos- Allied Orions Pappas BBQ apartments- Leon Capitols midrise- Camden's twin Toyota Center Towers- 1810 Main street apartmentsIf anyone says "Sodo" I'm gonna track your ip address and hunt you down...Skyhouse Village Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 SODOR SODOR SODOR SODOR SODOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Ivy Lofts is going in to Chi Tpa Town, so why not SoDoHo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Ivy Lofts is going in to Chi Tpa Town, so why not SoDoHo 'cause that sounds like one of the (non existent) hookers that get our friends from the burbs all verklempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 How about NOTE North of The Elevated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Actually that was a joke, but you should consider since the Co Cathedral is actually in the very center of all of this residentialactivity perhaps somehow referring to it in some way. Remember there are two large projects going up right around it also so you have residences or hotels to the east , North, South and west of it. This is really going to be a densely populated area and with the rail right there it should be a popular place to live. Hopefully now with the downturn in development some of the small one and two story buildings will turn into neighborhood bars, restaurants and retail and service type businesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I agree. We could call it the Cathedral District, unless people might confuse the Co-Cathedral with the Christ Church Cathedral on the other side of downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I agree. We could call it the Cathedral District, unless people might confuse the Co-Cathedral with the Christ Church Cathedral on the other side of downtown.I would be for that if the Cathedral wasn't the religious manifestation of poor exterior architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 It's an ugly building but it's also very visible. I weirdly support this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 ^^^ hey gang, what about SAINT MAIN DISTRICT....?? i think that it harbors a pretty cool ring to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 What shall we call it?Well, Houston like calling areas of downtown "Districts". So, let's start with that......Now, it's also residential..... And Given that Light rail runs right through it, how about: "Residential Rail District"? (RRD)Or, maybe since Main Street is in the mix of it:"Main Residential District"? (MRD)........Ok, both suck..... But, how about something with "District"??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 How bout Sodo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Skyhouse District? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I realize it has changed drastically in a short period of time, but I still think of it as the Parking District. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 This convo deserves its own topic, so posts peeled out from Skyhouse thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I realize it has changed drastically in a short period of time, but I still think of it as the Parking District. The District Formerly Known as the Parking District, District Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 According to the Downtown Management district, part of it ("north" of Pease, "west" of San Jacinto) is in the Skyline district, while the rest is in the medical district http://downtownhouston.org/districts/ There definitely is room to cut out a new district for these residential buildings. "Skyhomes" district might work - it plays on the skyline district and on the 2 Skyhouse towers, without naming them specifically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 I don't think district should be in the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 How about "The DOMAIN" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Just throwing some thoughts out there. If based on direction it could be called Downtown South, if based on major landowner, which is the Roman Catholic church, it could be called little Rome or something suggestive of Rome.I would not try to "New Yorkize" the name. As much as I admire New York City , I think it is a bad idea to always do a "me too". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 According to the Downtown Management district, part of it ("north" of Pease, "west" of San Jacinto) is in the Skyline district, while the rest is in the medical district http://downtownhouston.org/districts/ There definitely is room to cut out a new district for these residential buildings. "Skyhomes" district might work - it plays on the skyline district and on the 2 Skyhouse towers, without naming them specifically Downtown Districts c 2016.JPG The map shows how arbitrary those "districts" were. I think they were based on wishful thinking more than anything else. Seriously, "Shopping District"? I think no. Does anyone remember back in the late 1990s there was a plan floated about for downtown revitalization that included a "Cathedral Square" and a street running east-northeast from there to the Convention Center (through what was then mainly vacant blocks)? I'm thinking that used the name Cathedral District, which seems to me as reasonable as anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 NoPeWeSanj - Baby Momma reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Old (2014) Southern downtown plan: http://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2014-06-18/Southern_Downtown_Public_Realm_Plan_Final_For_Web_Compressed.pdf No names were mentioned, but there are interesting tidbits - the two mid-rises going up near the Co-Cathedral should have a dog run and a plaza on Caroline. It mentioned "Cathedral Square" once, but I didn't see a location or any new street Create new focal points around the Christ Church Cathedral and Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, such as the proposed Cathedral Square. Integrate compelling green space into expanded campuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I found a diagonal street! On page 55 of this pdfhttp://southmainalliance.org/Portals/0/PDFs&Docs/MSCPlan11-00.pdf It looks like it was going to start at St. Joseph & Main, and run to Discovery green to a traffic circle made there in front of GRB Drawing a line on a map, it looks to go through:a bit of the Amegy bank building, but not the tower itselfthe parking lot for the Co-Cathedral bounded by Pease/Fannin/JeffersonThrough the Zydeco diner behind Houston House, almost directlyThrough a lot of parking lots (though possibly clipping Brown Book shop & Athens Hotel)It goes straight through the Embassy SuitesIt also seems to think that the Toyota center would have been centered on the block where the Goodyear next to the Houston House is now, and would only requiring closing Leeland, Bell, and San Jacinto to build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 This area needs a park.I think when we get the park down here, we will have our neighborhood name, ala "Market Square" and "Disco Green."But what would we call this southern downtown park?"Cathedral Park" has a pretty BADASS ring to it...- Where in downtown do you live?"Oh, down in Cathedral Park."I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Bell Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 What about Downtown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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