texasboy

Yes but let us just hope that events such as this do not mark a stopping point for Downtown's development for a long period of time. The approval has put a huge smile on my face that I still cannot wipe off eventhough I read the news about 20 minutes ago, but I hope the best for downtown Houston as far as future developments. This will be a huge step though. It could have been just one block but it is enough to almost be considered another Entertainment Distict. I am grateful for this project and hope many more will come in the near future, but we are still waiting for the day for ground breaking of course.

Lets just hope that since the city officials who have approved this plan do not think they have done enough for downtown. Keep the downtown revitalization coming.

Wow. It truly looks like no man's land. I bet this was considered sprawl back then when we think about how much this area has developed since then.

^^ Ha. That ride does look interesting in that picture but it aint about ____. Try Titan at Six Flags Arlington.

You'r being unrealistic again. The same reason why we should've settled for one business district.

Galveston is becoming touristy enough and soon enough people will forget about the character of the city. I can see Galveston becoming another San Diego if this condo boom keeps up.

Never ever run for mayor. Please.

a more updated image

i beleive real estate development will be located there for the fannin station of the rail line. goodness 610 is not going to look the same.

Eventhough it was not the most detailed rendering I thought it was pretty bland compared to the renderings posted above. And the fact that renderings usually exaggerate what the building being built will truly look like scares me even more.

I cannot honestly say I am excited about this. Houston has too many edge cities to possibly compete with the center city, specifically downtown. I am not even that excited when I hear of urban projects coming to the Galleria area.

Check out the website and the video. http://theempirehouston.com/

LOL. Maybe EDI saw this forum, because the rendering is not there anymore.

Are these the Laguarda Low designs or are they the ones on the link?

Ah damn.

amen.

Just look at what Houston has removed from this city. Damn, if only Downtown will ever have that many people again.

I found this posted in the Houston Construction thread on SSP. Anybody have news on this? It looks like a restoration for a mixed use property. Located near the old Central Square Building in Midtown.

Thank goodness. I can spend a whole day in downtown with some clothing stores, a bowling alley, and atleast some decent restaurants.

You shouldn've said that. Now I can't wait that long.

amen

Exactly. It gets annoying after awhile.

Hermann Park which pretty much has everything. It is just more spread out, that is why it looks like there are not that many pedestrians in the area.

Well you should know that it is something you would not draw on a blueprint but something that comes into its own style over a period of years.

I guess you have never been to Newbury Street in Boston. Places like that evolve and are not built overnight. The way you are speaking, you sound like you would build an Atlantic Station type development which is something I was looking to see the outcome of but looks very sterile and one of those built overnight communities. Retail along Newbury Street was incorporated into actual neighborhoods that were already there, kind of like what downtown Houston is doing now, not built at one time to make for a generic, souless, cookie cutter type atmosphere. That's why I am sometimes afraid of what you want to see done in Houston sometimes, because it may not be the outcome that you are looking for.