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    We just need the ping pong balls to go our way on May 16th so Victor Wembenyama can be the first out of that new pipeline. šŸ˜‰
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    Says a partner at the X Company when I reached out to them.
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    Apparently, the plan is to paint a great mural on the garage like the X Denver.
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    This is helping stitch the total east-west skyline together:
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    Iā€™ve also come to really like it. It just has a sense of whimsy about it.
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    I interpret that remark to mean it could also be in the later stages of designing and planning. If it were under construction, thereā€™d be permits.
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    I wouldnā€™t mind seeing Dr. Mann at least retain the tract with the old clinic to build the hotel component (always intended to be similar in scale to the MOB) based on how this turned out. The 58-story version of the Habitable Sculpture was always a longshot, but I think a hotel could be supported across the street from the MOB. Itā€™s just down the street from the museums.
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    They currently own the housing project at Main and 69 (4610 Main St). A portion of it is within the expanded ROW for the trenching of 69. I could see this being part of the replacement housing for that.
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    Itā€™s time to let the Astrodome go. Have a miniature playground of it in the middle of a park space.
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    I disagree that they all ā€œsuck.ā€ The Juice Box is great. Lots of natural light, good skyline view to the west, comfortable concourse, pretty attractive exterior style drawing from Old Union Station. The Toyota Center is just mediocre. Itā€™s an okay place to catch a game. Itā€™s exterior design has all the charm of a suburban Best Buy. NRGā€¦ā€¦ā€¦okay, you got me there.
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    Almost certainly, no. Asking price is an eye-watering $300+ psf, apparently. So, probably no buyer for quite some time either.
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    Photos of said ā€œfor saleā€ signs:
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    ā€œFor saleā€ banners up on the other two lots next to the MOB, this morning
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    A revival of something like that Marquette 24-story tower that was proposed to the north of the Juice Box would be nice as the Astros move forward with their plans.
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    If the Rockets win the draft lottery and get Wembanyama, maybe weā€™ll see progress.
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    Such a shame MLB didnā€™t schedule the Yankees for Altuve for Fatherā€™s Day.
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    You disrupt the existing business for the tenants with demolition. Much better to have this demolished and redone after other lots have been built up.
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    Heavens, no. Certainly not at this point in time. There are so many vacant lots or soon-to-be-vacant (looking at you, Greyhound Station) that are nearby. Frankly, a similar version of this would be a massive improvement on a litany of other vacant or underdeveloped sites in Midtown. BW3 and Gyu-Kaku have been decent anchors. Youā€™ve got to have some enjoyable existing uses to attract organic density. After Caydonā€™s experience, I doubt weā€™ll get any ā€œknights in shining armorā€ seeking wholesale transformation of Midtown.
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    R.I.P. Mary Lou. She was a legend.
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    The ultra-bright parking lot lights donā€™t really enhance security. An intruder could easily get lost in the glare (try seeing someone when staring at headlights). I miss the orange-glow of old-school sodium vapor lights and wouldnā€™t mind a return to that spectrum, which is friendlier toward night visions. Otherwise, as HAIF well knows, I love those LIGHT-UP FEATURES!!!! (the all-caps said in the voice of the astronaut screaming ā€œSPACESHIP!!ā€ in the ā€œLego Movieā€)
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    Got one tonight with the blue and green lights installed. Jupiter and Venus between Museo Plaza and the Southmore:
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    I donā€™t have a great shot of the lights (theyā€™ve been installed over the last couple weeks) but got these. You can see the green and blue glow reflecting off the Southmore. Edit: third photo with the green light. Iā€™ve yet to get a good shot with all lights installed. Also, you can see Venus and Jupiter above the Southmore in the first shot.
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    @hindesky - You donā€™t happen to have any missiles on your drones to be able to make some improvementsā€¦..do you?
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    ā€œHā€‘Eā€‘B Downtown Marketā€ Put it on the ground floor of a super-mid rise scale structure. (*whispers*): If you build it, they will comeā€¦..
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    Theyā€™d better hotfoot things on groundbreaking to have it ready by then.
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