Gary

It might be a bit bland, but compared to what was there before - 8 story concrete tower from the 70's - which would you rather have? Plus if it really fills up with all these foodie restaurants like the press releases hint at and becomes a destination for great food - will anyone actually care if it was the world's tallest faux stucco monstrosity?

No question it's better than the previous building, but it does look bland considering Johnson's towers next door. I'm still remaining cautiously optimistic that it will look better once completed.

I want to like this building but I just can't seem to. It looks kinda cheap next to the 3 building Post Oak Central complex, which remains such a beauty nearly 4 decades later.

Agreed... Was at a clients office in Uptown yesterday and just think it's bland in comparison to Post Pak central. Hopefully things will change with the eventual addition of the other two towers. At this point I don't care for it.

LTAWACS wastes all our time. Many times when I check new posts on this site I view 4 or 5 threads where he has left a one word respones like ugh. I've just wasted my time opening multiple threads where there is nothing new to read. It's like spam.

Yep... To steal something Red said a year or two ago: "Your posts make my eyes bleed."

There is a difference between being annoying and unkind.

Of course there is, however I don't find my comment unkind when dealing with a person who is almost nothing but negative. It's one thing to have a negative day or week, but to barade the forum with posts like this are beyond rediculous. I'm not asking him to jump in a lake, I'm asking him to "go away" until he's got something of value or some sort of positive or constructive thing to say.

I think many share my sentiments seeing all of the "likes" I got from the comment. Wasn't going for "likes", but it does say something.

No they don't.

My lord... Your posts are painful. Is there nothing more you can add to the converstaion?

Personally, I think this is great for the city. The continuing emergence of the Katy/energy corridor is a help to the image of the city. At least where freeway asthetics are concerned. Houstons a big damned city, and thinking that it all should remain inside the loop is ludicrous. It's not the natural condition of it's unique layout.

I was way wrong about the Texans and gladly admit it. I do think Yates threw some really bad balls and was lucky he didn't get what should have been a pick 6 against him. I still don't think they have a good chance against the Ravens unless TJ picks his game up.

Sort of fitting that the historically loser Bengals will probably knock the historically loser Texans out of the playoffs.

Yep. That's something I've learned about over my many years here. My buddy calls it the "Houston jinx."

Spoke with a source, and Gertners should be open by the end of January. possibly a little before.

_{Did you not read post #81? You know the one that's six posts up?}

My Dr is/was on the second floor of the building and has a great birds eye view of the atrium. Really neat place, and well kept.

nice

As profound as your statement is, aren't you contradicting yourself? You stated in several posts above that the tower needed an additional 20 stories.

Eversol, and a lack of new air conditioning sealing the deal for both tennents, should answer the question of whether this is real or not.

That comment wasn't directed at you. I've got no problem with your posts.

You better not... We're both Cinco boys, Lol.

Can we add average words/post to user profiles as a site enhancement?

I generally don't have much to say here anymore. Just browse a little.

I KNEW IT!

Anyway... Despite my objections this thing does contribute to the overall feel of DT.

Knew what? It wasn't me.

Gary?

No, just another one of your fans I suppose.

If I where a Rocket... and even THAT would be shameful enough for me... I would publicly deny that due to the "poor architectural buff reviews..."

You may not be a rocket, but your deffinately on the moon.

Over-Analysis Fail - Just read the back and forth on the demographics and if this is the center of Houston.

People, It's a name. It's marketing. It's no more the center of the city (in any form) than West Ave is in West Houston.. and it doesn't matter.

The developers could have named it Philadelphia Center or TurdBurger Plaza.. There is Zero meaning behind the name.

Personally, I think the entire argument is goofy. I was just having some fun at LTAWACS expense.

That's exactly what I've been trying to show them...

No it's not...

Basically Samagon is correct. What I plan on doing is obtaining the population of each zip code in Houston (that's as granular as the data comes I think) and plotting those one a map. It should be easy to calculate the incenter once this is done... Give me some time.

And yes it is pure marketing fluff. This is why I doubt it's THE demographic center of the Houston area. Anyway I'll do my best.

Ok, it's been almost three and a half months since your research was to begin. Can you enlighten us, or do you need more time?

I can't imagine something so far out not being a bad location for a huge number of ppl.

As Red said to you a few months ago: "Your posts make my ears bleed"... Really LTAWACS, you need to halt your false urban elitism comments. They're very unimpressive and make you sound like a baffoon.

Defense wins championships...oops!

Yep, and so does a better O-line. They're system is pretty good with run blocking, but they're pass blocking is sub par. Especially Winston.

Great news for a great guy. Although not quite as picturesque of a view, this place looks like it's going to be fantastic.

About two years ago the mayor of Chicago bragged about having 3,000 police cameras installed around the city, and plans to double that number within two years.

Shortly after that, Chicago went through a crime wave. So far this year there have been over 400 murders in that city. Cameras won't bring those people back to life.

Would crime have been worse if the cameras weren't there? No one can really say.

Would crime have been reduced if the millions spent on the new OEMC was spent on beat cops? No one can really say.

I like the idea of fighting crime with technology, but I'm not yet convinced that it works in this form.

When NBC News asked Chicago for examples of how the cameras had prevented crime, the best thing the city offered a videotape of a police camera watching a burglar crawling into a person's window who was arrested a short time later.

It should be noted that there have been cases of camera operators being disciplined for looking in people's windows watching things they shouldn't. As long as there are people running the cameras, they will (through malice, carelessness, poor training, or pure voyeurism) be used for purposes they were not intended, nor authorized. So who watches the watchers?

Some of the advanced cameras are equipped with microphones that can triangulate the location of a gunshot and swing the camera in that direction. In theory it should be possible for the camera to lock on to and track the shooter. I don't know that this has ever actually happened, though. I would think that if it had, the city would have splashed the video all over the news for everyone to see as an example of the success of the 6,000 camera program.

London is hardly an example of security cameras being used for good things. No one is sure how many cameras there are there, but there are estimates that it's in the hundreds of thousands. Yet 80% of London's street crimes are unsolved. Here's a BBC article indicating that it takes 1,000 cameras to solve one crime.

And just for fun -- a look at the camera network surrounding George Orwell's home: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23391081-george-orwell-big-brother-is-watching-your-house.do

I'm not convinced that this wave of municipal security camera buying is fueled by anything more than mild paranoia and very good CCTV salesmen.

That Orwell link is kinda spooky. Thanks for the insight/info above.

Very Orwellian of them.

Jesus may not have all the answers, but you can google the rest.

LOL!

Just help you out LTAWACS, the Kirby locations number is (713) 520-1937 and the website is here http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/