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  1. Mister X
    ^ This is why I love HAIF so much. ^ On sight reporting as it happens. Thank you, hysinger. This sounds very encouraging. HAIF's team of spies are everywhere. The Chronicle was never this on the ball. Keeping fingers crossed that it is what it looks like it is.
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    I assure you no one is crying in Houston these days. Do you know how many mixed use developments AND tall buildings are under construction or in the planning stages for Houston? Go do a check around the internet. You are the one who will be crying when all is said and done. Our beautiful 'one industry' city has stood tall through oil booms and oil busts and continues to thrive. Every time you fill up your car you are adding another floor to our skyline. As a proud Houstonian, I thank you for your continued support. It must be like a thorn in the side Dallas. Dallas will never reign Queen of Texas as long as Houston exist. NEVER! Plus, never mind my silly (and mostly light hearted) insults going in your direction. I seriously think you are quite mad. Either that or you are going for some kind of trolling award I haven't heard of. Whatever your story is, it is quite obvious that you are completely obsessed with Houston. I don't blame you. It's a very exciting place to be. Unlike DFW who's boom has come and gone without anyone in the nation even knowing about it. BTW, I love how this thread that was supposed to be about Dallas and Fort Worth has turned into another thread about Houston by someone living in Dallas. It is a great example of how obsessed the DFWers are with Houston.
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    I'd love to know where the nucklehead gets his info. Never mind, I think I just saw Fluffy dropping a load of it in the backyard.
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    Engons, The 'HBJ rendering is the current building' part is the part that is confusing me. Is the rendering you speak of different than this photo? http://cll.bizjournals.com/story_image/110451-400-0-1.jpg or do you mean that the rendering here is just a smaller version of what they are planning to build in uptown? The photo is not of any building in the 90 floor range at all, unless each floor in that rendering has a loft and is really 2 floors - which sounds a little weird. Anyway, thanks for the tease.
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    You may be right. Hopefully we will know for sure soon.
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    Yes, and I bet they stop building One Main Place when they get to the 25th floor. Nothing ever gets built in Houston. There is nothing but trees in the loop.
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    I think I'll answer that when I see some better renderings. You may be right, but I think the new building looks better and more interesting than the brown one right now.
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    Me too. The photo is tiny. I wouldn't base any serious opinion of the tower on any of the photos that I altered. I only had one angle to work with. The building could look (and probably will) look a lot different should it ever be built at all. The only real info the tiny photo of 5 Allen gives us is the building's approximate height, shape, and color on one side. But the real details can not really be deciphered. I'm hoping that when some better renderings are released that there is some kind of beautiful delicate glass facade. It could make all the difference of whether or not this tower deserves it's prestigious location. Whatever they build on that spot is going to ruffle somebody's feathers. I don't think everyone will like this building no matter what they build. The location will dramatically change the way we look at downtown Houston from the north and west. Some people are going to have a hard time accepting anything large in that spot.
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    It probably seems out of place to you because you are just used to the northwestern and western views of dt. It hasn't changed all that much from the west since the 80's. Five Allen will have a big impact on dt from the west. Whatever they build in that location will stand out and hide some building near it. Also, I slapped those photos together pretty quickly and although I am probably close as to where the new building will be erected, none of these are completely accurate. These are just to get an idea. Also, another thing that might make the new building appear out of place is that it is 'brighter' in some of these photoshop renderings than the rest of the buildings around it. I personally welcome this new building. I think it will fit in well with the surrounding buildings. I especially like the distance it will have from the other towers when viewed from the north. Five Allen and Discovery will make dt look wider from the north and south. The brown building (whatever it is called) has never been one of my favorites anyway. It always seemed like it would make a better background building to me than one on dt's 'front lawn'. And the Texaco building will not be hidden except when viewed from the southwest.
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    Something I did for fun a few weeks ago. None of the photographs are mine. I just borrowed them to see how the Brookfield tower would impact our beautiful skyline. I also took the liberty of adding Discovery Tower on some of these. It's all in fun.
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    For me, it's all about the pond. It makes everything downtown seem cooler and more relaxing. I took these last month. I really love the place.
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    Money is no object in my fantasies. I never said my idea was realistic, still it would be nice. I like your fantasies too. In fact, I would be in favor of burying all the freeways within the city limits and building Discovery Greens on top of them. Sure, I've now gone from fantasy into complete LSD purple haze-dom over the idea, but people have to dream up ideas like this before they can ever be realized, don't they. But I'm getting off topic. Sorry. Now back to more GRB gushing and bashing...
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    The Pompidou looks like a Borg cube. It is bleak, industrial and scary. The GRB looks like a Borg cube that had been captured by the Federation (the good guys), pounded flat, painted up and glamorized. It is perky and inviting, but still a bit industrial. Sounds like it BELONGS in downtown Houston to me. It is totally 'us'. But I never learned to appreciate it until about 2 months ago. The park was the missing piece. I think the city should start erecting Discovery Greens within every few square miles of each other all over the city. Imagine what a Discovery Green (complete w/ a large reflection pond) would do for Uptown. It gives me chills every time I think about it.
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    Could they have meant that other Hines Tower supposedly going up 2 blocks north of Main Place?
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    No. Those were not my photos. Sorry if I broke any rules. I never meant to imply that I took any of those photos (except for the top one - I did take that one). I just made a link to some photos I found on the internet to prove my point that the GRB isn't 'fugly'. In fact, it's getting 'beautifuller' by the day I think. Sorry again if I posted someone's photo without permission. I thought is was o.k. to posts links to photos. I assure everyone, it wasn't about the glory of taking the photo. Although those photos were all beautiful, it was only supposed to be about the architecture.
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    Well, in my own defense, I was TRYING to be funny. Just like the sophisticated New Yorkers were trying to be funny. But if I contributed in any way to stopping a former New Yorker from giving his completely worthless opinion of Houston then my unfunny joke was well worth posting. For the record, for me it isn't a north vs south thing. I have nothing against New Yorkers in general. It is more like a 'people who don't have a clue of what they are talking about and are trashing my hometown for no reason are acting like ignorant assholes' thing - and shouldn't be taken too seriously. After all, how many of those posters were still hung up about Houstonians being fat? How many other cities have been called the fattest city in America since Houston was named fattest city back in 2003 or whenever? And what has MY weight (I'm slim and trim by the way) got to do with the quality of life of my fellow Houstonians, anyway? Try and keep up please, it's 2008 already. Plus, I always find it funny (in a sad kind of way) whenever people call themselves sophisticated as several of those posters did. If you have to tell or imply to people that you are sophisticated or intelligent, then you aren't - and you're not fooling anyone. The really surprising part of reading those dumb opinions after the article was how inferior New Yorkers obviously feel toward Houston and Texas. It came across loud and clear. I found it odd because Houston is no threat to NYC. Sure, Houston is growing 7 times faster than NYC, but NYC still has a few good years left as America's City I guess. Houston may be more attractive to the middle class, but NYC has (and probably will always have) the fame and glory. A lot of those posters came across as people who were trying justify their reasons for living in NYC by picking on a younger, smaller city with a brighter future. Kind of like how older, ugly people have to say mean things about younger, more attractive people so that they can feel better about themselves. However, I can see how having less spending money might bring out one's inner bitterness. When I was struggling in SF, I never said nice things about people who owned 3000 square foot houses.
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    Q: What do you call someone who is both ignorant and an asshole? A: An ignoranus. There are a lot of ignoranuses in New York.
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    Oh, lighten up a bit Mo - it's not that bad. You have every right to your opinion, but at least the GRB is interesting and fun looking. Think about the good things about the GRB and you'll sleep easier at night. If you can't think of any I'll help you. 1. It gets noticed. 2. It's colorful 3. It's whimsical 4. It looks good near water 5. It looks good near a nice green lawn w/ shade trees and people walking around it. 6. It has the potential to attract large conventions to Houston. 7. It isn't dull. 8. It incorporated lots of cool looking metal beams and glass. 9. It has a definitive signature 80's period look. (I think people will learn to appreciate this more in the coming decades, just like how mid twentieth-century mod is now more appreciated than it was in the late 60's and throughout the 70's) 10. It won't be ignored. 11. It's a great conversation piece. 12. It could have been a lot worse. (it could have been something utterly void of personality) 13. It has personality! 14. Many people (enough people) like it just fine as is - so there is not enough reason to waste tax payer money by tearing it down and building another convention center just because someone doesn't like the look of it. (You can't please everyone. No matter how great you think a building is, SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE is going to delicate flower about it) 15. It ain't goin' nowhere, so you better make friends with it. The GRB will probably be standing when we are all dead and buried. Don't spend the rest of your life all bitter and hatin'. And my number 1 reason for liking the GRB is that now we don't have this (see below) going on in east downtown Houston anymore (at least not this bad). The GRB got the ball rolling. That is enough reason for anyone to love it.
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    I was never too sure whether I liked the GRB or not until after they built Discovery Green in front of it. Now I like the GRB just fine. That reflection pond does wonders for everything around it.
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    Duty now for the future, I guess.
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    Maybe it's time to buy a new crystal ball. Your old one may be out of order. I might agree with your statement if you said 'in our lifetimes' or something. But never say never. 100 years ago, who would have predicted that Houston would one day be the 4th largest city in America, or be home to more Fortune 500 companies (except for NYC) than any other city in America. 10 years ago, few people would have ever believed that Houston would be experiencing this current boom or ever have another NFL team. Who would have even believed 3 years ago that we would see mixed use urban developments popping up inside the loop. I get what you are saying. But 'same level' can mean a lot of things. In some ways, Houston has already surpassed Chicago (population growth, job growth, ect.) Eventually, if the growth continues to surpass Chicago, Houston could end up being as urban or important as Chicago. It may be a long shot and I wouldn't expect to live to see it. But no one will ever make me believe that it isn't possible - especially if the world remains dependent on oil for the next 50 years and the people of Houston develop a taste for inner city living. The world keeps changing. Nothing is for certain.
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    Bravo, Nate.
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    Unfortunately, people have to eventually grow up, hopefully learn from past mistakes and try not to make them again (especially at the risk of losing their shirts). But hey, this boom just started. Give our developers a few years of raking in the cash and I'm sure we will return to the days of irresponsible, grandiose and excessive building. At any rate, comparing the optimistic, dynamic energy in Houston these days to ANY city in America is unfair and just plain dumb. Look around you. This city is rockin' with positive vibes, high paying jobs, 70's style growth, building cranes, light rail expansion and mixed use projects. And you want to talk about KC, Charlotte and Norfolk. Give me a break. No offense.
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    Cut HP a break. They are charting new territory. If more apts follow OPP, then more than likely more developments like HP will follow. There is certainly no shortage of surface lots to build on. HP may not be everything that everybody was hoping for, but you have to start somewhere. Some of us are still amazed that a project like this was ever able to get of the ground at all. Some of you guys might be right that HP could have and should have been more than it is. But it is also true that those 3 blocks could have remained parking lots for the next 20 years while the powers that be were arguing over the 'best' way to do it. Or waiting endlessly for someone to take a risk. It's like the light rail situation. I like to think of HP as a start of something great. Sure, it may be not large enough or have enough amenities to serve everyone's needs when it opens, but there is a bigger picture here. In this case, creating a little vibrancy in a CBD that is known nationally, for being completely void of life after dark. If HP helps to change that perception, even by a little, just to get the ball rolling, then I am glad the city did what it could to help land this project.
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    Jeebus Christ, that's pretty stupid! Give me my 80 story tower. I love Williams tower as much as the next guy, but they can build an 80 story tower directly in front of Williams tower and I would still welcome it. JJW can do what he wants to, but I would sell out my own mother to satisfy MY own high-rise fetishes. And YOU can't stop me. BRING ON THE CRANES!
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