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On 11/3/2023 at 11:01 AM, wilcal said:
Guys, I'm so sorry. A street function closure permit is $62, not $200.
The form is linked here. Go wild! https://www.houstontx.gov/specialevents/faq.html#applystreetfunction
Awesome news...I can afford to annoy my neighbor weekly!
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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.
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5 hours ago, cspwal said:
Only $200? I might close my street for my next birthday party
For only $200 I might close my street just to annoy my neighbor.
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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."
Apparently, this is just part of an annual competition. Nothing I can see that makes this an actual proposal that might go somewhere.
QuoteIn 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."
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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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9 minutes ago, Amlaham said:
Another example
Why isn’t this being covered? Oh, it’s because Palestinian lives literally do NOT matter.
These took all of about 2 seconds to find on google. You should check to see if you have filter installed on your search engine...or if you are just getting your news from a biased source.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/middleeast/west-bank-settler-attacks-israel-cmd-intl/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/world/middleeast/west-bank-israel-drone.html
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2 hours ago, Amlaham said:
I'm not surprised at all, its always been this way, but certain people on this forum get triggered if you point that out apparently. It's such a slap in the face when people call it conspiracy when there's legit facts right in front our faces. Painting Israel as a victim is INSANE. They have one of the worlds strongest army (funded by us), they have the iron dome, and somehow Hamas in the world's largest open air prison thats EXTREMELY controlled by Israel found a way to bypass all of that? Now the media is sooo worried about Israel, any time you speak against it, you get fired or have some kind of repercussion. There are multiple examples, but a very fine example is Harvard students standing against the war crimes of Israel and now those students are getting Doxxed.
Israel isn't really the victim as much as the victor. Until the Palestinians make peace with the fact that they lost the war in 1947 and every subsequent war/uprising since then, they will continue to suffer.
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1 hour ago, Amlaham said:
Google is free, I’m not your personal encyclopedia. The point is that the media is extremely biased and one sided towards Israel, and if you can’t see that, then you’re extremely naive. Why is nothing reported on Israel when it’s been over reaching and illegally occupying Palestinian land huh? More and more land is being annexed, this isn’t something that’s a secret. Why isn’t nothing being reported when PALESTINIAN KIDS have been shot?! Why is nothing being reported on settlers literally kicking Palestinians out of their homes that their families lived for centuries in? But the second Israel got attacked, the media is all IN on protecting Israel, so far as making stories about beheaded kids??? That OUR PRESIDENT LIED and said he SAW THE PICTURES?? …….. when in reality, that was debated and no proof was ever brought forward. Meanwhile, the social media of people who ACTUALLY have ties to the land show a different story. We see all of this happening on OUR social media, NOT EVER western media. We experience THIS from OUR relatives getting shot by the IDF just because. You’d be brain dead or fully delusional to not be able to comprehend the idea that western media is EXTREMELY biased towards Israel. You’re either really delusional or a Zionist. And no nothing in this post has to do with anti-semitism. This isn’t about Judaism, Islam, or Christianity. Either way, I can already tell you’re extremely misinformed
Is it a big surprise that the media is extremely biased on a lot of issues? Domestic and foreign?
Oddly enough, some of the same media represented in the meme you posted immediately parroted the Hamas propaganda about the destruction of the hospital in Gaza only to have to walk it back later.
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2 hours ago, mkultra25 said:
Who could have thought this endorsement was a good idea? The left/progressive defections from Hillary's base in 2016 due to her not being ideologically pure enough to suit them likely cost her the election, and the right's fervid antipathy for her is well-documented, to say the least.
SJL is a known quantity, and given that most people have long since formed an opinion of her, I can't see such a lightning-rod endorsement doing her much good.
Maybe it's a sad, sorry attempt by Hillary to stay relevant?
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Hillary Clinton endorses Sheila Jackson Lee for Houston mayor, joins list of high-profile supporters
As if we really needed another reason not to vote for her.
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On 10/12/2023 at 4:34 PM, samagon said:
with Spur 5 (which is just called Spur 5), when it is built out to 610, will it still be called Spur 5? how long will it have to be to no longer be called Spur 5, but maybe the Friendswood freeway?
I think there's already a Pearland Parkway.
maybe the Alvin Avenue?
How about the UH expressway?
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14 hours ago, BeerNut said:
What about making easier for people that don't have an interest driving. Who enjoys getting on the Mad Max roads of Houston? When I was in high school everybody couldn't wait to drive to hang out with friends. I think most high schoolers don't care as much because their are so many options to interact with friends from home and hanging out at the malls isn't a thing anymore. So people are delaying learning to drive then realize typical commute driving sucks and it's expensive, so what's the point.
If that's your thing, walk or ride to a bus stop, get on a bus, go places. It's already pretty easy and only $1.25.
I have to say I enjoy driving around the city, day and night. Haven't seen anything remotely like Mad Max out there yet, but I'll let you know if I do.
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1 hour ago, mkultra25 said:
Stalin: How many divisions does the Pope have?
HAIF: How many no-hitters did Lloyd Bentsen have?
And neither one really knew Dan Quayle.
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2 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:
Maybe so, and even then we still need to address the issue of car dependence. This is a learned lifestyle. I'm not speaking for all young people, but I know folks in the car insurance business who also tell me that the trend of young car owners is dropping significantly.
That's because buying and owning a car has gotten too expensive. We need to find ways to reduce the cost for young drivers to help them get started.-
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On 10/5/2023 at 12:08 AM, Tumbleweed_Tx said:
clockwise.... Hardy Toll Road is the Hardy Toll road.
59, which technically the Lloyd Bentsen (remember him?) freeway, is Eastex out to Porter. I-10 East is The Beast to Baytown, then it's I-10
225 is 225. Does it have an official name?45 South is The Gulf Freeway up until it's end at 61st St
288 is 288. Is The Nolan Ryan Expressway the official name?I remember Lloyd Bentsen. He was no Nolan Ryan. 😜
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Houston Metro approves $10 million to launch its own bike share program
The new program comes after city officials voted Wednesday to keep the current program, BCycle, afloat.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-metro-approves-bike-share-18395316.php
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6 hours ago, Bassclef said:
So when this river overflows during a heavy rain, then what?
They clean up and reopen. Just like we always do after a big storm.
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On 1/15/2023 at 5:49 PM, Highrise Tower said:
Apparently this is the Harris Gully in 1917.
Kind of looks scary!
Looks like good fishing to me.
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Now taking wagers on how long they will stay lit.😛
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9 hours ago, __nevii said:
As @004n063 alludes to, the "15 minute city" is the ideal: all the needs, especially basic ones, within close access. It isn't just simply a matter of desire insomuch as it would provide demonstrable benefit/access compared to the current sprawling regime: for instance, mitigation of commute distance, food deserts, infrastructure upkeep for the given population, etc.
Since dense urbanity takes less space than corresponding population suburban sprawl, it wouldn't necessarily lead to the full using up of 500sq miles Beltway. For instance, stuff like Ghandi District, Chinatown, Space Center that is currently more spread apart can effectively "concentrate closer" as they shift into the denser contructs (just like how the Houston Maritime Museum moved from it's old location into the new East River development), Meanwhile, the excess land freed up can be dedicated for greenbelts, parks, resevoirs, etc.
You'll get pockets of that in Houston, to be sure, but the city overall is never going to be remade this way. To have a city like that you need to build from the ground up, either from scratch or starting in a prior era where walking was the norm. And you need geographical or hard political boundaries to enforce the density. Neither of those apply here.
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3 hours ago, steve1363 said:
Will this billboard ever be removed? I hate it.
Ikr, it should be advertising St. Arnold, not Coors.
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On 9/1/2023 at 2:14 PM, sapo2367 said:
From this thread -- here is the official rendering
They can add 8 more lanes on the very top pushing the total to 56 lanes!
If we don't break ground on this we won't find those t-rex fossils.
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On 9/15/2023 at 7:12 AM, 004n063 said:
Oooh I love this question! All day-to-day needs and robust, frequent transit within a safe and comfortable five-minute walk.
So just a few square blocks then. Good to know.
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18 minutes ago, Amlaham said:
Many driveways make it harder for people to walk safely
Like what does your comment even insinuate?
Five residential driveways? That will not have moving traffic 99% of the time? The existing lot looks to have been commercial with the five existing driveways composing more than 50% of the total curb. Sounds like an upgrade for pedestrians, especially if they plant some trees.
Just pointing out that the walkability isn't significantly impaired by this. In fact, it's probably going to be improved.
The Abandoned Astrodome And Its Future
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Our county leader has been away for a while.