pwright1 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Courtesy of Airborne Imaging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 i've always enjoyed looking at aerials....i particularly enjoyed the med center shots. Just reinforces that it really is the largest in the world. The long skywalk surprised me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 The Med Center overhead is especially interesting, given the amount of infill construction taking place or scheduled to take place in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Courtesy of Airborne Imaging Just blows me away how the Reliant Stadium dwarfs the Astrodome. I remember the opening of the Dome and thought it was the biggest thing I had ever seen, it just seemed so huge back then. It's so easy to remember because I was skipping school with my three cousins and my Grandfather, it was my 13th birthday on a Friday, and we drove to Houston to watch the Astros play the Yankees. I will never forget that as long as I live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beltway Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Just blows me away how the Reliant Stadium dwarfs the Astrodome. I remember the opening of the Dome and thought it was the biggest thing I had ever seen, it just seemed so huge back then. It's so easy to remember because I was skipping school with my three cousins and my Grandfather, it was my 13th birthday on a Friday, and we drove to Houston to watch the Astros play the Yankees. I will never forget that as long as I live.I remember the Texans first game against the cowboys. We were walking up the ramps and just stopped in our tracks when we looked over and noticed we were looking down at the roof of the dome. It was an amazing thing to see the first time. It is still the coolest view from the nosebleed terraces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Remember, the Astrodome's playing field is below street level. I know the playing field is 25' below, but I'm not sure how much further below ground everything else is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Those are pretty sweet. I like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunKing Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Indeed - great pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I got the below photo off this site some time back, but I don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Courtesy of Airborne Imaging It is amazing to me how much potential there is for more mid and high rises in the DT loop. I do hope the Houston 2025 Vision comes close to the ideas proposed for DT. If it comes to fruition, much of those empty parking spaces and old warehouses will be replaced. Speaking of shots of DT......... what is everyone's favorite angle? Personally, i like the view where I-10 and I-45 converge, although it sort of obscures the old Enron buildings (Does Reliant Energy use them now?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 My favorite view was from the Quitman bridge over I-45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 (edited) It is amazing to me how much potential there is for more mid and high rises in the DT loop. I do hope the Houston 2025 Vision comes close to the ideas proposed for DT. If it comes to fruition, much of those empty parking spaces and old warehouses will be replaced. Speaking of shots of DT......... what is everyone's favorite angle? Personally, i like the view where I-10 and I-45 converge, although it sort of obscures the old Enron buildings (Does Reliant Energy use them now?) Unless land prices ease off a bit, the 2025 vision has no chance of coming to fruition. We'd need twice that amount of time, and there's just no way around that, really. Chevron uses the old Enron buildings. Edited January 10, 2007 by TheNiche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Hey Niche, Where do you think the most highrise concentration is going to be in the next 20 years if not DT? Also, doesn't Houston have a habit of building and THEN worrying about tenants?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 (edited) Hey Niche, Where do you think the most highrise concentration is going to be in the next 20 years if not DT? Also, doesn't Houston have a habit of building and THEN worrying about tenants?! A handful of new highrises are built throughout our metropolitan area in any given year, but downtown only seems to have about one or two per every couple years. Recently, the TMC has been getting the most, followed by the Galleria area. Many others get built in the greater Montrose, River Oaks, or Hermann Park areas. I don't see that pattern slowing down anytime soon. ...and of course, a fair number of our office mid- and highrises (and recently condominium highrises) go suburban. Nobody builds without worrying about tenants/buyers. That's just assinine. Edited January 11, 2007 by TheNiche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 (edited) ^^^ Hey, i was just kidding about the "worrying" part. I know developers and investors think, plan and all that very carefully before actually building a large scale project.It will be interesting to see, say in the next 20-30 years, if the inner loop along with UT and MT have so many high and mid rises, that when one approaches Houston, it will appear that we have a MASSIVE urban center. Only time will tell.m. Edited January 11, 2007 by marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 ^^^ Hey, i was just kidding about the "worrying" part. I know developers and investors think, plan and all that very carefully before actually building a large scale project.It will be interesting to see, say in the next 20-30 years, if the inner loop along with UT and MT have so many high and mid rises, that when one approaches Houston, it will appear that we have a MASSIVE urban center. Only time will tell.m.I anticipate a couple of wide corridors, roughly between Downtown and Uptown and between Downtown and the TMC. Not much in the way of highrises in West U./Bellaire or north of Buffalo Bayou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I got the below photo off this site some time back, but I don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 The Med Center is a good example of what hard boundaries can do to architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I got the below photo off this site some time back, but I don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Rice could stand to plant a few trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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