I really hate the new Downtown YMCA. We're going to lose a historic 11 story tower by one of Houston's greatest architects for a generic 3 story that looks like it could go in Pearland, The Woodlands, or Sugar Land just as easily as downtown Houston. A real shame.
Is Westin in Seabrook still in the works? I've found more renderings that was'nt posted here; the one that was posted here looks to be slighty diffrent from the one I found.
wow........surprised I missed that!! This would be phenomenal. A great way to try and clean up that area. What are we looking at, 6 or 7 highrises??!! I also see they added an extension to wrap around the backside for the light rail.
So, is 6 Houston Centre dead or what? It was supposed to start construction last year but it never happened. Also, what happened with the downtown La Quinta Inn? I guess that one fell through the gaps too. Dammit, this economy bs really is getting on my nerves.
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So, is 6 Houston Centre dead or what? It was supposed to start construction last year but it never happened. Also, what happened with the downtown La Quinta Inn? I guess that one fell through the gaps too. Dammit, this economy bs really is getting on my nerves.
-6 Houston Center->Dead
-La Quinta Inn->Still in the works maybe? Idk
but, there's good news...
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WEDGE Hotels Corporation is actively engaged in the pre-development process for a 240-room Hilton Garden Inn adjacent to WEDGE International Tower on Louisiana Street and Clay in downtown Houston, TX. Project is expected to break ground in 2009 and open in 2010. See rendering on right side of page.
Wow! Awesome, if 6 Houston Center is dead than I dont care because the side of town where that hotel is going needs to lose some freakin parking lots. Thats all that side of town is is parking lots and decaying abandoned buildings that were built in the 50s. eeewww
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Heres a surprise: a construction permit for a new 23-story Chinatown Asiatown condominium tower was issued yesterday for Park 8 Place. Remember Park8? Thats the freeway feeder megastrip project planned for just across Brays Bayou from Arthur Storey Park, along Beltway 8 south of Bellaire Blvd. The one that called itself The Land of Oz.
The entire development was supposed to include three 20-something-story residential towers, a hospital, two 2-story retail-and-office strips, and a couple of parking garages all in a quaint freeway-and-park-side setting. A foundation was poured for the first condo building last year, but Park 8 CEO David Wu put the project on hold after he was unable to secure financing. So the construction crane came down.
If a single condo tower is the only piece of the project thats now been funded, the result might be a little less overwhelming than the complex portrayed in this old Park 8 promotional video:
According to the city report, yesterdays permit cost Lyda Swinerton Builders more than $46K. The official address for the project is 8018 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. South.
I hope they build all three, instead of one. We'll see what happens.
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Thanks to burgeoning demand for the Museum's educational exhibitions and programs, we currently host 500,000 schoolchildren annually—in addition to more than 2.5 million other visitors. However, the Museum's current facilities were built to accommodate just 200,000 visitors a year.
Demand for the Museum's educational programs far outpaces available classroom space.
The current HMNS@100: Building for a Second Century of Science capital campaign is designed to provide funding for an expansion of the Museum's facilities that will better accommodate both our swelling numbers of visitors and the community's escalating interest in thought-provoking exhibitions and informative educational programs. We need your help to make these plans a reality for Houston's future. Get involved – and help us build for the next century of science education in Houston.
You can also celebrate our centennial at one hundred fun family events planned throughout 2009 and get an inside look at the Museum's vast collections—we've selected a hundred of the most compelling objects from millions of possibilities.
The Duncan Family Wing - part of the Museum's planned expansion.
MC is looking nice and so is Hess Tower.!!! but the Museum New Wing is kinda of plain I really don't like it for that area, it could of had a little bit more design to it..but oh well..
I was in downtown today and I saw that the old library is being remodel, ? they are taking the bricks down..does any one know anything about this?
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Also, what happened with the downtown La Quinta Inn? I guess that one fell through the gaps too. Dammit, this economy bs really is getting on my nerves.
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