Amazing Houston
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Greenway Plaza is Lakewood Church if you know where that is..........situated b/t downtown and the Galleria.
As far as the driving.............doesnt bother me to much as I take the subway all over town for all my needs :) |
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Driving isn't really a big deal at this point. It's just... eh. Considering I have to commute a fair distance in either place I live (Southern Maine or Greater Houston), I'm just nonplussed on the issue. Also, based on where construction is on Memorial Hermann's Memorial City area tower, it looks like they may be starting work on the much-discussed crown. The bottom of it anyway. I took the shot earlier this morning... http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...n/DSC01737.jpg |
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yes, you can say we almost have 5 or 6 "downtowns" in the metro Houston area!!
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2727 Kirby is coming along well, and here is a photo I took from earlier this morning.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...irby111107.jpg Kinda surprised that it didn't have an entry on the "Highrise Construction" thread, but I'll start one later this evening. In case you were wondering, West Ave. (just across the street) is really coming along. It's already up to 5 of it's 7 floors in the first structure and on the 3rd of 7 in the building adjacent to that. |
Stunning city stretching to the horizon
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Out of all the major concentrations, which one do you like best, and which one is considered by locals to be the best overall? Is it Downtown, or one of the other highrise districts? Which one is growing the fastest right now? Tampa is growing, but we haven't had much in the way of highrises except a few residential towers 30 stories each. We had a Trump Tower planned, but it's pretty much dead. The billboard is still up, but covered with weeds and vines. |
The fastest growing at the moment is the Medical Center, based on what I saw last August. Perhaps a dozen projects are going up in and around the Center, with ten stories being the shortest structure.
Lots of proposals. We see which ones get built first.:cheers: |
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http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=132240 |
I think my favorite has always been downtown, but the Galleria is a lot more active on the weekends.
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The spaces to watch for an increasing number of projects are on the west side. Westchase and surrounding areas specifically for the virtue that the vacancy rate for offices is very low, land is available, and they're looking to make the Westchase district more of a community-oriented area rather than just some place to drive to work to. Add all of that to the influx of various asian companies and developments nearby and big things could be coming relatively soon. |
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i heard on the news today that if the med center was a city, it would have the 17th biggest skyline (size or area, im not sure) in the country. and growing.. really impressive.
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The shot of downtown floating above the clouds is impressive - like Oz. Houston is one of those cities that looks good in the rain...
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I still wish I'd had a camera when I was on the northbound 288 ramp coming from the west on 610. That's an unrivaled view.:worship: |
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I used to have some shots from 610 and 225 right during a lull in Allison... anyone happen to save those?
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Here are some construction pics I took this weekend in downtown:
One Park Place http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3...83c6e8bsm9.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4...f68af4bnz0.jpg Houston Pavilions: Houston House looks sexy doesn't she? ;) http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2...b4fc3bbnl1.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7...5fb553bxh6.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2...58673absp1.jpg |
nice... i like.
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