Montrose1100 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 "When completed in 1961, the First City National Bank complex in Houston connected a 36-story office tower to a low-rise banking pavilion. The contrast between the two buildings is emphasized not only by their scale, but also by their careful detailing and materiality: the tower, with its recessed windows and white marble cladding, stands in deliberate opposition to the banking pavilion’s glass and steel structure. In keeping with the city’s car culture, the pavilion was designed to allow customers to complete transactions through six drive-in windows. While this portion of the complex was later demolished, the tower, now known as One City Centre, still stands as an early example of modernism in downtown Houston." http://skidmoreowingsmerrill.tumblr.com/post/142803990147/throwback-thursday-first-city-national-bank-when Some images have been posted before but searching for "One City Centre" yields hundreds of posts about Midway's CityCentre. Imagine that pavilion still fronting main... Sigh. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 That pavilion would look so much nicer than the concrete box parking garage there now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 The intersection in the first picture.... Is that McKinney and Main? .... Looking south on main? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 12 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said: The intersection in the first picture.... Is that McKinney and Main? .... Looking south on main? Yes. Currently the the fountains/plaza toasting our choo-choo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 9 hours ago, Montrose1100 said: Yes. Currently the the fountains/plaza toasting our choo-choo. Got it. so, that pavilion in the first picture in the thread is now the parking garage that they painted the "art" on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 2 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said: Got it. so, that pavilion in the first picture in the thread is now the parking garage that they painted the "art" on? Yes. The second picture is where the trumpet is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerjunkie Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I'm sorry but WHAT KIND OF FOOL WOULD DESTROY THAT GLASS THING. Imagine the things we could do with that if it were still around! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Damn, that pavilion looked sweet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomv Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Great pictures! I had completely forgotten about those buildings on Main. The most distinctive thing to me was that weird one story connector building (Picture 2) in between the tower and the pavilion. It definitely stood out as you were driving past. I think there was some kind of retail in there at some point, can't remember what, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 On April 14, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Montrose1100 said: "When completed in 1961, the First City National Bank complex in Houston connected a 36-story office tower to a low-rise banking pavilion. The contrast between the two buildings is emphasized not only by their scale, but also by their careful detailing and materiality: the tower, with its recessed windows and white marble cladding, stands in deliberate opposition to the banking pavilion’s glass and steel structure. In keeping with the city’s car culture, the pavilion was designed to allow customers to complete transactions through six drive-in windows. While this portion of the complex was later demolished, the tower, now known as One City Centre, still stands as an early example of modernism in downtown Houston." http://skidmoreowingsmerrill.tumblr.com/post/142803990147/throwback-thursday-first-city-national-bank-when Sorry if these images have been posted before but searching for "One City Centre" yields hundreds of posts about Midway's CityCentre. Imagine that pavilion still fronting main... Sigh. I just noticed the Miesian Barcelona Chairs.. man this place had it all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 I took photos of the 1021 Main parking garage but not the tower for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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