Jump to content

kylejack

Full Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    5,018

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    37

 Content Type 

Everything posted by kylejack

  1. kylejack
    So when you say you admire their intentions, you admire their intention to do what, exactly? Name it the Bill White Bridge. I love that guy. Put a quote on a placard. "You need to move these $*&@ing trucks!" -Bill White, during Hurricane Ike
  2. kylejack
    Its a horrible name. Nobody has ever thought to himself "Well, I was going to be intolerant of this person...but there is a Tolerance Bridge over the Buffalo Bayou, so I have decided to show some tolerance." You can't encourage an ideal by naming a bridge after the ideal. Now a 7 million dollar community center where people can congregate, that might help foster some tolerance.
  3. kylejack
    Wait, which building?
  4. kylejack
    I can think of three Starbucks already on the surface level off the top of my head. Then there's that Muggs at Houston Pavilions, coffeeshops in the various hotels, Notsuoh... Other than that it would seem that coffeeshops can't survive on surface level in downtown. Now everyone hold up your lighters and shed a tear for Kaveh Kanes. Kaveh Kanes, you died too young. We hardly knew ye, smothered in the womb.
  5. kylejack
    Weingarten will probably tear down the River Oaks theater and put a third Starbucks on that corner. Yes, this is the famed corner with two Starbucks, yet no room for a historic movie theater.
  6. kylejack
    Its a good burger...and the sweet potato fries are tasty. But boy do they drill you. Burger, fries, and iced tea is $12+. I know I'm not eating at McDonald's, but come on.
  7. kylejack
    Tunnel map: http://www.houstondowntown.com/Home/Genera...Below%20Map.PDF
  8. kylejack
    Business hours, M-F. You can park at Bayou Place and enter the tunnels from inside the garage there. Alternatively you could park on the street somewhere and enter at the big steps in front of the Wells Fargo building, the big green one. Alternatively you could take MetroRail to Main Street Square and there's some steps down there, I forget where exactly. Or you could go to Shops at Houston Center and there's an escalator near the entrance and Monsoon that goes down to the tunnels. Once in the tunnels there is a map on the wall periodically. While you're in downtown you might want to check out the observation decks in the Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase Tower buildings. You can ride straight to it from the tunnel level in Wells Fargo. In Chase you have to ride to the first floor and then ride up to it.
  9. kylejack
    You are demonstrating insufficient tolerance. You will be hung from the Tolerance Bridge at sundown.
  10. kylejack
    Fantastic point. For those who have never visited the tunnels, you really should probably stop talking until you have, because there is nothing all that exciting in the tunnels. They're a nice perk, and sure, some food, but other than that its mostly watch repair stores, and printshops and etc.
  11. kylejack
    ...? Tax only businesses that are subterranean? Well that seems like a pretty strange standard. Would a convenience store in a building's basement get charged this underground tax?
  12. kylejack
    In the age of the hat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrTJ_cP0vFk
  13. kylejack
    Williams Tower used to claim to be the tallest building outside of a downtown area, but no idea if they still do.
  14. kylejack
    Unfortunately these days any type of hat other than a baseball hat is considered cliche. Can't we go back to the days when a hat was a critical piece of every man's wardrobe?
  15. kylejack
    If you tore down Sharpstown Mall, where would TV Johnny go? His grills are world-renowned!
  16. kylejack
    Baseball caps only.
  17. kylejack
    CBGB sells steak or whatever BCBG sells pants that make your ass look hot.
  18. kylejack
    Snicker.
  19. kylejack
    Nooo, that's where I live.
  20. kylejack
    They should probably help LIDS out with some street-level advertising until there's actually some significant foot traffic in HP from the other venues and stores. Nobody's going to even know they're open.
  21. kylejack
    If you like the tunnels, why would you suggest something insane like having the City of Houston shutting these *private property* tunnels down? *WHY* do you think these businesses would be open if they were on the surface level? They would not be open. It would be a bunch of closed retail stores. If you want proof, just look at Houston Center. If there were enough demand, Park Shops at Houston Center would be open all the time. Have you ever been to the Cafe Express on Main Street downtown after 6 PM? Its deserted. If the tunnels didn't exist, many of those businesses would go out of business, because the businesspeople who frequent them would bring their lunch or eat at restaurants in their own building.
  22. kylejack
    Dave Atell did an Insomniac episode in Houston. I've been looking everywhere for it.
  23. kylejack
    They're probably more likely to bulldoze the park.
  24. kylejack
    Suggesting that the city should shut down the private tunnels is ridiculous. Those tunnels are owned by the respective buildings, and its their business whether they continue to operate. There are hundreds of businesses in the tunnels and they succeed because its convenient for people to walk around during lunch without having to move their car or deal with crossing streets. As far as downtown losing its retail during the weekend, that has more to do with few people being downtown. If the demand was there it would be served. Its improving with things like Discovery Green and Pavilions. Those should help to increase demand.
  25. kylejack
    Could you provide some more information on what you mean by that? I have no idea where the grain silo or rails were. Is this just barely east of Montrose? Also whatever happened to the Asian community center or somesuch that was going to be built around here?
×
×
  • Create New...