Jump to content

WesternGulf

Full Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,168

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by WesternGulf

  1. WesternGulf
    45,000 is nothing more than a goal to be reached in the next 20 years. As stated above UH's enrollment is currently around, and has been for a long time, 35,000 students.
  2. WesternGulf
    Interesting shots danax.
  3. WesternGulf
    About 4000 students live in dorms and apartments in and around campus. By the way, if the goal of 11,000 students on campus is reached that would be about 25% of the 45,000 students to be enrolled in the university. Five percent higher than A&M's current student body living on campus.
  4. WesternGulf
    Exacty. In the next 20 years I believe they want the student population living on campus around 11,000.
  5. WesternGulf
    I don't mind underground classrooms but I hope UH never goes the route of connecting buildings through underground walkways. I can admit it can be sometimes tempting when walking in harsh weather (heat or rain) around campus, but in the end I personally would never want it just to keep the vibrancy of the campus.
  6. WesternGulf
    That's the thing. I do not think Galveston's case can be "improved". I believe most of the brown along the coast is a "problem" from the Mississippi Delta all the way to this side of the Gulf. Even on some of the most cloudiest or overcast days, a mile out from the coast of Galveston is just as blue as any part of the southern Texas coast. Plus the disappearing and eroding beach in front of the Seawall is not helping either. The water will naturally reflect what is being washed away from the coast which is the brown clay type sand of the island rather than white sand that you will find on Florida beaches. By the way the whole ignorance was not totally geared towards you. Most comments that I hear about Galveston have to do with the mundane characteristics that you find on the beaten path. Nevermind some of the most historically beautiful neighborhoods in Texas fall on the island that put Houston Heights to shame. (No offense to heights residents, but come on.) All we hear about is how brown the water is, Moody Gardens, gift shops on the Strand, and what people we see on and off of Broadway.
  7. WesternGulf
    It is just more proof that some Houstonians can be proud of the wrong things and ridicule or just have an overall ignorance of the things we should be proud of:
  8. WesternGulf
    Posted by Shasta at SSP The new mixed use graduate dorms. Also on the College of Optometry site there is rendering for the new Vision Institue: http://www.opt.uh.edu/Development/vision-institute.cfm
  9. WesternGulf
    Ditto. An example from the 1001 Ross mixed use development in Dallas:
  10. WesternGulf
    Where the Courtyard by Marriott is. The Humble apartment building.
  11. WesternGulf
    Yeah I see it almost everyday at Main and Polk u/c. Exciting stuff, but only 3 weeks though? Looks like they have a long way to go.
  12. WesternGulf
    It's about time. Note the only decent place to buy athletic shoes anywhere near downtown is the Village.
  13. WesternGulf
    WOW. I am actually surprised they asked for lofts on top! If building up to the sidewalk and not taking up the whole block for a single use development was too much, the former would have been a hassle. Very sad.
  14. WesternGulf
    It's not that bad of a walk but know that it always feels different in a car.
  15. WesternGulf
    Here are some interesting pics: http://flickr.com/photos/59591398@N00/sets...57594507855666/
  16. WesternGulf
    Who knows. It might ne the name of the private street they're incorporating within it.
  17. WesternGulf
    Merge: http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...=4312&st=75
  18. WesternGulf
    So did I. Meaning yesterday.
  19. WesternGulf
    I was getting confused too.
  20. WesternGulf
    Well from what I have seen the only setrbacks for BLVD Place will be on Post Oak. The Whole Foods will be stripped with parking, just not as abundant as your average Houston grocery store. Plus I am pretty sure there will be several parking spaces in garages for BLVD Place.
  21. WesternGulf
    You bring up an interesting point, but like Niche pointed out, the obvious answer is the grocery will not serve the development alone. Plus as far as amenities, I think the options in BLVD place, as far as retail and residential are a lot more denser than downtown as a whole. I am sure someone can take a few adjacent blocks in north downtown that consist of hotels such as Magnolia and Hotel Icon, residences such as Hermann Lofts, Bayou Lofts, Franklin, Byrd's, and others, retail such as Market Square and the rest of the historic district and justify a grocery coming in such as BLVD's Whole Foods, but the surrounding demographics have to support it also.
  22. WesternGulf
    Either way it goes, I think we would have to evolve as a society to see the benefits of gun control. Australia has had severe gun control for generations.
  23. WesternGulf
    http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...ic=9037&hl=
  24. WesternGulf
    I am pro choice but late term abortions have always made my stomach almost literally turn. BTW, here is an interesting map:
  25. WesternGulf
    I want some of what you were smokin' on those days. J/K. Butr I never had the feeling of the building swaying.
×
×
  • Create New...