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    Musician here... singer. I love to read, sing, play Racquetball, and love to explore the city by bus or bike. Houston is a very cool/weird/cool place. I'm also a some-time political blogger.

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  1. totheskies
    Actually, for some college students or college student groups, this could be very appealing. Were a school like TSU to jump in on a development like this and buy up some units, that could get the project moving pretty quickly. On a personal note, I would love to live in a space like this.
  2. totheskies
    Hey you win some (Marriott Marquis, hopefully) and you lose some. Or i guess in Houston's case, you win one or two, and just assume everything else is going to SUCK.
  3. totheskies
    Regarding the PUF, UH may have some leverage after all get its Medical School... in part b/c of UT not playing by the rules. http://texasleftist.com/2015/11/the-university-of-texas-at-houston/
  4. totheskies
    Dallas and Houston both... why are all of the new designs so boxy?? UGH someone needs to be more dramatic with our shapes!!
  5. totheskies
    It's easy to forget how massive Dallas is when you're not there. I drove DTD on my way back to Houston last week, and was taken aback by all the construction in Victory/Uptown/Downtown/whatever it's called. Dallas has also been more aggressive about building residential towers than Downtown Houston... until recently. Now we've got several going at once, which is a first for Houston. BTW JasonDTX thanks for snapping that EPIC pic!!!
  6. totheskies
    Haha yeah you'd definitely have to pay the bathroom attendant above their normal wage.
  7. totheskies
    It really needs to be some sort of anchor store like Target. That would be a big draw, and grab shoppers from Midtown and Montrose. And DOWNTOWN HOUSTON NEEDS A BUC-EE'S!!! It doesn't even have to sell gas... just have the deli and the knick knacks. Tourists would eat it UP!!!!
  8. totheskies
    Just passed by and dang they mean business. Crazy/ awesome to see MATCH and Mid Main playing construction wars now. Though I feel for Trinity Episcopal church congregants... They suddenly have nowhere to park. It's like living in New York!!
  9. totheskies
    I don't understand why they are building this first before the renovation of Hofheinz. That seems like the much more severe need than this.
  10. totheskies
    St. Paul's UMC is a beautiful church, and right by the Museum of Fine Arts.
  11. totheskies
    UH students get in free to all UH sporting events. Season Tickets packages for the 2014 football season start at $140. And as for if building "The DEC" was a good thing? As a UH alum I see both sides. Keep in mind that current students are paying fees not only for the new stadium, but also the UC construction, and pretty soon the Hofheinz Pavilion. The average price per 3 hour course is nearly $1500. At my undergrad institution, that was $400 over the price of my ENTIRE semester's tuition, and I only finished undergrad 9 years ago!! On the plus side, the value of a UH degree has increased rapidly over the last few years. Students (especially ones that pick a good major and work hard while in school) are seeing that money paid back in substantial dividends. Plus a strong UH brings strength to Houston. The new stadium is a net positive here.
  12. totheskies
    Why are Houston builders so incredibly afraid of mixed-use?!?!
  13. totheskies
    What do you mean by this? Downtown has more simultaneous construction underway now than its seen since the 80s. Cranes are going up as we speak.
  14. totheskies
    Am I the only person that is perfectly ok with "median" height residential towers? They still fill out downtown and increase residences, and right now that is the goal. The DT residential market needs to prove it's viability in comparison to other nearby alternatives, and that's what the current projects are going to do. Can't re-invent the wheel until you've spun it several thousand times. Once we get a more people actually living in downtown, the next big leap is to do more mixed-use partnerships, a la OPP/Phoenicia. Hopefully that will provide more opportunity for "signature" towers.
  15. totheskies
    So the 5 new apt complexes don't count as new buildings? I'm confused by your comments here. Venue Museum District is still quite new, the complex going up across from The Breakfast Klub is obviously new and obviously on the rail line. And there are several structures within one block of Main street.
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