construction update

i'm not sure how much any of these structures will add in a positive way to the overall architectural aesthetic in midtown, and all three will impact the viewshed from the thirteenth floor, but nevertheless they are all three under construction, which means the city's moribund construction industry is lumbering back to life, and they will all bring warm bodies, many of them residents, into the neighborhood, both of which i consider good things at the present time --- the fact that the new residents will be renters is a plus as well

the weirdly dual hilton 12-story garden inn and homewood suites hotels at tenth and williams is actually out of the ground --- as long as i can remember that corner had been a dreary surface parking lots

novare's 23-story skyhouse on twelfth between w. p'tree and spring is notable for being apartments, too, but unfortunately cut from the same cookie cutter as the spire

it is, however, depressing to think about what the stupid parking deck for the development will have replaced, even if the dairy building has been gone for 25 years

part of the 12th & midtown development, the 22-story 77 twelfth street at southwest corner twelfth and cypress will also be apartments --- all and all, the best design of the lot --- it replaces the old c&s bank drive-throughs from the 1970s, which replaced mostly craftsman bungalows and what not ---