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Houston's got some great postmodern architecture. I'm so proud of what's going up in our city!
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How this,
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Its absolutely terrifying! AHHHHHH
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This terrible Tower of Traffic must be stopped, so people won't have shorter commutes to their jobs! Let them all spend more time on the roads driving into town from distant suburbs!
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Maybe the issue though is some people's "territory" is greater than others...their back yards are city-wide. |
I miss my Houston, hope things work out so that i can get back soon. Anyhow. Here are some web cams for 2 projects downtown.
Embassy Suites http://oxblue.com/pro/open/linbeck/embassysuites Houston Ballet http://www.oxblue.com/pro/open/houst...centerfordance Its fun to watch. Looks like Houston Ballet will have a yellow crane going up. You can see the base. Very Kewl... :tup: |
From Swamplot 9-18-09
http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploa...avoy-hotel.jpg "Houston’s first-ever highrise apartment building will be demolished next Friday, September 25th, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department announced today. Neighborhood Protection inspectors have determined that structural problems with the vacant-and-crumbling 1906 Savoy Apartments building (later the Savoy Hotel) require it to be taken down as quickly as possible. The Houston Press’s Craig Malisow reports: [HPD's Mark Curran] said the police have had difficulty contacting the owner, who is currently in Lebanon. (Curran didn’t remember his name off-hand, but a 2007 Press story identified him as Michael Nassif). The owner has 10 days to file an appeal, Curran said. The nearby Metro line will need to be closed during the demolition – hopefully not longer than Friday-Sunday, Curran said. Curran also said that the building would be guarded continuously until it is torn down." So this one comes down. Hope something grand and tall, very tall will rise in its place. Its right off the rain line so it already has great location. I know you can make something good out of this Houston... :yes: |
Ritz Carlton to step back into the Houston market with the first project slatted for The Woodlands! Unfortunately, the project may be put off for a while due to the economy.
http://www.ultimatewoodlands.com/200...uffs-woodlands |
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I was in town on Sunday. Not the best day for taking pictures, but oh well.
10/4. http://i37.tinypic.com/200723p.jpg http://i36.tinypic.com/2ef0shs.jpg Crane for the Embassy Suites Hotel. http://i38.tinypic.com/334kiab.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/okbnnb.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/33en90k.jpg http://i38.tinypic.com/11vpagl.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/2ilbngz.jpg http://i36.tinypic.com/2sboeb8.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/241sgzt.jpg http://i38.tinypic.com/1zf3q8n.jpg http://i35.tinypic.com/kdlnom.jpg http://i38.tinypic.com/2z8vpqr.jpg |
Some updates. Its been a while...
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...501/HT1009.jpg DT http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/dt1009b.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/dt1009a.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/HT1009a.jpg MP http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/mp1009f.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/mp1009e.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/mp1009c.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/mp1009d.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/mp1009a.jpg A view from the top (of a little hill). Nice to see 4 projects going on... http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p.../HT102009a.jpg :tup: |
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Haha, I was up on that hill the day before.
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great updates KFT and Complex01....Really liking MainPlace so far. Cannot wait to see the finished product!
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Don't have a picture but FYI... they just put up a skywalk connecting 5 Houston to Discovery Tower.
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:previous: More details, courtesy of Urbannizer on HAIF:
370,000sq ft. 20 Stories 8 Levels of Parking 297 Hotel Rooms and 100 Residential units LEED Silver Completion:30 months/3Q 2011 Also, I believe this is what is replacing the Compass Bank building that was demolished on Post Oak Blvd. |
nice set of towers!
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While I don't think the Perennial is bad, I do find it totally uninspiring. At this point, I'm not really surprised to see something uninspiring in Houston now, however it is still always disappointing nontheless. ESPECIALLY in such a high profile location.
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It's not a complete box, be happy.
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Nassau Bay Poject Found by Urbannizer on HAIF.
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Back? I never left... there just hasn't been too much activity.
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Nice pics. Its been rather slow as of late...
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heres' a pic I took while driving in downtown
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It's the weather. When the sky turns rainy and gray, it's just yuck for photos. All the colors become dulled and distorted. Plus, it's pretty drab looking anyway when the weather is like that. Nighttime photography though when the weather is cloudy, is really nice. It makes for some really interesting skies since the light actually shows the texture and shape of the clouds at night. Everything is also lit more evenly at night since the city lights are reflected by the clouds.
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wow, its finally getting up there, I cant wait to finally come home again in a couple weeks to see it!
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Have they actually installed the windmills yet?
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I can't see too well but I don't think they have.
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Well, Im back in town and went around and took photos of most of the construction and what not going around downtown and in TMC. I went to the Woodlands yesterday and Ill post some of those photos too of construction going on around there.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/...0c0ecc49_o.jpg Discovery Tower and such is on the left, going south on 59 this morning. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/...ce359037_o.jpg TMC http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/...567a99d4_o.jpg Almost completed mid rise in TMC http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/...94c5d1d6_o.jpg Another new mid rise in TMC across from the one above http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/...eb4316df_o.jpg The new YMCA building downtown http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2775/...28df3fba_o.jpg Mainplace http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2644/...3b0e9f24_o.jpg Hess Tower http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2646/...b1ce7186_o.jpg Discovery Green/Hess Tower yay http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2730/...bd6528ce_o.jpg Hess Discovery Tower, I think they are about to install the windmills http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/...312c9dc7_o.jpg MainPlace http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2542/...bb1ba158_o.jpg Embassy Suites http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/...da1dd5bc_o.jpg Harris County Courthouse restoration http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2786/...34ffba75_o.jpg MainPlace http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/...c3fb058b_o.jpg MainPlace http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2752/...f6d58ddb_o.jpg The tower on the left has been recently completed, this is on the Woodlands Waterway, an incredible urban development taking place in well, the woodlands http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/...6d8fdc10_o.jpg A new hotel in the Market Square, near the mall. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/...0e1fd486_o.jpg This is a map of the Woodlands Waterway development, the area I have outlined in purple has yet to be built. Most of the yellow buildings along the waterway are going to be 6-12 story midrises. The neighborhood on the left of the map will be a dense recreation of a new Orleans neighborhood and the areas that have been completed really do look amazing, like, it almost fooled me that they were new. The amount of detail is incredible and the scope of the whole development is also quite incredible. |
Thanks for the updates, it has been awhile for any updates. Wish you would have taken some shots of the New Orleans type neighborhood, didn't realize that type of stuff was going on over there.
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Thanks for the photos photolitherland. Love your updates.
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Great updates! Was just in Houston this past week and really enjoyed my time there! Discovery Green was nice and packed with the ice rink and hot air balloon lift! My family there is trying to get me to move there! We shall see!
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Thanks for the updates. Glad to see MainPlace rise.
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Incredible update. Main Place looks great.
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Awesome shots. Discovery Tower looks so awesome. Med Center is HOT. Enjoy your break.
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