wxman Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Off topic much? So to the person who kicked the can over, what else can you give us? When standing at the base of this structure, will we have to bend our necks higher than 45 degrees to see the top?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I'd hope you'd have to bend your neck more than 45° up - standing on the edge of a ten foot sidewalk, that's only a 10 foot high building. I think even a CFA is taller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amashgo Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Don't expect anything more than a garage for the moment. The word is mum on anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I may be officially against no zoning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 43 minutes ago, kbates2 said: I may be officially against no zoning. If your goal is to eliminate parking garages, having zoning is neither necessary nor sufficient. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Judge gives temporary protection in downtown tunnel case A judge has ruled that the tunnel corridor between the former Houston Chronicle building and a neighboring property cannot be destroyed during any demolition or construction at the site. The temporary injunction is the latest development in a legal dispute between the property owners over access to downtown's vital tunnel system. State District Judge Wesley Ward last month granted temporary protection for the tunnel corridor, at least until the matter is settled at trial in January. Theater Square would be responsible for any protective costs in the interim. Earlier this month, the group posted a $468,000 bond for that purpose. The order requires Hines to keep Theater Square apprised of its construction plans and give at least 10 days to raise objections to any specific work. After protective work is performed, Theater Square would have to reimburse Hines within 20 days. According to court documents, the temporary injunction, "is not intended to prohibit Block 58 (Hines) from designing and constructing a new building on the Chronicle tract." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 They just received permits from the city, expect construction to begin soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I find this whole thing very interesting. Seems their big idea fell through early on, but they have something real going with little marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 48 minutes ago, Nate99 said: I find this whole thing very interesting. Seems their big idea fell through early on, but they have something real going with little marketing. History repeats itself. Heritage Plaza? Unless our anonymous insiders are being hush for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I forget...is there a rendering for this thing? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtNsf Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I have the same question - is there some sort of recent rendering of this "tower" ? Would love to find out if my wishful thinking of a real skyscraper would be realized, but not counting on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Construction to begin soon... On what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 @Triton A parking structure with retail on the southern half of the block. No tower for now.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 9 hours ago, Urbannizer said: @Triton A parking structure with retail on the southern half of the block. No tower for now.. nm Edited August 31, 2016 by H-Town Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Southern half of the surface lot is taped off. Looks like scraping may commence soon. This was on the Travis side sidewalk. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 From 3 hours ago, Nate99 said: Southern half of the surface lot is taped off. Looks like scraping may commence soon. This was on the Travis side sidewalk. Hmmmm... between this and Aris, using Travis to get to Market Square from the south on foot looks to be pretty much a non starter for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) I don't know if it's the same spot but I saw the same thing a few weeks ago and all they did was cut out a very small section of the parking lot leading me to think it would just be a storage area. check that. Just saw you posted that 5 hours ago. Did you see the boundaries of the line? Edited October 19, 2016 by lockmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 12 hours ago, lockmat said: I don't know if it's the same spot but I saw the same thing a few weeks ago and all they did was cut out a very small section of the parking lot leading me to think it would just be a storage area. check that. Just saw you posted that 5 hours ago. Did you see the boundaries of the line? I don't really recall. They moved the pay kiosk for the surface lot and had some new signage directing parkers to it, so in addition to half the lot being taped off, it looked like they were re-aligning for some kind of semi-permanent change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Just to add: they have removed the poles that formerly held up the crosswalk signals on the Prairie side of the block on both ends. Once the Chronicle demo gets to that side of the block, Prairie will be cut off to pedestrians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Can someone remind me of what's going up here again please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 On 8/30/2016 at 2:31 PM, Urbannizer said: @Triton A parking structure with retail on the southern half of the block. No tower for now.. @nate4l1f3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Does anyone have any other details such as the height of the garage, whether it will be covered like the one at Texas and Main or an open one where cars and cables are visible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post adr Posted October 26, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2016 Excavations are revealing the foundation of previous structures. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 8 hours ago, adr said: Excavations are revealing the foundation of previous structures. We'll take a cup o' kindness yet for 'm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I'm sure metal detectors and archaeologists would be interested in what they might find amongst the rubble! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Went to vote today and the construction in just a few block radius was crazy. 609 main, chronicle building, Market square tower, Aris, theater square, Franklin garage. Was excited when I saw activity on this theater square lot but after reading the last few pages got disappointed again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Some folks were building a rebar frame for a piling reinforcement already on the site. It was big too, probably 30-40 feet in length, maybe 3-4 feet in diameter. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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