j_cuevas713 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Good God... HTOWN! \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) Wow, slightly more dense apartments. yawn Edited December 19, 2013 by MikeRichardson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Y'all complain soooo much!!! Houston is growing. Be grateful! I'm so over y'all complaining about the heighth of a building, the design of a complex, the location of such, etc. Get over it and embrace whatever is being built. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Get over it and embrace whatever is being built. No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) ? Edited December 19, 2013 by HOUCAJUN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 This is an architecture website isn't it? I know some people nitpick more than others, however this is the best freakin site n the world for someone like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Y'all complain soooo much!!! ....y'all complaining about..., the design of a complex, the location of such, etc. Get over it and embrace whatever is being built. This is an architecture forum. Discussions about designs are a given. I agree that sometimes some of the observations resemble a complaint, but I think we're just venting to a large group of like minded people (or so we think). Infill/density is great, but its even more impressive if it is also architecturally striking. That is the problem with art - we're all critics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Density! ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Density! ^ Did you look at the elevations? It's basically the old apartments, except with a strip mall stuck underneath them. Residential density is only coincidentally improved because the new apartments are smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) It would be really nice if the retail came up to Westheimer instead of parking in the front. Also would be nice if it connected to that other mixed use development next to it. There is no cohesiveness in development in Houston like you see in other cities. Edited January 6, 2014 by citykid09 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Did you look at the elevations? It's basically the old apartments, except with a strip mall stuck underneath them. Residential density is only coincidentally improved because the new apartments are smaller. Does anyone know the before and after unit count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Stone Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) If this is what strip malls look like these days, I can live with it. Edited January 7, 2014 by Hugh Stone 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 There is no cohesiveness in development in Houston like you see in other cities.No zoning also means no planning; since it can't get enforced. Cohesiveness doesn't happen by itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Looks really nice. There will probably only be about 1/5th of the people in the renderings actually walking around, but still... nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Looks really nice. There will probably only be about 1/5th of the people in the renderings actually walking around, but still... nice.Ever been to city center? It's almost too packed with people walking around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Does anyone know the before and after unit count? New development has "278 residential units". Another source says 279. Old apartments... HBJ says "Those 415 units carry a 4444 Westheimer address", but in regards to the newer portion built in 1971. There were also two older 1968 buildings, which would have had at least 93 apartments each. So there were at least 601 apartments demolished. That sounds about right, because I remember remarking that there weren't even going to be half as many apartments to replace the ones demolished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 It would be really nice if the retail came up to Westheimer instead of parking in the front. Also would be nice if it connected to that other mixed use development next to it. There is no cohesiveness in development in Houston like you see in other cities. Whatever is being built up along Westcreek Ln. is coming up almost right to the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 http://www.earthcam.net/projects/olivermcmillan/rod/ River Oaks District webcam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Looks really nice. There will probably only be about 1/5th of the people in the renderings actually walking around, but still... nice. No, there will definitely be lots of people walking around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 No, there will definitely be lots of people walking around. Hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 There's men out there working right now, saw them when I was driving home. Not sure what they are doing at midnight, but they have one lamp on, you can see it in the web cam, and maybe 10 men working on something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 2/7 http://auroracompanies.net/category/river-oaks/ 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) I was surprised how much you could see of this from 610.. I didn't figure you'd even be able to notice it since it's only 4 or so stories tall. Westcreek and mid lane will definitely make a big impact on the east side of the 610 skyline.. Edited February 23, 2014 by cloud713 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 John Lobb is coming to ROD. Akris is signing on as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 There are only two other John Lobb stores in the US...and the third is coming to Htown. DAAAYUM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 While I'm glad ROD is getting another tenant, I'll never go there to pay $1400-$1800 for a pair of shoes. It seems strange to me: I pass by similar uber-upscale stores in the Galleria and they survive even though they seem empty. Many are even expanding their existing footprints in the Galleria. My guess is that they must prosper by having a relatively small number of customers, but a high sales amount per customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That's usually how economics works, yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 2/27 by Russell.Hancock on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscats35 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 BE AWARE!! The weekends at River Oaks District will be crazy!!! Don't say i didn't warn you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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