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  1. 2 hours ago, editor said:

    I wonder if that's a sign that the frosting is made with butter or lard or something else that's not stable at room temperature like artificial equivalents.

    I'm a fan of Tim Bits.  I'll have to check this out the next time I'm in Katy.  But to be honest, I'm more likely to end up at a Tim's in Toronto before Katy.

    I'll give the Tim Bits a try next time.  If nothing else, it's a place to get coffee and donuts at zero dark thirty, especially now that the Westheimer location is open. 

    Anything else worth checking out?

  2. On 4/13/2023 at 4:31 AM, IntheKnowHouston said:

    September 2022 Street View of Karbach Brewing Co. at 2032 Karbach St. Street View screenshots also include the Karbach Pub and Biergarten.



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    Does it seem strange to anyone else that the bike rack is located so far away from the entrance in an apparently pristine patch of lawn, where you have to walk or ride your bike across the landscaping?

  3. On 11/28/2023 at 12:19 PM, mattyt36 said:

    I'm sure not a darned thing.  C'mon, augie, you know Turner and SJL are part of the "same" Democratic Party with a long history.  John Whitmire was essentially hand-picked by the State GOP.  Why on earth would Turner even think of endorsing him?  I thought you understood politics . . . 

    One hand washing the other is probably one of the oldest elements of politics, my friend.  Let's see where Mayor Turner turns up next.

  4. On 11/15/2023 at 12:22 PM, mattyt36 said:

    The more important question, of course, is who she has endorsed, as I'm told it's all about endorsements.

    It can be, not so much for the voters but for the endorsers.  I have to wonder what Mayor Turner was promised to induce him to endorse SJL.

  5. 2 hours ago, Ross said:

    It can be as high as 9 feet below ground level, but is usually lower. The newer underground lines are typically bored through a clay formation that's impervious to water. Here's an article on underground water in London https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geoscientist/Archive/May-2013/Troubled-waters

    One advantage London has over Houston is that there have never been any oil wells drilled in London. There is a fairly high risk of hitting an unknown abandoned oil well bore here, depending on which part of town you are under.

    My understanding has been that subways aren't feasible here due to the high water table combined with shifting clay soil and our frequent flood events.  Hadn't even considered the likelihood of abandoned well bores.

    1 hour ago, 004n063 said:

    The externalities game is less favorable to autocentricity than you think.

    Like the constraints, or lack thereof, I'm sure that varies widely from locale to locale.

  6. 4 hours ago, 004n063 said:

    That movement worked in the Netherlands. They were starting to head down the same post-WWII "road" we took. The protests in the 1970s helped them reverse course.

    Freeways are not a rational choice for cities. They may have seemed that way at one point, but the fiscal record on highways and other autocentric infrastructure is pretty clear at this point.

     

    Does the fiscal record you're referring to take into account all the economic activity engendered by a road system?  Is there a study that compares the economic impact of maximum flexibility of movement vs constrained?

    It's hard to beat a packet system for maximum flexibility.  Like I said, transit system choices are a product of local constraints.  The Netherlands has constraints that don't exist here, so in that light point-to-point fixed transit may have been their better option.

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  7. 3 hours ago, Ross said:

    That's from London in 1973. Earls Court was demolished a few years ago and the site is being redeveloped.

    London has good public transport because the core was built over 100 years ago. The Metropolitan Line opened in 1863, and was built using cut and cover, which is hugely disruptive.

    How's the water table in central London?

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  8. On 11/20/2023 at 10:27 PM, citykid09 said:

    It’s frustrating when you see cities building these magnificent systems and all Houston goes for is world’s largest freeways and new toll roads that lead to a hour of copy and paste shopping centers featuring Ross, Marshals, nail shops and other junk. At least the city could build a subway that goes from downtown, Greenway Plaza, Uptown/galleria. Then it can come above ground on the way to Memorial City and City Center. A north south line that goes from Downtown to IAH and to Hobby. 
     

     

    Transit systems are products of the local constraints, whether they be geographical, economic, political or architectural.  In places like Houston with few constraints, freeway systems are always going to be the logical choice.

    As for subways, given how high our water table is you might have to run it as a submarine line.

  9. On 11/19/2023 at 11:21 PM, citykid09 said:

    Regardless, light rail as it is implemented in Houston (basically a trolly) is not adequate for a city with a population size of Houston. A rail system with its own right of way is what was needed. The red line is no better than BRT, sorry it’s the honest truth. Maybe when the olds/conservatives die off and the millennials/gen z take over Houston (and Texas cities all together) will finally get true mass transit. As of now Dallas is the only city that comes close. 

    Millennials/Gen Z gonna change the world, eh?  We've heard that before...

    ...from the Boomers 🤣🤣🤣

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  10. On 11/15/2023 at 8:00 AM, editor said:

    You are correct.  Every time there's a big event, I see tourists clustered around the awful Q-Card machines trying to figure out what to do.  The process is absurd.

    The key is for Metro to let people other than current Metro users know about the tap-to-pay phone integration.  On iPhone, you have to go into Settings to activate it.  I don't think infrequent transit users know that.

    Metro must recognize this as the picture below is the first thing that shows up on their Fares page...

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  11. 4 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

    It definitely should not be demolished. It should be saved and used for additional convention/exhibition space, below-grade parking, arena and facilities to replace the Astro-Arena building; any other "year-round" functions would have to be with the cooperation of the Texans and the Rodeo.  That does not, in my mind eliminate all other possibilities. If there are restaurants or hotel space, they just have to include the Rodeo and Texans in their plans and probably share a portion of their revenue with them.

    Even more definitely it's way past time for our county "leaders" to do something. It's an absolute embarrassment that the Dome just sits there with no plan; no idea. The County "leaders" need to stop hiding under their desks and do something.

    Our county leader has been away for a while.

  12. On 11/1/2023 at 2:07 PM, Big E said:

    It definitely should be demolished. But I don't see anything requiring year round parking being built here because it would interfere with parking and such for the stadium and convention center, which the rodeo and Texans would definitely say no to. More than likely, it would just be redeveloped as more parking lot. However, doing so might allow some of the outer parking farther away from the main structures to be redeveloped.

    At this point, it seems like the best solutions would be to either demolish it and create a green/open/event space or maybe do the proposal where it's open space but with the skeleton of the dome over it.

  13. 7 hours ago, hindesky said:

    "That's a big piece of history," Hernandez, who works for the global architectural design firm, Gensler, told the Houston Chronicle about the stadium on Saturday. "It's a big deal". Hernandez, University of Houston assistant professor Mili Kyropoulou and other architects from Houston and around the country contributed to the reimagining of the Astrodome."

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    Apparently, this is just part of an annual competition.  Nothing I can see that makes this an actual proposal that might go somewhere.

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    In an annual competition, the American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, challenges teams to re-imagine existing structures. This year that challenge was the Astrodome.

    "We were having a lot of fun," Hernandez said. "At work, we have to deal with budgets, but with this one, it was just let's see what we can do with it."

    https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/astrodome-architect-design/285-ab7b4a3f-272f-4f8d-bfd3-cbd1be3910ee

     

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  14. 54 minutes ago, Amlaham said:

    One has a military army with support from Western leaders, the others are just civilians, yeah ok they lost the "war." It's an apartheid and a genocide. Keep telling yourself Israel is the victim if it helps you sleep better, ignoring the fact that Palestinians have been dying on a day to day basis, losing their land, homes, and lives. Tell me, what "war" is going on in the West Bank? It's an illegal occupation. Another thing, it's so funny how all Israelis are evacuating and leaving Israel to wherever they ACTUALLY came from since they are SETTLERS and Palestinians have no were to go since THAT is where they ARE from. I'm literally not interesting in your Zionist views, especially since you disregard for human life since the civilians are not Israeli. 

    Exactly.  The Palestinians keep putting their faith in groups like Hamas and go try to fight Israeli tanks and aircraft with rocks and ak-47's.  You can rail on about Israel all you want but that hasn't solved anything for the past 80 years and it's not going to solve anything for the next 80 years.  The Arab world has woken up to reality and has gotten tired of dealing with the Palestinians which is why they have been making peace with Israel, but not allowing Palestinians to evacuate to their countries.  The only reason all of this is happening right now is because the Palestinians have allowed themselves to become puppets of Iran and others who profit from the conflict and don't want to see Israel at peace with the rest of the middle east.  Until they have had enough and find a better solution for themselves, they will continue to suffer.

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