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  1. HoustonIsHome
    Yeah it looked like they wanted to give a full view if two sides. But any way, my point is the area from Jackson to Fannin (apart from the pappas bbq) is going to look really built out. The built out feel dropped a lot going from the hospital to that glass shop on one side and the drive through restaurant on the other. Im glad that this development is meaty. At least that side will make the drop off not so steep. I didn't realize the Catholic church owned so much land in the area. With the area growing and the businesses in shorter buildings like the glass shop going out, how long do you think others like the u haul, the book shop and others will remain? I know the Bbq place is new. It would be nice if the law school expanded in the area
  2. HoustonIsHome
    I asked cause I didn't know. I have seen it for towers but don't know much about apartments.
  3. HoustonIsHome
    They made the gap between the belltower and the rendering look so big, but it really isn't that far from the corner. This area is going to be more built up than the rendering suggest
  4. HoustonIsHome
    My point is paint color is a quick fix. Its nothing structural.
  5. HoustonIsHome
    Lots of cities have jails downtown. Where would you put it? The way Houston is built the jail will be surrounded by high priced property just about anywhere you put it in the core. NY county jail is right smack in the middle of lower Manhattan in the financial district.
  6. HoustonIsHome
    Tmc had far to go to catch up to downtown. Tmc is about 40M sq feet of total floor space. Downtown is about 55M of office space not including residential, retail or education. The lower values posted for downtown is the total office space minus vacant buildings. In other words its the office soace for lease or already leased. It doesn't make sense to compare all space in one district to just the space with offices in another while ignoring all other buildings
  7. HoustonIsHome
    How often do plans drastically change? I know back in the day multiple versions of proposed buildings were put out before done thing is settled on, but is that still done? Do they spend as much time on these short residential complexes as they do on signature tiwers?
  8. HoustonIsHome
    Who is hysterical? Just stating opinions on the architecture. If you like it fine, if you don't fine. This is what the forum is here for. If we get something better, I will admit I was wrong (I will gladly welcome being wrong) but what's the problem in some of us being very disappointed with THIS rendering?
  9. HoustonIsHome
    Houston already has this covered. I agree that getting a building is good, but a little effort could be better. Do things right the first time so we won't be worried about correcting it later. Why can't they fake a facade?
  10. HoustonIsHome
    How is it obvious? And who says the pedestrian entrance has to be at the front? I would think the building would have multiple front entrances with the lobby of both buildings facing each other. But still, there is no reason to build an ugly side.
  11. HoustonIsHome
    Yeah, that makes sense, spend money to give people a teaser of the worse view of a building. That will build confidence. Let's put our worse foot forward. I don't see any situation where these "other three sides are better" are plausible. That's like applying to a modeling agency with a donkeys arse as your head shot.
  12. HoustonIsHome
    Sorry Nate, I think that's BS. They don't need to make functional store space but they can fake. They could have parking with glass fronts like Sakowitz that can easily be converted down the line to actual stores. Building a fugly building because the area isn't all that is just silly
  13. HoustonIsHome
    The two wings doesn't look big enough to be separate blocks, and the entrance in the middle has a ramp so that would mean the middle street would be closed off. I dunno, I hope the rendering drastically changes.
  14. HoustonIsHome
    Well this is an architecture forum.
  15. HoustonIsHome
    Yep. We are a city if people who just settle for anything. According to Moore we shouldn't B#&$H
  16. HoustonIsHome
    I guess it is better than what is there now.
  17. HoustonIsHome
    Yeah, I read that thread after. Mixed emotions. Feel let down but still happy that the area is transforming and hopefully will be more lively
  18. HoustonIsHome
    We are all happy for more residential options, but still, why should we settle for crappy designs right smack in downtown?
  19. HoustonIsHome
    I dunno. The scheme slightly resembles the M&M building and that is a handsome building. I think they just did a faded rendering so that it won't look line something too new looking going up around Market square. They may create a very attractive art deco-like building like M&M
  20. HoustonIsHome
    Why should we? This is our city. We live it and want the best for it.
  21. HoustonIsHome
    Eh, very disappointing. Thought these was supposed to be twice as tall as the alliance one on Main. Why Camden???? WHY????!!!!!!!!
  22. HoustonIsHome
    That's one hulk of a building. Welcomed change to the area. The two 12 storey residential units should be about 2 blocks away. This area is going to be transformed.
  23. HoustonIsHome
    Totally agree, but then again I am all for weird. I would do renovations to
  24. HoustonIsHome
    I can hear the commercials now. Lol
  25. HoustonIsHome
    I think the city of Houston resembles a small metropolitan area rather than a large city and I am not mad at that. I think Houston will continue to divide and create new 'cities' within the city. There are so many on the west side and the new generation one on the north east side. This is Houston and that's just how it's going to continue to grow. On the plus side I see the chunk of the inner loop between 610, I10, 288/59 to the east and 59 to the south will become much more dense and walkable. Add in the Heights, east downtown, 3rd ward, TMC, and Uptown and I see a nice little core. My biggest worry is that for an area as large as the loop, prices are crazy expensive for Houston. My hope is for tons of affordable housing in areas that are not already crazy expensive. I have hopes for 3rd and 5th ward and for east downtown. I mean all the new development in Houston seem to be upscale. I think we could be growing the core so much faster if we develop $600 to $900 units in the core than all these $1200 to $3000 units. What I would really really really like to see is the retention of the character of the 3rd and 5th wards and to a lesser extent the heights. What I mean by this is a more Portland type development rather than a town home development. My idea is to help people in these areas keep their homes, redevelopment them, but serving the role as income properties. It would be nice if the broken down shacks were replaced by homes that are still detached but with the owners occupying one floor and another floor (or other side of the duplex) being rented out. It would be sad seeing the 3rd as a sea of apartments or even worse a sea of town homes. As family size decreases I think the way to go is more families per lot, but it would be nice if the neighborhood doesn't drastically change. I think that apartment heavy areas change too quickly as the it spot migrates. Would be nice if most new houses factor in income properties so there is more permanence of character but more opportunity for growth.
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