Are you on crack?

The JPMorgan Chase Building needs to be reclad. A nice all glass facade would look really nice.

I think it was the angle that made the TMC look like part of the Downtown Skyline without any gaps that makes it looks dense, and thus comparable to NYC's dense skyline.

HOWEVER, we all know Houston will never EVER compare to NYC, so nothing to take seriously.

Houston's skyline really is pretty easy to play with in photos. Line up all the business districts from different vantage points and you can make it look as large or as small, as long or as skinny, as your heart desires.

Uh, no. I love the cladding. If it were all glass well then it would just look like the Wells Fargo Building, which I like, but JP Morgan Chase is awesome as is.

If it were something other than that dingy gray it would be OK.

Chase Tower & Memorial Hermann Tower New Lighting
 

The Chase Tower is lit up again. Does anyone know if this will be permanent?

http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/w...4/P4050041.jpg

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This is the new Memorial Hermann tower off of I-10 West and Gessner. This would have been a great addition to downtown. The spotlights go up really high above this building and can be seen from miles away.

http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/w...4/P4050037.jpg

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Does anybody know why the new tower in the medical center (I believe it is called the outpatient center or something) isn't lit up anymore. It had fantastic lighting but about a month after it was finished it just stopped lighting up. :shrug:

Medical Center
 

The lighting was only on a short time and it has been off since. I work near the medical center, so I will keep my eye out for when they turn it back on. The building is still not open yet, so they may have been testing the lighting when it was on before.

The City Council and County Commissioners Court have voted to build the Dynamo a stadium on the east end of downtown! Finally!!
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...c/6957689.html

Anyone know what that means for the remaining surface parking lots (still too many)?

^^^ Hopefully, more hotels and a couple more residential highrises. :cool:

m.

Ive only posted dancing bananas a few times and this calls for em I do believe.

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TexasBoi found a design plan for a new development to go in next to the just approved Dynamo Stadium. (Originally posted on Dynamo Stadium Thread)

http://www.eadohouston.com/downloads...0Promenade.pdf

Looks nice, and the area could use the revitalization. I can't wait til Minute Maid, Toyota, and Dynamo all have foot traffic, bars, and restaurants connecting them.

Fixed link to that site http://www.eadohouston.com/developers.html

And more on Earth Quest, with new pictures and models on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/New...6904264?ref=mf

I don't see any new photos on the EarthQuest Facebook page.

Photos from today
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Maternity Ward, unfortunately they are cladding it in granite so its looks like it was built in the 80s, oh well.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1158/...a138a2ee_b.jpg

The construction of the Eastern extension of metrorail is now in full swing.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1352/...7c145865_b.jpg
Discovery Tower looking sexy now.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/...2d1c12e5_b.jpg
MainPlace and Hess Tower making an impact

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1298/...73a7fbdb_b.jpg
Slowly but surely these parking lots are pissing off. This is Embassy Suites.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1007/...85fa458c_b.jpg

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MainPlace

Imagine what it would be like if all those lots in foreground where moderately tall residential buildings with ground floor retail....

They will be soon enough. 33 vacant parking lots have been filled in in the past 10 years, now there are only around 30 parking lots left inside the inner loop and at this rate, there should be no more parking lots in downtown Houston in 15 years or so YAY!

But where would people park for Astros and Rockets games? ;)