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  1. tigereye
    I’d like for Main to be closed to vehicular traffic and converted to a pedestrian mall from Commerce St to Wheeler St linking Downtown to Midtown, from Buffalo Bayou to Ion District. The singular lanes are barely used and paralleled by transit streets already.
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    Also, if that’s the case, they need to do something about the Astrodome before the World Cup. Can’t have an empty vacant condemned building next to a World Cup venue. What impression would that leave on our foreign visitors?
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    Notably, after the city hosts the World Cup in 2026 Id guess that may have something to do with it. Can’t have the city be a mess of construction for a globally showcase event like that.
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    HAIFers are gonna be pissed when they see the new tiny trees replanted. Sorry no pics was driving through.
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    Yes YES, fix up those sidewalks in SE Downtown. Contribute to the boom of residential development…
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    For all 45 commuters, absolutely. No, it’s for everyone that uses 45, which portions inside the Belt have not been expanded since the 90’s. It needs work more then any other freeway in Houston right now. THIS. But also this below. This city should be building commuter rail lines along most of these corridors, up Hardy, along Hempstead (for 290 commuters), along US 90 to Ft Bend. This city cannot be handcuffed by by rail companies like UP. Solutions need to be found for betterment of everyone in this city. Doing nothing is simply unacceptable.
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    We’ll have the Pierce Elevated/45 reroute, Astros MMP mixed use ballpark development, office residential conversion projects, Theater District redevelopment, and North Canal/Warehouse district to preoccupy our attention until the next skyscraper rises. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a renovation of Toyota Center soon too.
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    I like fancy renderings so I’ll bite. Their plan is ambitious but when I realistically look at the area currently, that area around city hall is not nice and needs a lot of work. I recently stayed at the Butler Brothers building and while that was a nice reuse of an old building, I won’t stay in that area of town again. So these renderings are a bit unrealistic for the entire area. It feels like that’s maybe after 20 years of development in the future before it comes anywhere remotely close to what’s rendered. In the near term when the new convention center is built, that area between Lamar and Memorial Arena where the KBHCC once stood is going to be empty much like how new GRBCC was in the early 90’s way before Discovery Green. While I like the plans of a new building fronting an opened Lamar St connecting to Cedars, I’m not sure this was the best option because the new building will essentially be landlocked with no room for future expansion. This new $2 billion dollar building, which is budget overkill for convention center, really just feels like an attempt to move the front entrance further away from a cemetery, which it achieves by 1 block. I think a better idea would’ve been keeping and renovating the existing structures but building that massive glass facade in the front. While Pioneer Plaza is a cemetery, I would’ve explored beatification efforts along with redeveloped Akard Plaza next door, creating one big lineal park fronting the existing convention center from the Omni Hotel to City Hall. By then, your hope is development occurs across Young St, creating something similar to GRBCC and Discovery Green in much quicker time at a cheaper cost than demolition and full reconfiguration. I would also expand the back of the existing KBHCC over 1-30 and create a rear entrance connecting to Cedars. It’s like the idea HoustonFirst has for creating a rear entrance for GRBCC over tunneled 59 connecting to EaDo.
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    More on Immersive Gamebox from Fox 26 https://www.fox26houston.com/news/immersive-gamebox-to-open-new-location-in-downtown-houston?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1HTASznUCB5hZc9DG2XkbpdCSHzPYgn19GwM7nwjZ0llCCNBp4YdV6iVQ&mibextid=l066kq#ldsx4okm9fa5lntnfwb
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    I don’t think so, otherwise FanFest would’ve been the perfect time to roll this out. But per the agreement with city council, they have to begin development within 4 years of May 2020.
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    Reminder: Astros have agreement with city council to begin development within 4 years of May 2020. We should probably see news/renderings on this sometime this year or by 2024 FanFest.
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    I believe that’s why the team store is being enlarged in CF …to reopen the Union Station lobby as an entry point (and to also use for other events not baseball related)
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    Maybe I’m reading too much into it but the extension built out from the rail bridge for the enlarged team store looks to match the width of extension that connects to Union Station on the other end. So while it obviously won’t happen now, maybe there’ll be something constructed on this site in the future. I still think it would be the perfect spot for a team Hall of Fame building.
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    New name: Shell Energy Stadium https://www.fox26houston.com/news/houston-dynamo-dash-shell-energy-stadium Improved LED stadium wide lighting, rooftop solar arrays, & vehicle charging stations are being installed. Also: “Segal said the club is planning a number of other improvements in the coming offseasons but could not provide additional details” https://t.co/gmP5F08fGD EDIT: 8 years, $40 million.
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    Same, except Friday’s and Saturday’s were my days. I miss the place and am slightly surprised they space has never been leased since MBar closed January 2007. I say “slightly surprised” because the the exuberant rent rate charged at that time led to the closure of MBar and is probably a reason why it’s been vacant since. It would definitely make for a neat boutique hotel but the upper floors were leased office spaces. Not sure if the case today. But even still, the 2 floor lobby would make for a great fancy restaurant/bar concept. Also in the MBar days, the old bank vault was still in the building via an unmarked door behind the basement bar by the bathrooms. If it’s still there it would make a neat space when renovated, similar to the NoMad Hotel in Los Angeles. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoTOa6vAxra/?igshid=MDM4ZDc5MmU=
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    Confirmed: The manually operated scoreboard in left will remain
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    Ola opens next week according to the employees out front tonight.
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    1/3 update Secret Houston IG feed had a nice reel on Immersive Gamebox’s Woodlands location. A preview of what to expect here. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cm6vkdPKm_N/?igshid=MDM4ZDc5MmU=
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    Something to keep an Something to keep an eye on. Crane has said in the past that they could add an electronic out of town scoreboard. It could happen in this deal.
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    Construction update Given how far the new East Club space will extend into the east concourse, they’re probably clearing out space to expand the concourse into the patio area, around the east club space structure. This is similar to how Toyota Center’s west concourse flows around its courtside club.
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    Scoreboards & LED ribbon boards being upgraded by Samsung, which is why we’ve seen El Grande dismantled lately. https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-houston-astros-transform-minute-maid-park-champion-technology?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=usnews&utm_campaign=display
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    According to Downtown Houston’s FB post, Federal American Grill will occupy the ground floor space at LyondelBasell Tower in 2023 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Fa8n8tJQs6kaB9AKKP2umortvVHnpoBi7jyJhaF9gBzhphehaRvUHgPfCxUFbG3sl&id=115104521841645&mibextid=qC1gEa
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    The plaza itself wasn’t blocked during the season and playoffs Not my pic, just a random I found on IG used to illustrate my point. This plaza is now fenced off. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cky5bjappnu/?igshid=MDM4ZDc5MmU=
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    No pics but the entire left field area including the Halliburton Plaza (Bagwell & Biggio Statues) is completely closed off. I presume the championship bricks fans are purchasing will go in here? Or is this part of a larger project for the entire left field area (including enlarged team store in CF)
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    One thing they need to is renovate the Astrodome in time for the World Cup spotlight. This city/county simply cannot have an abandoned building sitting next to a World Cup venue. Do something now.
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