Howard Huge Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Why is it that the models always start at crotch length?I'm sure he wishes it were that big.All skyscrapers are extensions of the phallus, its a male ego thing, look it up... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Huh? My point is we haven't seen an eastern side view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Huh? My point is we haven't seen an eastern side view.I assume it's similar to the west, just the crown is tilting away from you, not towards you, and the sides don't bend in as they go upward. Supposedly the east and west sides are supposed to be illuminated with LEDs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Took this today. Looks like they are gutting the interior of the old building via this hole that faces Captiol. Eau de old building innards is in the air, despite their innovative dust mitigation sprinkler system that runs atop the hole in the picture. Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I noticed yesterday that they have finally shut down the whole parking lot, putting a green fence around the entire block. Looking good for progress! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) New pics/renderings. Looks like they are going to be ramping up the amenities in this tower... Edited December 16, 2013 by Urbannizer 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarosurf Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 This is going to be awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 wow. I am surprised by how much I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) I've said this once and I'll say it again... Why have we not seen the back of this building?? Is that too difficult to ask.  Edit: Talking about the Fannin side. Edited December 12, 2013 by Triton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Very cool! The Fannin side seems to slope with an edged to create more corner offices. It will be a Houston landmark. Gerald Hines is very old now. He will leave a legacy of how he built the Houston skyline. What a beautiful building it is, cannot wait! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Gerald Hines is, for all intents and purposes, the man who has carried the torch after Jesse H. Jones passed away. Who will carry it when he is no longer around? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Hines is my idol. The only other guy worthy of being called "Mr Houston". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Gerald Hines is, for all intents and purposes, the man who has carried the torch after Jesse H. Jones passed away.Who will carry it when he is no longer around?Gerald's son? I don't think Hines will forget where they are from.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 ^That would be nice. My point was, few people like Gerald Hines or Jesse H. Jones come along. Both are huge figures in Houston. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Not to piss on the campfire, but Hines did leave Houston some years back for London where he still lives and shifted his attention to developments outside the U.S. Although he seems to have found a renewed interest in Houston the last half decade or so, it's still not like it was up until the 80's when Houston was his main focus. He does not pick Houston to put his truly paradigm-shifting developments, as he did up until Transco Tower. Whereas Jones was a Houston guy until the very end. He once expressed the thought that Houston could be like Paris, but he never left for Paris. He will always be Mr. Houston.   2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Jesse Jones was a philanthropist, was he not? Hines is strictly a business man, so he's not doing charity work here. If he couldn't make money in Houston, he wouldn't be here. Until he starts giving up his own money without expecting a return on his dollar, we cannot compare the two in the same way. I love me some Hines, no doubt, but it's just not a fair comparison. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Not to piss on the campfire, but Hines did leave Houston some years back for London where he still lives and shifted his attention to developments outside the U.S. Although he seems to have found a renewed interest in Houston the last half decade or so, it's still not like it was up until the 80's when Houston was his main focus. He does not pick Houston to put his truly paradigm-shifting developments, as he did up until Transco Tower.Whereas Jones was a Houston guy until the very end. He once expressed the thought that Houston could be like Paris, but he never left for Paris. He will always be Mr. Houston.Thats all true and I agree Jones will always be the Mr. Houston.Be that as it may, you take away Gerald Hines legacy, the Galleria, Transco Tower, and the many other projects him or his company were directly/indirectly responsible for, and you take away a HUGE chunk of what Houston is today, and even in years forthcoming. Cant really downplay Jerrys significance in this city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I've said this once and I'll say it again... Why have we not seen the back of this building?? Is that too difficult to ask. Edit: Talking about the Fannin side. Because it will look like a bland and boring box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Not to piss on the campfire, but Hines did leave Houston some years back for London where he still lives and shifted his attention to developments outside the U.S. Although he seems to have found a renewed interest in Houston the last half decade or so, it's still not like it was up until the 80's when Houston was his main focus. He does not pick Houston to put his truly paradigm-shifting developments, as he did up until Transco Tower. Whereas Jones was a Houston guy until the very end. He once expressed the thought that Houston could be like Paris, but he never left for Paris. He will always be Mr. Houston. Not like Hines had a choice. The local economy tanked and the real estate market fell out of the basement and into whatever was below that. Jones was not a philathropist, he was an entrepreneur/politician/businessman/pro-Houston Promotor. Hines is mostly just a businessman. He did help to redefine our town through his work. Jones also established the Houston Endowment, while Hines hasn't done that he has certainly given money. And who knows what he will do whenever he finally retires? (And for the record, if I had the money I'd probably live elsewhere too. I would still come back to town and enjoy the holidays and the town for what it is, but I'd have a nice farm or estate in some place with 4 true seasons and running water on it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Not like Hines had a choice. The local economy tanked and the real estate market fell out of the basement and into whatever was below that. Jones was not a philathropist, he was an entrepreneur/politician/businessman/pro-Houston Promotor. Hines is mostly just a businessman. He did help to redefine our town through his work. Jones also established the Houston Endowment, while Hines hasn't done that he has certainly given money. And who knows what he will do whenever he finally retires? (And for the record, if I had the money I'd probably live elsewhere too. I would still come back to town and enjoy the holidays and the town for what it is, but I'd have a nice farm or estate in some place with 4 true seasons and running water on it.)  The local economy did not tank permanently. Hines went to London and stayed. Jones went to Washington D.C. and came back to Houston (and this was before air-conditioning!). Both are great, but Hines does not inherit the Mr. Houston mantle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Okay, who cares about Jones and Hines. Any other info on this building anybody? I'm looking foward to seeing this sucker rise. Think about it, we'll have 609 main, 2929 Weslayan, BHP Billiton, Astoria, and possibly the Chevron Tower all having huge cranes in the air at the same time. How cool will that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Okay, who cares about Jones and Hines. Any other info on this building anybody? I'm looking foward to seeing this sucker rise. Think about it, we'll have 609 main, 2929 Weslayan, BHP Billiton, Astoria, and possibly the Chevron Tower all having huge cranes in the air at the same time. How cool will that be? It will be even cooler than that. We'll also have the Marriott Marquis crane(s) in the air.  Possibly Apache. And possibly several more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) According to our list, the following projects should have cranes up in 2014:609 Main at Texas - Downtown1600 Louisiana - DowntownSkyhouse (Spring 2014 Completion) - DowntownHilcorp Energy Tower - Downtown6 Houston Center- DowntownMarriott Marquis Convention Center Hotel - DowntownHines Market Square (Sept. 2014 Start) - DowntownMarquette Residential High-Rise - DowntownHampton Inn/Homewood Suites - DowntownHyatt Place - DowntownBHP Billiton - UptownAstoria - UptownHyatt Regency - UptownHanover Post Oak - UptownGables Post Oak Tower - UptownApache Tower - UptownBelfiore - Uptown2229 San Felipe - River Oaks2929 Weslayan - Greenway3737 Buffalo Speedway - Greenway Levy Park / Kirby Grove - GreenwayRedstone Companies Office Building - GreenwayThe Sovereign (March 2014 Completion) - Allen ParkwayBrazos Towers at Bayou Manor - Near Med CenterHanover South Hampton - West UHermann Place - Museum DistrictThe Southmore - Museum DistrictHanover Montrose - Montrose22 WaughCranes will be in the air for the smaller projects going up too. Edited December 14, 2013 by Urbannizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Add to your list theSouthmore residential high rise by Hines on Caroline and SouthmoreThe two twelve story hotels near the new Marquis to go up next to convention center downtownHines Market Square high riseHerman Park twisted high riseThe Sovereign high rise on West GreyThe Southampton residential by Hanover 12 stories in the Village under construction nowHanover High rise going up behind the new Whole Foods on Post OakApache next doorHyatt Regency GalleriaSkanska old Maceys siteand a few others that might will break ground   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Urbannizer you beat me to the list. Yours was more thorough. Sorry for the redundancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) According to our list, the following projects should have cranes up in 2014:609 Main at Texas - Downtown1600 Louisiana - DowntownSkyhouse (Spring 2014 Completion) - DowntownHilcorp Energy Tower - Downtown6 Houston Center- DowntownMarriott Marquis Convention Center Hotel - DowntownHines Market Square (Sept. 2014 Start) - DowntownMarquette Residential High-Rise - DowntownHampton Inn/Homewood Suites - DowntownHyatt Place - DowntownBHP Billiton - UptownAstoria - UptownHyatt Regency - UptownHanover Post Oak - UptownGables Post Oak Tower - UptownApache Tower - UptownBelfiore - Uptown2229 San Felipe - River Oaks2929 Weslayan - Greenway3737 Buffalo Speedway - GreenwayLevy Park / Kirby Grove - GreenwayRedstone Companies Office Building - GreenwayThe Sovereign (March 2014 Completion) - Allen ParkwayBrazos Towers at Bayou Manor - Near Med CenterHanover South Hampton - West UHermann Place - Museum DistrictThe Southmore - Museum DistrictHanover Montrose - Montrose22 WaughCranes will be in the air for the smaller projects going up too. Amazing list. It seems pretty likely there will be a substantial crane for the Texaco Building project as well. Do we really have reason to think 6 Houston Center is likely to start in 2014? Edited December 14, 2013 by Houston19514 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I'm glad all the cranes currently at the Exxon project in Spring will find a new, better home in 2014. Â 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Amazing list. It seems pretty likely there will be a substantial crane for the Texaco Building project as well.Do we really have reason to think 6 Houston Center is likely to start in 2014?A presentation used by Central Houston gave away the start date: 1Q 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Wow, that's news to me. And it's a new design that's a decent height for the area, correct? It used to be kind of a twisted rectangle that was probably around 20 stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Okay, who cares about Jones and Hines. Any other info on this building anybody?To answer your question, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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