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    I'm just going to have to disagree. Mom and Pop stores won't survive if you have to park several blocks away or pay $10 - $15 to go shopping. The only way I see downtown becoming anything close to a retail destination is if a large retailer leads the way with ample parking to serve other retailers. Until then, downtown will be a restaurant-centric destination IMO. Maybe not, but that's the way I see it.
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    Maybe, but I just don't see retailers choosing downtown over the galleria. The galleria is clearly the location of choice, and growing stronger. What's wrong with a coffee shop by the way?
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    what is the building on the corner? Are those lofts? It looks occupied, but for what? Also, I love the renovations, but that location probably gives some nice views of the guys in federal custody hooping it up on the top of the building across the street.
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    It's a low cost entry franchise. And it doesn't require a whole lot of knowledge.
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    Houstons Stuyvesant Town? Not sure I like the plan, but it's not my money at stake here.
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    Prime real estate. I hope for the best
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    This would probably be the best outcome. The city needs to sell off their complex west of downtown (prime real estate for redevelopment), and this would lock up a significant amount of vacant space downtown. It would help with five houston and the capital tower.
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    Hotel Icon is right across the street from Market Square
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    I wouldn't call it a nightmare. The average person doesn't even know it's going to be built, much less what the original design called for.
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    I'm perfectly happy with that
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    I'm not saying the visibility is great, but that picture of OPP doesn't really tell the story. You showed the side where there isn't an entrance to the gfr. Should have a picture of the other side of OPP to get the true identity.
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    I don't think you guys are getting the point. Vines that are maintained looked great. Vines that are never maintained look aweful. 59 is an example of vines that aren't maintained. Go look closely at 59. Vines have literally taken over a street light to where it is not visible. Half of them are dead, and some others have never been trimmed and fallen off the wall onto to the roadway. If you plant vines, great. But maintain it at least twice a year. Give me the new landscaping on I10 every day over 59. It's not the greenery thats ugly, it's the complete lack of care given to it. If what you see makes you guys happy, I think we can do better. TxDOT has taken something that could be awesome and completely turned it into something not so much.
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    Which is why houston is and always will be ugly. It takes no effort to keep vines from literally choking out trees, and people accept it here for some strange reason. Hwy 59 has so much potential, but the vines look aweful, and literally haven't been trimmed since the freeway was completed. Thankfully, the guys redoing buffalo bayou are addressing the invasive vines and removing them. That's my opinion, but clearly not shared by everyone.
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    I wish someone could flip a switch and remove all the invasive vines in the Houston area.
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    The only chance of something being low rent in the area was to leave the existing building. The land costs and building costs pretty much prohibit any kind of newer low rent building without some kind of subsidy.
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    I think he meant postmortem design
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    You won't anytime soon. Ut will take doormat status. Charlie Strong was a peculiar hire.
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    I couldn't disagree more. College Station is a grossly under served market. You have 40,000+ students coming from Dallas/Houston/Austin/San Antonio that are all used to nice things in those towns. Just like CityCentre in west Houston, this place will be hugely successful. West Houston was starved for entertainment for decades and CityCentre proved that. The hotel is also badly needed. You can't expect something on the scale that Houston can expect, but this is a big boost for the town and university.
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    Government more visionary than private sector? Uh, no thanks. Obama didn't make electric cars work, Elon Musk did. NASA can't take us to space without blowing up every fifth time, but the private sector is figuring it out on 1/1000th the budget.
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    The st Regis would be considered luxurious. The W, which always comes up in these types if conversations are not luxury hotels.
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    High end Audi required at that development
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    The Houston PC was very tired and worn out. If you've ever been to the Dallas PC you would see a truly class and swank club. The houston PC has struggles for years to attract the next membership group. It's at a very serious risk of going extinct as members die out. The old bastards just always liked everything feeling like some 1950s plantation, and young executives don't want that. Hopefully the move will be a good transition to a new PC.
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    I don't know what to call that park so I describe it.
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    Not to mention, the bayou and park with George Bush statue are directly across the street. Can you imagine how great it would be to finally make use of that bayou space there? Right now it's a homeless colony in the middle of what could be a crown jewel for downtown. I see opportunity to finally tie in that far north part of downtown with the rest of downtown, with the bayou park in between.
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    This city is missing a monumental opportunity with the bayou downtown. The rebirth of the bayou west of downtown needs to continue into downtown.
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