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jdbaker

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  1. I think where they planted the grass is going to be a pocket park.  Where the sign is advertising, they probably want to sell that parking lot and get some more funds to pay for all these years of renovations.

     

    The parking lot portion of the block is under different ownership. 

     

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  2. I hope so. Haven't heard anything though.

     

    Can you imagine if the Savoy and Central Square both changed hands and somebody did something with them. Add in the new Skyhouse and the recent renovation of the Houston House and you'd have some real change in S. downtown.

     

    Agree.  Along those lines, I also heard an unsubstantiated rumor of another residential project going up on the block  immediately north of Skyhouse.

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  3. Rumour has it that Tilman is planning a multiplex across those four adjacent blocks that will rival his downtown aquarium project. Apparantly Greyhound's parent company has been under pressure from the DHS to move. I guess he wants to collect the whole set.

    Source?

  4. I noticed today that Downtown Bodyshop at Travis and Webster is closed, with signs indicating that they have moved. The above, coupled with the County Attorney's unusual lawsuit against the gas station next to the Greyhound Station and the recent rendering of Discovery Green style development of the Superblock has me wondering if something may be in the works for Downtown and Midtown's biggest problem area. Obviously anything big would need to start with moving Greyhound, but it sure seems like something could be happening based on the above.

  5. Problem is.. Grayhound is a private entity. Greyhound relocation isn't up to the City, isn't up to the midtown mgmt district, and isn't up to all their neighbors that don't want them there.

    If the city was inclined to do so, it could make life difficult for Greyhound by altering the traffic flow in the blocks surrounding the station. The train already makes access less than ideal, however, playing games with no left turns and one-ways could probably make the site unsuitable for continuing operation as a bus station. That's what I would do.

  6. eh, my guess is nothing for a long while. But maybe I'm just being a pessimist.

    If you click on the Central Square flyer it says "one of the eye sores in this location has been the Grey Hound Bus Station, which has just gone up for sale as they are relocating." Can anyone confirm this to be true?

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  7. Yeah, but mostly lousy chains. Yatra just failed next door as well.

    I'm not surprised that Yatra failed. Part of the their business model involved not including rice with any of their entrees, and then charging extra for it. That sort of thing doesn't fly in this town. I think Ziggy's will do well. Lawyers and Energy Execs who wouldn't eat at the Nestle Toll House shop will eat Ziggy's.

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