Urbannizer Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 (edited) For those that are tooo lazy to watch the video. (Sorry for the quality, the video has bad quality as well.) I hope this will be built sometime soon.... Edited April 11, 2009 by UpuPUp! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I wonder why they would make the video so small? The large pictures help, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 The towers in the video are similar to this rendering from 2007. Is the website you got this rendering from still up or did you have this saved in personal place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Is the website you got this rendering from still up or did you have this saved in personal place?That rendering is a few years old. I saved it to my old laptop a while back.While the project is very ambitious, lovely, and awesome... the website says its the architect's "future vision", nothing more. I think it came out not too long after Astroworld was completely cleared out.I think something like this should be built on the Hardy rail lines, not on the Astroworld plot. Although it could turn that neighborhood around, I'd like to see it in the Loop. But I think its just speculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Guys theres a video now of this developement in detail, there are two twin towers, 30-40 possibly 50 stories with spires. The video also includes metrorail, palm trees, mid-rise towers etc.The towers are very similiar to renderings I saw before yrs ago (Im looking for the rendering); are different than the others on the website.(Its on the right very small)http://crosstorian.com/southpointeThose buildings are 30 stories. The tallest in the project is 35.See slide No. 9 at : http://crosstorian.com/Websites/crosstoria...ePrintPics2.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 (edited) Is the website you got this rendering from still up or did you have this saved in personal place?http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.p...p;postcount=340That rendering is a few years old. I saved it to my old laptop a while back.While the project is very ambitious, lovely, and awesome... the website says its the architect's "future vision", nothing more. I think it came out not too long after Astroworld was completely cleared out.I think something like this should be built on the Hardy rail lines, not on the Astroworld plot. Although it could turn that neighborhood around, I'd like to see it in the Loop. But I think its just speculation....but, the site is cleared with a fence around it; a sign that includes the name of the developement and the developer's info. Edited April 11, 2009 by UpuPUp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I wonder why they would make the video so small? The large pictures help, thanks.double click on the video and it can become full-screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Those buildings are 30 stories. The tallest in the project is 35.See slide No. 9 at : http://crosstorian.com/Websites/crosstoria...ePrintPics2.pdfThose two towers are clearly not 35 stories. More like 45 to 50 stories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.p...p;postcount=340...but, the site is cleared with a fence around it; a sign that includes the name of the developement and the developer's info.No annoucements, no construction date, no completion date. This might just be another 6 Houston Center, but with less press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Driving by this afternoon, I noticed that the two large signs facing 610 that had the South Pointe information were both erased (painted black).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deut28Thirteen Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Do those twin towers look like a upgraded version of Anadarko Corporate Office in The Woodlands to anybody else? This would be a great add to Houston if it gets built. This project looks out of place for Houston, but in a good way. I feel like this was something that came out of Miami. I like the new walkway from Relient park, I always felt that bridge would just fall for some reason. Great project if it gets built or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 This project looks out of place for Houston, but in a good way. I feel like this was something that came out of Miami.That would probably be the god-awful music that put you in a miami state of mind..Awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Has anyone been by the site in the past few days and/or know why the South Pointe signs were covered up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I don't know much, but it seems like this project is a longshot, especially in this market. If High Street, BLVD Place and River Oaks District are stalling I don't see why this would come to fruition (even after the recession).Question for those in the industry...how much of a difference does it's location make? It's pluses seem to be that it's somewhat close to the Med Center (not too much synergy, really), it's on the loop and is next to LRT. Other than that, it seems odd to have so many skyscrapers at this one place. Who knows, maybe they just want to be the next Greenway? Also, the surrounding neighborhood isn't the best either, is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I don't know much, but it seems like this project is a longshot, especially in this market. If High Street, BLVD Place and River Oaks District are stalling I don't see why this would come to fruition (even after the recession).Question for those in the industry...how much of a difference does it's location make? It's pluses seem to be that it's somewhat close to the Med Center (not too much synergy, really), it's on the loop and is next to LRT. Other than that, it seems odd to have so many skyscrapers at this one place. Who knows, maybe they just want to be the next Greenway? Also, the surrounding neighborhood isn't the best either, is it?Lockmat, you ask the $1,000,000 question. Evidence suggests that location is practically everything. What is the real estate agent's mantra: "Location, location, location." Surely it would have been less expensive for the developer who is finishing the project at Kirby and Westheimer to build that same building "down the street," i.e. on the old Astroworld site. The logistics alone would have saved a considerable amount. But he didn't. He chose to build where he thougth he would have a better chance of selling/leasing his project.I think it has more to do with synergy than the absolute "niceness" of the neighborhood. I cite as examples areas of the Heights where high-end exists right next to hovel. Also, in my neighborhood near the Menil, you will find $750,000 townhouses across the street from apartments that rent for less than $500/month. Yet both of these areas have the things that are attractive to both economic segments of the population. The Fiesta grocery store at the corner of Alabama and Dunlavy is a case in point. It has low prices on staples (bread, milk, etc.) but also has a decent selection of wines, cheeses and other higher-end foods.A new townhouse development at the corner of the 610 Loop and 288, Rolgom Place, is suggestive also. The buildings look nice allthough a little more could have been put into landscaping. One can certainly argue that the location is convenient to the Medical Center, Downtown, and Greenway and the prices listed seem reasonable but it doesn't look like there have been many takers. True we are in a substantial economic downturn but this place looks virtually empty months after completion. Why? I believe it has to do with the lack of "synergy" in the neighborhood. Where is the closest grocery store? Where are the restaurants, jogging tracks, parks?Wouldn't it be great if something could happen with the Astrodome and the Astroworld property to begin to establish that synergy? There is plenty of shopping opportunity around the Kirby/OST intersection. It is not difficult to get to the Rice Village from there either where there are plenty of restaurants, specialty shops, a sports bar, and even a theather.I see a lot of potential. Let's hope that "actuality" happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boognish Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) . Edited April 17, 2009 by Boognish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Has anyone been by the site in the past few days and/or know why the South Pointe signs were covered up?I think they were up 2 days...before they put up "RODEO PARKING!" then it's been blank and black sine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 A look back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 A look back.You think that was bad...I saw it come down from 610...I stopped and taped it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 You think that was bad...I saw it come down from 610...I stopped and taped it....and then you posted the footage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston Texan Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 (edited) Also someone had graffitied one of the signs prior to them putting up the rodeo parking signs. they'll probably have to reorder another one or they're just rethinking putting up the sign back up for awhile.I think they were up 2 days...before they put up "RODEO PARKING!" then it's been blank and black sine. Edited April 18, 2009 by Houston Texan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougarbrent Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I remember when i was in college at UH a group of develpers came to a jury for a project designed by a studio that included all the land at the old astroworld location. It was a mixed use developement project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 (edited) I think this is the design planned for the development, and the other renderings that recently came out earlier this year is just a vision. The Architect(s) are just bored. Edited June 22, 2009 by UpuPUp! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I think this is the design planned for the development, and the other renderings that recently came out earlier this year is just a vision. The Architect(s) are just bored.c'mon mane, no linky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 c'mon mane, no linky?No linky, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 nevergonnahappen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister X Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Southpoint is going to be so cool. I can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 nevergonnahappenSouthpoint is going to be so cool. I can't wait.Looks like everyone is on the same page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I think this is the design planned for the development, and the other renderings that recently came out earlier this year is just a vision. The Architect(s) are just bored. It's important to have vision, but you shouldn't stray too far from reality: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 It's important to have vision, but you shouldn't stray too far from reality: Don't be such a. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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