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  1. I drove by this area the other day, and am curious to everyone's thoughts to what will happen to the neighboring communities. Since the plan looks like midway is looking to develop a "town" within the 150 acres... would the neighboring area (specifically east of Hirsch Rd.) stay as is? Or would that get gentrified? Also, I see architect on record for the project is Gensler. Any updates in general to the master planning of this east river project?
  2. hey guys sorry for the delay. i talked to my "source" lol. anyway, groundbreaking wont occur till spring of '08 i was asked not to give specifics, but this is the updated general info. The Asia House will be openening in 2010. Millwork for this project has been worked out and so far it looks pretty cool. there are some renderings, but unfortunately due to the nature of the project i can't post them right now, sorry. further down the line i can give u guys more specifics, but the firm working on this project respects their clients privacy and is a well respected firm that doesn't want to release any of their stuff as of yet, so it'll be for my viewing pleasure only, lol. anyway, as soon as they are free to give out info i'll post up the renderings for everyone, until then you'll have to enjoy the empty lot
  3. ahh crap, sorry man i completely forgot, and i just had lunch with those guys the other day. ill ask and let you know.
  4. i didn't even know this thread exisited. i know people who worked on this project. i'll see if i can get the date for you guys by monday if no one beats me to it.
  5. red you have a point. i guess some ppl would look at it as "oh no now the inmates are going to hang around here more" which i guess is what they do anyways, lol. so like u said at least it'll take them off the street and into a bldg. or at least the ones that actually want to turn their lives around. regarding the arch firm, they know about the bus station but didn't know about the transitional center. i think they even mentioned the property they were looking at had barbed wire around it or something of that nature. i personally am not familiar with that area so i'm not sure if they were being sarcastic but their descriptions were pretty funny...
  6. haha, this is o.t. but good to see someone else use some loose slang here. in the "car" community we always say "it's the sex" i was just always hesitant to use that terminology in here cuz i didn't know if anyone would understand,lol. good to see i'm not alone here in using that phrase....
  7. i heard this morning that they are planning on having a "transitional center" next or close to that bus station in midtown for inmates who have served their time and are released back to the community. apparently the center will serve to house them/help them. i guess that area is going to get worse. there's an arch. firm that was going to move down there, but i doubt now that it'll happen....
  8. what?!?!?! oh man that sucks. that corner is going to look diff w/o kaplans there....
  9. the storefront will change but naturally there are some places where the existing stone has to remain. the windows will def. go out for the new design. i'm not much of a fan of the ext. desgin, but once it's built it may look better in person than in rendering. the interior will be pimp.
  10. you're welcome. the space is deceiving cuz it looks small, but the space is fairly big. i think the int is gonna be what sets this place apart. it's gonna look nice
  11. brains?? i don't think barbacoa is suppose to have any brains in it at all.....
  12. here is a map for clarity along with some pics. and due to space layout the seating area will be facing north. please excuse the orientation of the map.
  13. at arandas the tortas would probably be the only good thing they have. and i think it's most arandas where they hardly speak english, lol. my torta order always is "torta al pastor sin crema con un orchata grande"
  14. well it kinda aims at a different crowd. apparently the martini park in plano is making a big hit and turning up good revenue. i'm not familiar with plano, but i was told that the location of M.P. there was attracting a lot of the yuppie crowd etc. hopefully the galleria location will be as successful, which i can't imagine it not doing well. the project is fairly big 6,800 sq ft w/ 552 sq ft of parking garage storage rooom
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