photohunts Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I live in the area, so Star Pizza will be a welcomed addition. I don't think Luigi's would like that very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 The surface parking lot to the east is pretty much completed. I'm glad they actually lined it with trees and greenery. Also, there were some hardhats in the plaza-to-be site this morning. Construction trailers have been there as well for the past few weeks, but it's the first time I've actually seen workers around.This is actually a really badass parking lot... i'm impressed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Yes, it's a new park for HCC's plaza. HCC has said in a past public meeting that they've had talks about building a tower on the lot across the street. I have no clue if they are still talking about it though. They have plenty of land to build on though.A 3 story building does not qualify as a "tower"... sorry. Let me know when it reaches at least 30 stories. Thnx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I live in the area, so Star Pizza will be a welcomed addition. this is the 2nd time i read this thread title and thought Star Pizza was coming. At least its been a year since I made the mistake... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Last night I noticed La Branch and Austin were completely dug up around the HCC Central campus.  Looks like these pedestrian only streets are happening:  http://central.hccs.edu/news/big-change-to-centrals-parking-garage.html 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Last night I noticed La Branch and Austin were completely dug up around the HCC Central campus.  Looks like these pedestrian only streets are happening:  http://central.hccs.edu/news/big-change-to-centrals-parking-garage.html very badass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2014/07/02/beyond-the-lists-houston-civil-and-structural.html 5. $90 million — Houston Community College capital improvement project. Freese and Nichols Inc., No. 19, will provide project management services along with Heery International at HCC's central campus. The project is part of HCC's $425 million bond program that will provide improvements to all six of HCC's campuses. Freese and Nichols will oversee the central campus project until its anticipated completion in June 2016. Edited July 4, 2014 by DrLan34 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 my how the times have changed. back in 2011 this was considered "huge". lol.. to me it looks like a park, and a renovated parking lot is what weve gotten so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 http://swamplot.com/hcc-is-planning-a-student-dorm-building-too-at-alabama-and-almeda/2014-05-15/Â Â What ever happened to this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 http://swamplot.com/hcc-is-planning-a-student-dorm-building-too-at-alabama-and-almeda/2014-05-15/What ever happened to this?Would appear to still be in the works. 2 months ago, I even took pictures of the lot and I believe there is a thread here somewhere. Anyway, each lot now has a marker sign on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 bueno. muy beuno. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Quote http://swamplot.com/hccs-san-jacinto-memorial-green-now-green-again-in-midtown/2016-12-01/ Â Excellent improvements. Really connects the whole area to Mid Main. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Nice to see this completed. They were planning it years back when I lived nearby. The one thing that still hasn't happened that they talked about then was a 10 story structure across the street. Apparently they were trying to get a Barnes and Nobles type anchor signed on before moving forward. Would love to know if that's still in the works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Houston Community College Rebids Culinary Arts Center Project  ouston (Harris Co.) - The Houston Community College effort to relocate the Culinary Arts Center to the Central Campus has hit a few bumps along the way, but the project was rebid for subcontractors and still moving forward.  The Culinary Arts program outgrew its space at the 3100 Main Street campus some time ago and there have been plans to build a new facility for years. In February 2015, the HCC district announced that a new building was in the works and construction might begin as early as the summer of 2015. The district set aside $5.8 million to make that happen.  This is Project ID 2016-9101 at VBX and bids are due Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. The estimated project cost is $10.7 million. This is a 12-month construction schedule.  At the time, the district envisioned a 38,000-square-foot, two-story building with 50 parking spaces. Those numbers have changed, but the project site remain and it is bounded by Alabama Street, La Branch Street, Winbern Street and Austin Street.  The final designs refer to a slightly smaller structure at 32,121 square feet. The parking lot was reduced to 15 spaces.  In addition to the standard aesthetics landscaping, Clark Condon Associates has incorporated an herb garden so the cooks will have on-site fresh ingredients. Stantec Architecture & Interior Design produced the architectural documents in association with NATEX Architects.  The site address is 1401 Alabama St. The block has served as a surface parking lot for the campus. The pavement was demolished in 2016 to make way for cast-in-place concrete foundation and floors.  This building will involve finish out of three of five culinary art laboratories. Two will be left as shell space to be finished later.  Spaces include a cooking/baking lab, a dining room/bar, a dish room, storage/receiving, computer labs, classrooms, a student lounge, locer rooms, faculty offices, conference rooms, a reception area.  The exterior will have face brick, decorative CMU and standard CMU. The bones of the superstructure will be of structural steel with steel joists, a steel floor and roof decking.    2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Â http://www.theldnet.com/project/houston-community-college-fashion-school/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I wonder if that's going to be a tower crane base there in the middle? Â 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 What would that yellow stuff be? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 2/19/2018 at 9:02 AM, cspwal said: What would that yellow stuff be? Â More than likely its the vapor barrier that goes underneath the slab to prevent moisture from going into the concrete and cracking it over time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 HCC is such an asset for the city! Should they change their name to Houston City College instead of HCC? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 29 minutes ago, texas911 said: HCC is such an asset for the city! Should they change their name to Houston City College instead of HCC? Â I love this idea... City College legitimizes this institution a bit more and sounds traditional. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablog Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Why not just Houston College? Kinda like Boston College 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Because HCC has a whole lot more in common with CUNY than it does with BC, and UH might get verklempt (e.g., the recent South Texas College of Law dustup). Â Besides, "Houston City College" has a nice ring to it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 How about Swamp College? Â I would also accept University of Buffalo Bayou. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Texasota said: How about Swamp College? Â I would also accept University of Buffalo Bayou. That would be UHD not HCC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 22 hours ago, mollusk said: Because HCC has a whole lot more in common with CUNY than it does with BC, and UH might get verklempt (e.g., the recent South Texas College of Law dustup). Â Besides, "Houston City College" has a nice ring to it. Â HCC has almost nothing in common with CUNY or BC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 As previously mentioned, HCC has practically nothing in common with Boston College, a highly ranked and regarded 155 year old Jesuit research university with one fifth the student population of HCC.  However, both HCC and CUNY are locally focused public institutions that have similar missions as exemplified by open admissions policies and strong remedial programs, resulting in large, very diverse student bodies - to name just a few parallels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Houston City College sounds cool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 2/28/2018 at 8:30 PM, mollusk said: .......and strong remedial programs....... I honestly don’t understand what this means.  Can you explain?   1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 13 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said: I honestly don’t understand what this means.  Can you explain?    A school with open admissions ends up with some students who didn't get a decent earlier education. Remedial programs are designed to fill in those gaps and bring the poorly prepared students up to a college level. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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