HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 188

photoLith · #**3741** Posted **Apr 30, 2012, 3:49 AM**

I rode my bike over to the ashby area today and that crappy apartment complex there has lots of tenants. I can't imagine the high rise having that many more people living on that spot than do now. And even if there are, the whole traffic argument is bull because I live in houston house apartments downtown, which is three times the size of the ashby high rise and maybe about once every ten minutes a car enters or leaves the parking garage. Hardly enough traffic to cause congestion. Even if Houston house were located in a residential neighborhood this wouldn't even cause traffic let alone a 21 story tower.

JManc · #**3742** Posted **Apr 30, 2012, 2:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by TexasPlaya

That building isn't going to make much of dent in the traffic at Westheimer @ Sage... Plus why isn't this a good location? It's does face a small side street, but it also faces Sage St. (a relatively large thoroughfare) and is literally next to Westheimer. I wish the building was bigger and could have taken up the Walgreen's space as well.

but the building is not being built on westheimer and sage, it's being built on a landlocked chunk of land on brownway where you have to cut through walgreen's parking lot to get to sage and it's access to westhiemer is limited to westbound only. you have to get on to yorktown to go east bound.

photoLith · #**3743** Posted **Apr 30, 2012, 5:17 PM**

This doesn't really have anything to do with anything but I was up in one of halliburtons offices today down in the energy corridor and had this view.

Reverberation · #**3744** Posted **Apr 30, 2012, 5:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by JManc

i think the ashby developers should redesign the building to be twice as tall with the menacing grin and arms.

Maybe i'm just immature but I hate those yellow signs. I remember I was riding my bike around there one day and I saw one that someone had vandalized to make it look like the menacing building was yanking it. Whoever did that, it was brilliant.

Reverberation · #**3745** Posted **Apr 30, 2012, 6:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by JManc

but the building is not being built on westheimer and sage, it's being built on a landlocked chunk of land on brownway where you have to cut through walgreen's parking lot to get to sage and it's access to westhiemer is limited to westbound only. you have to get on to yorktown to go east bound.

True. But you can walk to the Galleria, the grocery store, etc.

Reverberation · #**3746** Posted **Apr 30, 2012, 6:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by N90

Alright enough talk of this Ashby Highrise issue, we have an eternity to discuss that BUT I want to bring to your attention Generation Park.

Generation Park:

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/p...sets-huge.html

Sweet infill

This is going to be really big...

http://parceltool.generationpark.com/

photoLith · #**3747** Posted **Apr 30, 2012, 11:50 PM**

^
Yuck, I love that area, I used to go down to Sheldon Lake S.P. all the time growing up. This will no doubt damage the ecology of the park and the flow of the creek into Sheldon Reservoir. The state park offers some of the most important egret, spoonbill, and night heron nesting areas in the Houston area; its also home to lots of Alligators and the threated Le-Contes Sparrow and large cypress swamps. I guess that land was destined to be destroyed by suburban sprawl at some point or other, oh well.

chrisherber · #**3748** Posted **May 1, 2012, 1:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by photoLith

This doesn't really have anything to do with anything but I was up in one of halliburtons offices today down in the energy corridor and had this view.

As a teen, I remember taking a trip to an office and saw this view. For the first time in my life at that moment, I realized how amazing the Houston skyline(s) really is. THANK YOU for taking this shot, I've been trying to find this view for almost a decade now! lol no joke!

photoLith · #**3749** Posted **May 1, 2012, 2:12 AM**

I want to go back up there and bring my real camera with me and take some photos up there at night or just better photos with my D700. Its a pretty kick ass view, makes it look like NYC from that far away.

Shasta · #**3750** Posted **May 1, 2012, 3:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by photoLith

I rode my bike over to the ashby area today and that crappy apartment complex there has lots of tenants. I can't imagine the high rise having that many more people living on that spot than do now. And even if there are, the whole traffic argument is bull because I live in houston house apartments downtown, which is three times the size of the ashby high rise and maybe about once every ten minutes a car enters or leaves the parking garage. Hardly enough traffic to cause congestion. Even if Houston house were located in a residential neighborhood this wouldn't even cause traffic let alone a 21 story tower.

The Maryland Manor is hardly crappy. Sure, it's not a class A new stucco apartment complex with faux rock exterior, but the units are clean and relatively affordable for the area. Lots of Rice U. graduate students are going to be looking for places soon. Oh, and by the way, there are 67 units at the Maryland Manor complex today. The new tower is projected to have 220+ units, so yeah, there will be a slight increase in traffic, especially because many of the Maryland Manor's current residents actually walk/ride bikes to get to Rice. You can see them every morning heading South down Ashby St. to the campus. Most of these people wont be able to afford the new tower.

pm91 · #**3751** Posted **May 1, 2012, 9:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by chrisherber

As a teen, I remember taking a trip to an office and saw this view. For the first time in my life at that moment, I realized how amazing the Houston skyline(s) really is. THANK YOU for taking this shot, I've been trying to find this view for almost a decade now! lol no joke!

I've lived off of Barker-Cypress and I-10 for 21 years now and I have always wanted to know what the skyline looks like from the "Towers on Eldridge" (what me and my friends always called them). I too wish to thank you for now I finally know what it looks like!
Edit: Geared towards photoLith with agreement to chrisherber

Reverberation · #**3752** Posted **May 1, 2012, 9:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by pm91

I've lived off of Barker-Cypress and I-10 for 21 years now and I have always wanted to know what the skyline looks like from the "Towers on Eldridge" (what me and my friends always called them). I too wish to thank you for now I finally know what it looks like!
Edit: Geared towards photoLith with agreement to chrisherber

Source:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/101/2...13e06461_o.jpg

It's outdated though, but it is from near those towers from the MacHaik building at I-10 and Kirkwood.

Here is one I took from their rooftop fitness center last year.

photoLith · #**3753** Posted **May 1, 2012, 9:47 PM**

That photo must be really old, isnt City Center now on the bottom left side of the photo? If so that photo is about 10 years old or so. I might have my location wrong though.

JManc · #**3754** Posted **May 1, 2012, 9:54 PM**

more importantly, the memorial herman tower off gessner/ I-10 hasnt been built yet. not too mention the other buildings right around there; cemex, hotel, etc..

BevoLJ · #**3755** Posted **May 1, 2012, 10:27 PM**

Any photo that doesn't have the Memorial Herman tower is fine by me. I can't stand that tower. In fact when driving from Austin to Houston the only thing I look forward to less than the I-10 traffic is having to pass by that horrible building. There are some great towers in Houston. I just don't understand why the ugliest one has to be so on its own, and then have to silly top to make it stand out even more.

Like at least the Transco tower being all on its own, it is a beautiful building.

TexasPlaya · #**3756** Posted **May 2, 2012, 4:51 AM**

Swamplot: Highrise Replacing Allen House Remnant? The Latest Rumblings Around Regent Square

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The North Montrose Civic Association announced in a recent newsletter that a “big announcement” about Regent Square is due in May: “Rumors are that a high rise residential [tower is] being planned as [the] first building.” Separately, Regent Square developer GID Development has promised additional details in May or June about this 21-story highrise apartment building, called the Sovereign, which happens to feature a large number of dog-friendly amenities, including canine wash/dry facilities, a pet grooming room, and a private doggie park:

Images from Swamplot

I like it. It's not too flashy and it'll be interesting to see how the rest of the project unfolds.

photoLith · #**3757** Posted **May 5, 2012, 7:47 PM**

Took this today.

weatherguru18 · #**3758** Posted **May 8, 2012, 7:10 PM**

Holy cow! There are cranes going up ALL OVER Houston. Here's some pics that another member took of the Anadarko site in The Woodlands...

http://www.goingupcity.blogspot.com/

weatherguru18 · #**3759** Posted **May 8, 2012, 8:15 PM**

From HAIF (Lockmat):

Complex01 · #**3760** Posted **May 8, 2012, 9:16 PM**

Love those skyline photos. Its easy to forget how many buildings there really are in Houston. But it looks just as good as always.