HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 59

Xeelee · #**1161** Posted **Nov 15, 2007, 6:57 PM**

Can someone "paste" them together?

vjhe · #**1162** Posted **Nov 15, 2007, 7:13 PM**

Anyone know anything about a major announcement in the medical center on next week?

Xeelee · #**1163** Posted **Nov 15, 2007, 7:53 PM**

I've not heard of anything... let me check.

CALMSP · #**1164** Posted **Nov 15, 2007, 10:04 PM**

Wattleigh · #**1165** Posted **Nov 16, 2007, 3:47 AM**

I figured I'd pitch in a few random photos, taken recently.

The Med Center from across Lake McGovern in Hermann Park

And a couple from the reflecting pond in the park

And an iffy attempt at putting Xeelee's pics together... haha

Xeelee · #**1166** Posted **Nov 16, 2007, 2:26 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by vjhe

Anyone know anything about a major announcement in the medical center on next week?

I can't find anything about it. Where did you hear this?

Xeelee · #**1167** Posted **Nov 16, 2007, 2:35 PM**

Nice work Wattleigh.

Complex01 · #**1168** Posted **Nov 16, 2007, 2:51 PM**

I agree nice job. But what is this news, i want to know...

rdavis4559 · #**1169** Posted **Nov 16, 2007, 7:14 PM**

I walked around downtown during lunch today and took these pictures, including construction shots of Discovery Green, One Park Place, and the Pavilions, plus some general shots

Here are some workers putting lights on the City Hall Christmas Tree

Shasta · #**1170** Posted **Nov 16, 2007, 8:47 PM**

The Meninger Clinic is going to move from West Houston to an area closer to the Med Center (I think Main at South Post Oak). They plan on building a 280,000 + square foot new campus with around 150 beds. Maybe that's the news?

The only other thing I can think of is maybe Methodist Hospital is getting ready to release a rendering for their new "north campus" facility? That thing is supposed to be HUGE.

Wattleigh · #**1171** Posted **Nov 16, 2007, 9:36 PM**

One Park Place is really taking off! I mean, I was there only last Sunday morning and only portions of that current top level were in place and just a few days later that level is complete.

There's an article on the new Menninger Clinic in today's Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/s...19/story5.html

With a rendering here (contrasting the current west campus with the new one on the bottom.)

I'm interested in seeing more on the new Methodist Hospital as well whenever that emerges.

Complex01 · #**1172** Posted **Nov 16, 2007, 9:49 PM**

Great pics RD, looking fine. I will be downtown tommorw so i will walk around and take in all these new progress...

Cory · #**1173** Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 12:40 AM**

I wonder if the Pavilions is suppose to have large billboadrs on the exterior. Alot of the walls look blank. What is that weird material?

Johnland · #**1174** Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 12:56 AM**

[QUOTE=Wattleigh;3170716]I figured I'd pitch in a few random photos, taken recently.

The Med Center from across Lake McGovern in Hermann Park

The building with the interesting top is great. There's nothing even close to this type of archicture in Tampa. We have the most abysmal skyline. The more I see on this thread, the more I appreciate Houston. It is clear this city has a much stronger sense of self than I ever would've given it credit. To be honest, to me, Texas was just a vast, open plain out West. I have never been there, except once when I changed planes in Houston. But I'm seeing a depth to the metropolis that is impressive. I don't know why Tampa can't be more urban. There just is absolutely no archicture here. All the buildings are dull, mindless exercises in post-modern crap at best, and meaningless vernacular at worst. Maybe it's a Florida thing. Maybe it's because Tampa is so very small compared to Houston. Maybe it will just take more time and history to happen here.

Bailey · #**1175** Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 1:40 AM**

Looks like they still have a ways to go on Discovery Green before it is anywhere near finished.

Wattleigh · #**1176** Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 3:48 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bailey

Looks like they still have a ways to go on Discovery Green before it is anywhere near finished.

Not really... They're finishing up building out the pathways and are already putting down the grass in portions. Shouldn't be too much longer.

Bailey · #**1177** Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 5:18 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by pm91

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.

pm, do you know where I can find an actual list for the biggest business districts/skylines in the US?

Johnland · #**1178** Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 5:22 PM**

On AOL News today, it said that Houston's population grew by 1,000,000 since 2000. Amazing growth.

Wattleigh · #**1179** Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 6:38 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnland

On AOL News today, it said that Houston's population grew by 1,000,000 since 2000. Amazing growth.

While it is true that both the city proper and the area are adding people quickly, I'm not sure about the 1M figure. Seems a bit out there...

After doing a search, I couldn't find anything on "AOL News" that referenced that either.

Bailey · #**1180** Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 9:45 PM**

City Buildings Highrises
1 New York City 4,882 4,556

2 Toronto 1,991 1,741

3 Chicago 1,069 1,067

4 Tokyo 1,037 1,002

5 Vancouver 735 579

6 Montréal 666 574

7 Los Angeles 594 553

8 Mexico 542 530

9 Greater London 556 513

10 Hong Kong 514 505

11 Ottawa 434 371

12 Sydney 393 369

13 Buenos Aires 359 342

14 Shanghai 347 341

32 Houston 186 186

According to the Cities page, Houston is listed at #32 in the world for having 186 buildings of which 186 are considered highrises. Does this seem right and how did they calculate that? Is this the whole city or just downtown? I'm thinking we definitely have more than 186 semi-tall buildings?