LTAWACS Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Looks disgusting... no thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyTree Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Yep, all officially off the map - I guess the franchise just couldn't hack it here.http://www.pitapitus...ain.php?page=48I think the new restaurant is this one (from B4-U-EAT:):The Fish Place5887 Westheimer Rd (Coming Soon) Houston TX 77057The Sugar Land location also changed over to the Fish Place. "Fish" seems like the wrong word for a seafood lunch spot, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Why? Whats wrong with fish for lunch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyTree Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) Why? Whats wrong with fish for lunch?Brand linguistics and perceived connotations. There's nothing wrong with "fish" for lunch, but compare it to some testable market research and you'll find words like "seafood" are more likely to generate positive connotations. Words matter. Edited February 24, 2010 by LegacyTree 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 But I like fish AND seafood!Hmmm...Maybe Pita Pit suffered from poor brand linguistics? Maybe if they were the Pita Palace (or Shawarma King...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 But I like fish AND seafood!Hmmm...Maybe Pita Pit suffered from poor brand linguistics? Maybe if they were the Pita Palace (or Shawarma King...)Shawarma King already exists in Houston. My *guess* is that the availability of authentic middle-eastern food in Houston is one reason that Pita Pit failed. Like you said earlier, who wants an Anglicized version of middle-eastern food? Kind of defeats the point. But maybe there's an opening for Fadi's or Shawarma King to open a chain of small takeout restaurants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 The only time I had Pita Pit was in Portland around 3am (delayed flight, no dinner, blah blah) - the food was good and it was the only place near me I could find that was open. Does anyone know if any of the former Houston locations were open that late? That was a major draw.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 As skwatra implied earlier, Pita Pit probably is much better at 3 AM than it is at noon, sober.Hmmm...maybe I should stop going around sober at noon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuwong Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I hadn't been to Memorial Park in a while, but noticed a segment on channel 11 news last night about it. It sure looked very very crowded...i mean damn...how many people are out there? Looks like i'll be avoiding going there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert W. Boyd Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 (edited) I really wish they'd get the Bayou City Arts Festival out of Memorial Park. It's a terrible location for such a big event. There's no parking and only two ways into and out of the park.I went jogging this afternoon and the park was getting trashed. I really hated seeing people have such total disregard for the park (parking on lawns/fields, not putting their trash in the trashcans, smoking and walking 6 abreast on the trail, etc...).I went to the festival and didn't notice people parking on the grass and generally saw a bunch of well-behaved arts-n-crafts browsers. I assume (but don't know for sure) that most of the attendees came by the free shuttle buses provided. One from Northwest mall (I took that one) and one from downtown somewhere.Sorry we spoiled your jog. Edited April 5, 2010 by Robert W. Boyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 so what's going on with this new bridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 so what's going on with this new bridge?If you're referring to the one by the railroad tracks on the west side of the tracks, it's already been built. Looks purty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Wow, I totally didn't realize that. I need to get out a little further west when I go out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabanaboy Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Are all of the trees in memorial park marked with a orange spray painted X scheduled for removal?What's going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) Yes.The drought has taken its toll. I've heard lots of stories in the Spring Branch area about limbs falling and dangerous trees needing to come down. Not only has the lack of water taken its toll, but I've also heard stories of older trees are being ravaged by beetles the past few months.I don't know specifically what the orange X means, but I imagine you're right. I also heard that the Parks Dept considers it cheaper to preemptively remove a dead tree, then to let it fall on its own and potentially hurt a healthier tree on its way down or to let it lie there for weeks, until it's noticed, killing ground cover. Edited November 10, 2011 by Highway6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksmu Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Every tree I have seen with an X on it all around Houston has been cut down less than a week later. If it has an X - its coming down soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 sad but true.I assume that the trees marked for death (or a quicker death than they are currently experiencing) are along the walking path, golf course, and other areas that are built up for recreation? not the areas back along the bayou where the bike trails are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Every tree I have seen with an X on it all around Houston has been cut down less than a week later. If it has an X - its coming down soon. Sounds like it;s time to mark your neighbor's trees!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I wonder if any of Houston's chainsaw sculptors approached COH with the idea to carve a few of the more mature trees. . . . . . This was a miracle in Galveston. . . . . . . . . . . . one I continue to appreciate. . . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) I don't know if this topic has been brought up already, after all this is not breaking news. But every time I drive by or through it, I can't help but be in awe at how many trees have died and at how awful it looks. The restoration process is going to take 20-30 years at least. I'll be an old man by the time it returns to its old form.Does anyone know what their plan is and when they will start replanting trees? This is going to take a huge philanthropic endeavor.I'm assuming they all died from the drought or was there a disease as well?While driving by yesterday it looks like the mulch they put in the medians was wood chips. Are they from the dead trees? Edited March 16, 2013 by lockmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 http://memorialparkconservancy.org/default.aspx?menuitemid=250&menugroup=Home+New 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Couldn't agree more. The volume of trees removed is staggering... and ongoing (the view from 610 is starting to look pretty horrendous as the dead-wood is dragged out). A 'replant Memorial Park' campaign started last year, and you can see the baby trees around the loop. I read somewhere that volunteers have planted thousands of trees in Memorial, but It's a drop in the bucket and will take 30 years to get the canopy back to what it was. Stupid drought. Link to the Memorial Park conservancy website: http://www.memorialparkconservancy.org/(Side note, the rodeo gave them $250,000 which is pretty great) I love that park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I don't think it looks that bad! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I don't think it looks that bad!It looks bad if you compare it to what it was before, but you're right, it's still pretty great as urban parks go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Really? It looks like a nuke landed there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I grew up in L.A. Memorial Park still has more mature trees than any park there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 True. I guess it would look a lot better if they removed all signs of dead trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Could be good getting out there and putting in a few volunteer hours with some of the organizations around town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Give them a couple of years. Remember, it's basically a giant construction zone right now. Being worked on my mainly non-profits. Won't have the same expediency as if say Hines was in there directing construction and waiting on the payoff at the finish. It WILL look a lot diffent than the old overgrown jungle of invasive species that it was. It will be much more open (and usable - nice bonus) and healthy and in five years barring more droughts of a lifetime - it should look pretty good. It will have a mix of the surviving old large trees and a lot of new young trees that will mature over time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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