Howard Huge Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Bad news, folks. Late this afternoon the whole project was reduced to rubble under the gaze of an angry God. I got this shot just as the foundations were giving out, and out of a blinding light a voice said "THOU SHALT NOT RAISE MORE THAN ONE FLOOR PER WEEK, YE FOLLOWERS OF BABBLE": 10-17-13.JPG Alright, it was just a van fire. But still the most exciting part of my week. My sides.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 10/18/2013 Update 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlyoung83 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Almost as high as Houston House. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Urbannizer Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Nice shots mlyoung! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Really nice shots! Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Yeah those shots are great. Really make the glass look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlyoung83 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Digging the garage: Working on Sundays! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban909 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 A shot from this morning. From an Iphone so its not the best quality: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Still on floor 20? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 10/24/13: Savoy Houston: Anything happening wit this one? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Anything happening wit this one? Yeah, it's supposed to get torn down and turned into a park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Yeah, it's supposed to get torn down and turned into a park. any rendering for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Not yet that I know of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 It seemed I read where a group owned the building and were going to redevelop into residential or a hotel.'There was talk of it becoming a park but now this group has stepped forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Yeah, it's supposed to get torn down and turned into a park. That is FAR from confirmed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 That is FAR from confirmed. Yeah this is honestly the first I've ever heard about it becoming a park. As far as I knew it the plan was to be renovated and reused.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) Yeah this is honestly the first I've ever heard about it becoming a park. As far as I knew it the plan was to be renovated and reused.. Ah, we'll according to the downtown development/planning committee it's going to be turned into a park. Someone else also heard the same thing before that report/PDF came out. heres the screenshot of that slide with the Days Inn highlighted in green for park space. it was discussed a bit in the downtown subforum and elsewhere. Edited October 25, 2013 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 From all the info that is out there, it seems as if the park is just an idea by some committee trying to re-visualize southern dt and nothing more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 From all the info that is out there, it seems as if the park is just an idea by some committee trying to re-visualize southern dt and nothing more.That is the Downtown Planning and Development Department.. not some committee. i would say its more than just a vision, as much of the PDF highlighted very real projects and things that are being implemented downtown in the coming years, though thats not to say people arent out there trying to figure out a way to repurpose the Days Inn structure. i guess it all comes down to who owns it. who is that by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 That is the Downtown Planning and Development Department.. not some committee. i would say its more than just a vision, as much of the PDF highlighted very real projects and things that are being implemented downtown in the coming years, though thats not to say people arent out there trying to figure out a way to repurpose the Days Inn structure. i guess it all comes down to who owns it. who is that by the way? No, that is from a presentation put together by Central Houston, Inc.'s Planning and Development group. CHI is a non-profit organization and that presentation is even listed as the first bullet point on the link provided. There is no "Downtown Planning & Development Department" on the governmental level. For years, they have highlighted prospects for development that are both in motion and are simply just proposals including the myriad of plans for the old Holiday/Days/Heaven on Earth Inn over the past decade or so. As for the SkyHouse thread - LarryDierker's picture shows a view you don't see too often. Looks like it will blend in quite well and definitely add density in that section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 No, that is from a presentation put together by Central Houston, Inc.'s Planning and Development group. CHI is a non-profit organization and that presentation is even listed as the first bullet point on the link provided. There is no "Downtown Planning & Development Department" on the governmental level.For years, they have highlighted prospects for development that are both in motion and are simply just proposals including the myriad of plans for the old Holiday/Days/Heaven on Earth Inn over the past decade or so.As for the SkyHouse thread - LarryDierker's picture shows a view you don't see too often. Looks like it will blend in quite well and definitely add density in that section.Ah thanks for setting me straight. Interesting that the PDF had the same name as the city planning and development department. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 (edited) just realized that I could post it bigger and clickable. IMAG0005 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr Edited October 27, 2013 by LarryDierker 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Are they on the 23/24 floor or am I just not seeing this correctly? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Are they on the 23/24 floor or am I just not seeing this correctly?21st starting on 22nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 does the bottom level count as 2 floors or no? seems like someone was saying the lowest section was 2 stories, but maybe they just meant the lowest floor the equivalent height of 2 stories. drove by today and they are working on 22 (or 23 if the bottom is 2 stories). id imagine we should start seeing the set backs in the corner columns starting around this floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I count it as 2 floors (I might have made the comment to which you are referring). It's not just a double height first floor; there is a second floor that is visible from ground level, but it is not visible from the construction camera because it is a smaller footprint in the middle of the building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Webcam update: It looks like they have poured the 23rd floor. From the rendering, this should be the last "regular" floor before things start getting smaller. Looking back at the rendering though, despite the fact this building is only 24 floors, I didn't realize how much higher the top is than the last floor. Not that it matters on a building this size but something I had overlooked until now. The red line is where they are currently. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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