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Nate99 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I'm sure they thought of it, but it kind of looks like an airfoil shape. Weird twisting loads in a heavy wind would be fun to engineer around. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 This thing is really filling in some gaps from afar. I attribute the rebirth of NoDo (JK), Northern Downtown to the Bayou and street improvements. Also, look what Discovery Green has spurred. Southern Downtown is patiently awaiting the Pierce Elevated to be torn down and will be the next focus area of development. Hopefully. While the base is a slap in the face, the tower portion is a gentle peck. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Montrose1100 said: This thing is really filling in some gaps from afar. I attribute the rebirth of NoDo (JK), Northern Downtown to the Bayou and street improvements. Also, look what Discovery Green has spurred. Southern Downtown is patiently awaiting the Pierce Elevated to be torn down and will be the next focus area of development. Hopefully. While the base is a slap in the face, the tower portion is a gentle peck. I'm not picky, but driving down the street, the base seems unremarkable either way. Once the construction barriers are removed and the street level is finished out, I think it could be a decent looking place to walk around. The "International Tower" block/garage is now an ugly outlier in the neighborhood. Five years ago it would have been an upgrade. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mls1202 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 14 hours ago, jermh said: More Glass: Does that one crooked support on the first level bother anyone as much as it does me?? 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 10 hours ago, mls1202 said: Does that one crooked support on the first level bother anyone as much as it does me?? This might trigger you too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Dear god no. Where is that and whose ladder can I borrow? 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Ewert Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 16 hours ago, hindesky said: This might trigger you too. oh no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H-Town Man Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 12:10 PM, Andrew Ewert said: oh no... What's the deal with the sign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, H-Town Man said: What's the deal with the sign? Look at the Xs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, hindesky said: Look at the Xs. So the X's are kind of like that crooked support in that the lines that make up each X are leaning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 One is upside down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, hindesky said: One is upside down. You guys win the Adrian Monk/Sherlock Holmes/ Nero Wolfe award. I missed it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted December 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2020 I counted 27 floors. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I think it's 26. At least 26 floors with roofs.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HoustonIsHome Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 This building is so interesting. Then I look at Market Square Tower and my first thought is its still a decent building building because its not on a podium and from this angle of blocks that huge garage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 17 hours ago, HoustonIsHome said: This building is so interesting. Then I look at Market Square Tower and my first thought is its still a decent building building because its not on a podium and from this angle of blocks that huge garage. You don't owe Market Square Tower anything. It's the Harris County Criminal Courthouse of Residential Buildings. It's like the very threshold, to the finest degree, of architecture in this city. Partly joking, partly being a big you know what. Brava (the tower portion only), is looking great. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Montrose1100 said: You don't owe Market Square Tower anything. It's the Harris County Criminal Courthouse of Residential Buildings. It's like the very threshold, to the finest degree, of architecture in this city. Partly joking, partly being a big you know what. Brava (the tower portion only), is looking great. My favorite thing about @hindesky's picture on January 2 is that it does show a very lovely, and I would almost say unusually shaped, building. The exposed beams creating a bit of continuity from the ground floor up, the brilliant shade of the glass, and way they integrate the podium to the residential portion through the spine of the building and... "PAY MACHINE INSIDE LOT ONLY, DO NOT PAY ATTENDANT." Houston in a nutshell. 😇🧐🤭 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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