Duce Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Anyone have info or pictures on what the (now extinct) APC building was supposed to look like if it had ever been completed as planned? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 I have a picture in an old article but not a digital copy, sorry. On top of the 3-story base there was to have been a 17 story tower. The tower would have sat on the far northern edge of the building and was oriented east-west. The tower facade in the rendering looks smooth like glass, except there is a square cutout section about 2/3 of the way up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 My father installed the plumbing in that building. He told me that the upper floors were planned for a later date, and that the structure and MEP elements were built in place for this future expansion. For instance, 15" storm drain piping was installed underground to accomodate the higher floors. He also told me a story about the dirt work equipment operators getting flat tires continuously while preparing the site for construction. It seems that this was the previous location of the "End of Main Ice House", a pre-war hang out for beer drinkers.Bottles were through over the fence for years and became a part of the landscape. These poor operators were plauged with flattires throughout the project. My father just grinned, knowing that his contribution to the bottle heap was partly to blame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GoneGator Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 A giant tombstone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 A giant tombstone...Where is/was this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboybud Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Where is/was this?I wanna say Holcombe at Main. Near the old Oilers practice field (unless I'm thinking of something else). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Tbird Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I wanna say Holcombe at Main. Near the old Oilers practice field (unless I'm thinking of something else). Close. It was just south of Holcombe and next to Fannin as shown here in the middle of this 1958 picture. No Oilers, no practice field, at that time. I think that's the Fannin State Bank just to the north of it on Holcombe. Prudential Building on the right side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 That's right. It's the Metro transit center now. Close. It was just south of Holcombe and next to Fannin as shown here in the middle of this 1958 picture. No Oilers, no practice field, at that time. I think that's the Fannin State Bank just to the north of it on Holcombe. Prudential Building on the right side. That looks like Firestation #33 at the bottom of the picture on Fannin. It's still standing right now, but probably not for long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceAge Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 That looks like Firestation #33 at the bottom of the picture on Fannin. It's still standing right now, but probably not for long.I talked to a government employee that was overseeing a group of prisoners working at that fire station several weeks ago and he said the building was going to be repaired and reused for another purpose. He was very upset that I was photographing the building. He chased me from across the street from the fire station clear across to the far side of the gas station wanting to know what I was doing. He said prisoners were not allowed to be photographed. I told him I was in the street on public right of way and photographing public property that I pay taxes to support. He let me keep the pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I talked to a government employee that was overseeing a group of prisoners working at that fire station several weeks ago and he said the building was going to be repaired and reused for another purpose. He was very upset that I was photographing the building. He chased me from across the street from the fire station clear across to the far side of the gas station wanting to know what I was doing. He said prisoners were not allowed to be photographed. I told him I was in the street on public right of way and photographing public property that I pay taxes to support. He let me keep the pictures.Good for you! I wonder how many people he's tried to intimidate. There are those who prefer to sacrifice their rights rather than question authority.Some photographers print out and keep a copy of The Photographer's Right in their camera bags for just such occasions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Here is the Adams Resources & Energy building. You don't see too many pictures of this building for some reason. I'm glad I got to see a detailed picture of it! Looks like the proposed tower would have been built on top: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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