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From 609 Main...trough dirty windows lol

https://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com/2017/04/skanskas-capitol-tower-site-now-sports.html

Idc if the mods delete this, I've mentioned this so many times and I'm told constantly by the HaifCares account that it's fixed. It is, but it's only for a month or two. New Ownership can you please stop making people want to leave this site? And while I'm on my rant, make the mobile site useable. It's awful.

This video is everywhere. I can't tell you the amount of people texting me asking me if I've heard about this. Uncultured swines. Or should I say un-haifed swines...

Sun setting on tower from 609 More of Rice and Chronicle in second pic

Super annoying. Happens to me every time I open the site, at least once.

H-E-B now largest privately owned employer in Texas http://fox4beaumont.com/news/local/h-e-b-surpasses-100000-partner-milestone H-E-B announced Wednesday the growth of its employee population across Texas and Mexico totaling over 100,000, confirming its position as the largest privately held employer in Texas and one of the largest privately held retailers in the nation. H-E-B employs more than 90,000 people in 332 Texas stores and more than 10,000 people in 56 stores throughout Mexico. The company refers to its employees as "partners." Random H-E-B store photo:

It took me 5 tries to post this. Im getting redirected on every haif page. This is not the first time and it's just ridiculous that this is what this site has become. Pathetic.

Thank me very much.

So is this still being demo'd according to the title, or is it time for an update? Also, off topic but is anyone getting redirected to ad pages on mobile? It's so irritating and automatically opens the App Store to download some bs app

Historic garage...because it's been under construction for so long

From 609

Sorry for the quality but some pics from the 44th floor of 609 Main

December 23, 2015: Downtown Houston by Marc longoria, on Flickr Today: Houston by Marc longoria, on Flickr

Lightrail by Marc longoria, on Flickr

^^^ from day to night, AVENIDA HOUSTON sparkles. simply gorgeous....

FANTASTIC updates - thanks !

I can deal with the ads that pop up and give the "close ad to proceed to page" thing even tho it's annoying as hell, but that, on top of the ad that doesn't disappear at the bottom of the page, and these redirects are so weird. I love this forum and the community, but let's be honest here, it's not particularly big. It's odd that the change in leadership has decided to profit as much as possible off a small user base. Are they trying to get as much profit as possible before a majority of the users leave, or did they just not have a great plan in place when they took over? I dealt with this for awhile, and I've only been posting here for a few years, but one would think that there'd be more transparency from the ownership on what's going on with the site and their plans for its future than spamming its user base with ads. At least Moderator used to interact with the users here.

Wow I thought it was only me. I've changed my password several times just in case and I still get redirected.

Could that be an Easter lily?

The olive oil is coming a long nicely. They seem to get craft/designer olive oils weekly. New signage and self-serve machine Front of the self-serve olive oil machine Back This months new olive oils. They're so pretty! Again, the glass bottles remind me of liquor bottles. Cool glass molds and print. Most expensive olive oil is

If what we have saw of the 609 crown is the finale product then I would just prefer they have no lighting at all. Looks tacky and unfinished.

In the post WWII years there have been certain projects that seemingly never end: 1) construction on I-45 south 2) northern expansion of the "Woodlands" which is now actually a suburb of Dallas, and 2) this renovation, especially the garage.

Except that the Dubai pool is only about 5 stories up

From 609

Have you heard the typical politician from Montgomery County speak? It's not exactly welcoming of others. Also, it's laughable that people think the Third Ward is too black but nary a complaint about Tanglewood or Kingwood. It's like they are deliberately ignorant of the reasons why historically black neighborhoods existed. Hint, it isn't because blacks wanted to live all by themselves, it was because they were required to.

Do you direct this same rant to the residents of Montgomery County? It's 84% white. Third Ward was 67% African-American in 2010 and is more diverse now for sure. If you throw in UH/Riverside Terrace it's probably one of the most mixed neighborhoods in the city.

The third ward is becoming more integrated. My daughter and her husband bought over near TSU off wheeler and Dowling three years ago and love their little bungalow and have not had any issues. My wife and I just moved into Riverside Terrace and we couldn't be happier with our neighbors and neighborhood. Driving down Magregor is such a nice drive and the lots are huge!

Only in Houston could an area with 2 large universities be such a disaster and have people wanting to preserve it exactly as is segregation and all... Why would anyone want a neighborhood dominated by one ethic group in the 21 century? This should be a booming university neighborhood and it's not. UH needs to jumpstart cleaning up the area.

Ehh... nothing compares to Marina Bay Sands in Singapore: I guess the difference is that it goes over the edge? Then the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai is a worthy competitor:

I wonder if we will see nicer, higher quality architecture built around the city now that this building made national headlines even though the building itself isn't that great.

I'm going to go ahead and call it... "The Pool That Put Houston on the Map!"

33 with the crown making it 34. They did 31 concrete floors and two with iron beams.

UH owns the wooded land bordered by Wheeler, MLK, Spur 5, and OST/Alt 90. I haven't seen any of their master plans indicate any planned use of it though some campus maps color it as part of the "medical district" of campus, which would work well with Khator's goal of starting our own medical school. I've heard from people who would know, that it's university policy to not purchase any surrounding land. A theory is that Khator fears the university buying land will encourage developers to bring in gentrification at the expense of the historic Third Ward community. Judging by how consistently packed The Nook and it's neighbors are, UH needs more campus-adjacent food and beverage options. There aren't really any good places for this though except the empty lot across from the rec, currently temporarily occupied by The Gateway on Cullen leasing office. (UH is re-bidding of the campus food contract though after an internal audit recommended significant changes, such as making the Moody Towers dining hall into a 24-hour lounge with expanded power outlets and coffee options. The new contract would also include the choice of what to do with the old Chinese Star property, afaik. What effect this might have on The Nook et al.'s business is unclear.) With the continued growth of off campus student housing complexes though, enough students may spread far enough off campus to support development on OST south of the park or on Scott St. between Elgin and I-45. I imagine it'd be 2-4 years though before it's clear whether such investment would be warranted by developers.

Still wish those buildings weren't demolished for another parking garage. Sitting outside at Honeymoon almost feels like a full historic district outside of that garage. At least they put in retail and a little effort to make it blend.

With all those billboards on the outfield wall, they should ditch the train track and just turn it into a mini I-45.

I think he should leave it yellow and green.

Uptown Apartments by Travis Baker, on Flickr