Pennzoil Place At 711 Louisiana St.

[Nate99]

Just opened today, there will be a Chick-Fil-a there in the not too distant future. For now, it's just more tables.  

 

 

 

[monarch]

^^^ props for sharing!

[samagon]

I promise, I'll take my real camera with me and go shooting downtown after work once we get back in DST.

[hindesky]

Heavy Lift Helicopter from 5 States was flying up the window washing apparatus for the Pennzoil building.

http://www.5state.com/

 

 

[Nate99]

I watched these guys place some HVAC equipment on top of a Costco. Looks like a fun job.

[Ross]

Sikorsky S58bt or ET. 60 years old, reengined with PWPT6 turbines. Originally had a radial engine that burned gasoline, not what you want to fly into a war zone. These are variants of the H34 helicopter.

[Highrise Tower]

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7HKT_RJ7Tb/

 

[samagon]

wow, that's awesome, looking at Jones Plaza in the background, I know it was rebuilt from the original, but I'm now more interested in seeing this original design.

[Subdude]

The second photo has the only clear picture I've ever seen of the Western Union building that was incorporated into the Bank of America tower.  

[dbigtex56]

18 hours ago, Subdude said:

The second photo has the only clear picture I've ever seen of the Western Union building that was incorporated into the Bank of America tower.  

I started a job in early 1982 in the building seen in the upper left corner of this photo (the HL&P Electric Tower Annex), and had a clear view out of those windows.
Couldn't ask for a better ringside seat to watch Republic Bank (as it was known then) go from excavation to completion.
For many years afterward people would argue with me as to whether it was only an urban legend that there was a building contained within the banking lobby. 

[mollusk]

21 hours ago, samagon said:

wow, that's awesome, looking at Jones Plaza in the background, I know it was rebuilt from the original, but I'm now more interested in seeing this original design.

 

If you've seen one side, you've seen all four.  It was completely symmetrical, and about as inviting as your average grocery store parking lot.

[hindesky]

[Highrise Tower]

[hindesky]

1 hour ago, Highrise Tower said:

Looks like the window washing apparatus that helicopter flew up a couple years ago.

[urbanize713]

Anyone know what is being done to it? It is surrounded by scaffolding covering the sidewalk on all sides.   

[hindesky]

I remember a helicopter installing a window washing system 4 yrs ago, I wonder if they are about to use it?

 

[Montrose1100]

I was wondering what the red thing is that is adorning the top portion. Looks like a giant red tarp rolled up. 

[Nate99]

15 hours ago, urbanize713 said:

Anyone know what is being done to it? It is surrounded by scaffolding covering the sidewalk on all sides.   

I think it's work done on the curtain wall, I was guessing resealing/weather stripping. 

[BeerNut]

[dbigtex56]

On 8/3/2021 at 8:55 PM, hindesky said:

I remember a helicopter installing a window washing system 4 yrs ago,

The original system had a rail upon which a carriage could move across the facade, suspending a platform on which the window washers stood. 
Sometime in the mid-80's two window washers were on the upper floors of the north facade when a gust of wind caught the platform and propelled it to the end of the rail on the west side of the building. The blocks at the end of the rail which should have stopped the platform failed, and the platform flew off and plummeted to the street below. 
Tragically, the window washers and a pedestrian were killed. The woman standing next to the pedestrian lost a toe. It was a pleasant sunny day, just about lunchtime, and it's a miracle that there weren't more victims. 

[Highrise Tower]

Thought this was a cool picture. The facade was being washed and had slightly different tint/color.

Photo I took the other day.