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You know the best part? Old Mellie Esperson still roams the place. Don't think she likes colored people too much so she does sometimes do crazy things with the elevators when one is roaming alone late at night. What a B!!! lol. still love your Building tho Mellie. lolz.
Agreed. It's a very pretty tower and it's definitely very "un-Houston" in comparison to the shiny glass towers like the old Enron Building (which is awesome in its own right) and Wells Fargo (which is also really cool).
Yeah, that is nice (Pennzoil place). As for the overall architecture, I don't think you can hold up a few gems and compare that to an omnipresent pattern. The SouthEnd landmark district, for example, is the single largest concentration of Victorian architecture outside of London. It isn't this building here, or that building there. It's vast swaths of architectural texture woven throughout the city.
Pennzoil Place is a classic piece of modern architecture in Houston's skyline that often gets over looked because of its much taller neighbors, at least by me anyways.
Yeah, that is nice (Pennzoil place). As for the overall architecture, I don't think you can hold up a few gems and compare that to an omnipresent pattern. The SouthEnd landmark district, for example, is the single largest concentration of Victorian architecture outside of London. It isn't this building here, or that building there. It's vast swaths of architectural texture woven throughout the city.
Agreed on both counts...yes Boston has much better architecture than Houston, but damn if that Pennzoil Place isn't awesome.
Yeah, that is nice (Pennzoil place). As for the overall architecture, I don't think you can hold up a few gems and compare that to an omnipresent pattern. The SouthEnd landmark district, for example, is the single largest concentration of Victorian architecture outside of London. It isn't this building here, or that building there. It's vast swaths of architectural texture woven throughout the city.
The cohesion is the skyline I featured in Post 168 (Pennzoil Place, at 36 floors is almost hidden in the first two pix). I simply find it the gem on Louisiana Street, and because it is sometimes lost in the shuffle, wanted it to raise its profile in this thread. I am a big fan of the cohesive neighborhood architecture of the South End, Beacon Hill, Bay Village and of course Back Bay, btw. The styles are apples and oranges, however, indicating I perhaps suffer from architectural ADD.
I like Pennzoil from ground level and from above. Too bad it is hard to see from a distance though. It is a very interesting building and would probably be better suited in Uptown. DTown to me is more back in the day classy, while uptown is more modern classy. And Because uptown is not as densely built pennzoil would stand out more there
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