hindesky Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, CaptainJilliams said: Just skimming over the past 3 photos, it seems like little to no progress has been made. Is it just me or has this slowed down considerably? Maybe they are doing internal work? That is what I'm thinking, the bones are done and now the guts are being done. And the skin will be next. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 A second tower crane is coming this week. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Tower crane continues to be taking down on Saturday. Went by at the start of my ride and again at the end. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post bobruss Posted January 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2020 Montrose is really shaping into what I thought it would become. Now they just need to rework Montrose Blvd. with new sidewalks and lighting and landscaping. Re engineer the lanes and perhaps bring back the median for landscaping or even a trolley that would run from the park to Washington Ave. I've always thought that Montrose should become our Champ Elysees. Lined with high rise and mid rise residential towers, and make Montrose Blvd. the Museum blvd. with sculpture more water features and a large round about at Westheimer. The arts would be featured the entire route from Hermann Park to Buffalo Bayou. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mls1202 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 12 hours ago, bobruss said: Montrose is really shaping into what I thought it would become. Now they just need to rework Montrose Blvd. with new sidewalks and lighting and landscaping. Re engineer the lanes and perhaps bring back the median for landscaping or even a trolley that would run from the park to Washington Ave. I've always thought that Montrose should become our Champ Elysees. Lined with high rise and mid rise residential towers, and make Montrose Blvd. the Museum blvd. with sculpture more water features and a large round about at Westheimer. The arts would be featured the entire route from Hermann Park to Buffalo Bayou. I think Post Oak is aspiring for the title of our "Champ Elysees", but you're right about Montrose shaping up to be something special. I just wish something bold and exciting could be done at the intersection of Westheimer and Montrose. Is that corner cursed to always have mattress stores and an urgent care clinic? So much potential, but unlikely to be realized in my lifetime. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 hours ago, mls1202 said: I think Post Oak is aspiring for the title of our "Champ Elysees", but you're right about Montrose shaping up to be something special. I just wish something bold and exciting could be done at the intersection of Westheimer and Montrose. Is that corner cursed to always have mattress stores and an urgent care clinic? So much potential, but unlikely to be realized in my lifetime. PMRG supposedly owns this block and waiting out the leases before something happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hate to sound like a curmudgeon ( though I am sometimes), but I don't see a "Champs Elysees" anywhere in Houston ever developing. South Post Oak can become like an Avenue Montaigne and Montrose Blvd. a Paseo del Prado in Madrid , but the Champs Elysees is a non duplicating avenue. Too much history and culture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Twinsanity02 said: Hate to sound like a curmudgeon ( though I am sometimes), but I don't see a "Champs Elysees" anywhere in Houston ever developing. South Post Oak can become like an Avenue Montaigne and Montrose Blvd. a Paseo del Prado in Madrid , but the Champs Elysees is a non duplicating avenue. Too much history and culture. ya let's not go overboard here. Post Oak can certainly become our mini version of Park Ave. or Rodeo Drive but Houston will never have anything that compares to the Champs Elysees. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 18 hours ago, swtsig said: Houston will never have anything that compares to the Champs Elysees. You mean an overly wide right-of-way dominated by automobile traffic? Houston has plenty of those! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Angostura said: You mean an overly wide right-of-way dominated by automobile traffic? Houston has plenty of those! In that category we clean Paris's clock. I believe the Katy freeway is the widest highway in the world. But seriously the Champs Elysees "begins" at the Triumphal Arch in which the remains of a unknown French solider is interred and lit by an eternal flame. The avenue is used for bastille day celebrations. It has been the scene of many historic events: Charles deGaulle and the liberation of Paris, the US 28th infantry division marching through to go to battle. In addition the Tour de France ends there. The avenue ends at the Place de la Concorde, stunningly beautiful and with much historical significance, which leads to the Louvre, the world's largest Art Museum and former palaces of the Kings and Queens of France. I left out gardens and several other things. Duplicating the avenue in our great city is impossible. As switsig previously mentioned we can have a Park ave. or Rodeo dr. That in my opinion is very doable. Edited January 3, 2020 by Twinsanity02 grammar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 11 minutes ago, Twinsanity02 said: In that category we clean Paris's clock. I believe the Katy freeway is the widest highway in the world. But seriously the Champs Elysees "begins" at the Triumphal Arch in which the remains of a unknown French solider is interred and lit by an eternal flame. The avenue is used for bastille day celebrations. It has been the scene of many historic events: Charles deGaulle and the liberation of Paris, the US 28th infantry division marching through to go to battle. In addition the Tour de France ends there. The avenue ends at the Place de la Concorde, stunningly beautiful and with much historical significance, which leads to the Louvre, the world's largest Art Museum and former palaces of the Kings and Queens of France. I left out gardens and several other things. Duplicating the avenue in our great city is impossible. As switsig previously mentioned we can have a Park ave. or Rodeo dr. That in my opinion is very doable. I read somewhere that one of the tests for a city is if there were a city-wide protest or celebration, would everyone instinctively know where to go to participate. I'm pretty sure Houston fails this one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, Angostura said: I read somewhere that one of the tests for a city is if there were a city-wide protest or celebration, would everyone instinctively know where to go to participate. I'm pretty sure Houston fails this one. Allen Parkway / Memorial 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Angostura said: I read somewhere that one of the tests for a city is if there were a city-wide protest or celebration, would everyone instinctively know where to go to participate. I'm pretty sure Houston fails this one. Houston is quite unconventional in that sense. In addition all the significant clusters of high rises , downtown, Med Center, Uptown, Greenway Upper Kirby, soon Allen Parkway and Montrose , creates a diffuse urban feeling. Edited January 3, 2020 by Twinsanity02 additional thought 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 all we need now is our overly wide streets lined with trees so the Germans can march in the shade 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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West Timer Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) Excellent photo with the uptown skyline in the distance. Thanks for posting. Houston is looking more amazing every day. Edited January 26, 2020 by West Timer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gene Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 i am so darn happy they are keeping that existing beautiful building! cannot wait to check it out when they are open! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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