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  1. lockmat
    Yeah, I saw that. The wording was really awkward. I just felt like it was from a credible source, Mcgraw-Hill.
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    This site says they already had the groundbreaking
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    Has anyone looked at flyer? I wonder what is in the space where the parking specs are. I hope it's not just nothing. And is that parking lot already there? Seems like they could have done a better job at hiding it from street view.
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    He better had. If he didn't, it would have been absolutely ridiculous.
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    We have a bunch of decent running backs. None that you can hang your hat on and know they'll get you at least 100 yards every game. We don't have any game-breakers. Maybe they'll be better if our O-line gets better next year.
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    DJ, he said to take a QB in the second round, not the first. But the Texans were so inconsistent all season that it's hard to tell what we need more. And of course we had injuries just like any other team, but our O-line wasn't too bad at the beginning of the season. We as fans tend to think we know more than we actually do, regardless of football knowledge and experience. Even the so called experts don't seem to know what they're talking about sometimes. Football is such a team game and complicated that it's hard to put your finger on problems. One mistake effects the rest of the team. It's not like baseball where you can clearly see if a player gets hits or not, or like basketball players putting the ball in the hoop. Football is not obvious like those sports. Each position affects the rest. They depend on each other like no other sport. Personally, here's some priorities I think they should take: Sage Rosenfells (sp) looked more than capable of running a team when he was in there. I watched that game again a couple days ago and he looked very good. He might be able to be our starting QB and if not, for sure our backup. If we go the free agency route for a starting QB, we shouldn't pick one in the draft any earlier than the 5th round. We need to beef up our O-line not only for a starting position but for 2nd stringers to create competition and a solid backup in case of injury. This I believe should be a first or second round pick. Our secondary also needs to be addressed. I would say pick up a CB or safety in the second or third rounds. And although we have Andre and Moulds, we need to get a third WR. I'm sure we have more needs than we can fill and problems that we can't see and problems that we think we see. Kubiak had a great draft last year and I believe that whatever they do in the offseason will likely be just as good.
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    Touche Niche. I think it's really cool how they keep adding. How much of it was actually planned before all this stuff was built? Or do they just have short term plans every so often? Anyone know?
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    I guess I meant that houses tend to promote it. They surely don't promote community as much as we'd like to think they do. And yeah, you're right. Pretty is a good thing regardless. I mean, you've gotta work with what you got, so I'm not totally putting it down. I like going there.
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    Yeah, the whole area is nice around the mall, but it just seems like a psuedo attempt to make it more urban or something. It's like Disney World. People go there because it's pretty and all and then leave to go back to their secluded anti-social houses. It's fantasy in a way. I don't know what they plan to do with that small plot of land right next to the Market Street movie theater and parking garage, but a residential tower, however big would be a good idea i think. HEB is right there for them.
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    Honestly, I've grown up in the Spring/Woodlands area and haven't really traveled around downtown except by car when I go to Astros or Rockets games, plus I've been living in Albuquerque for the past year. But I finally had a chance last night to walk around on mainstreet and it is awesome! It's exactly what we need with the everyday stuff on the first floor and residential above it. Those places have done a great job looking creative and making their respective businesses attractive. My favorite part was walking on the sidewalks under the Rice Hotel place; it's beautiful. I wish that more of the other the buildings would provide protection from the weather like that to go along with those nice lookin poles (don't know if there's some techincal term for 'em). Hopefully as additions continue to that area, they'll put that into consideration, which I think they will. It's funny how you don't really realize what you have until it's gone and you come back to it. Walking around downtown and looking up at such huge towers was just jaw dropping. I guess I've never really walked around too many downtowns with skyscrapers. Albuquerque's tallest building is probably 20 floors max, so walking among Houston's bohemoths (sp?) was really sweet. I rode the LRT from Preston to TMC too around 6 or 7 pm and it was pretty much full the entire time. Not bad. It seemed very convenient as well. We didn't have to wait for one for more than ten mins, which isn't bad at all. I've only ridden LRT one other time in Athens and our's is a much smoother ride than theirs was. I can't wait until I move back. I'm hoping to move DT or some urban area when I do. DT is on the right track. All I see is potential, and I can't see people not taking advantage of it. We just have to be patient.
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    Are there affordable dwellings, condos/apartments, for someone who is lower to middle class economically? I don't know of everything available, but it seems like all the places to live are for people with a good deal of money.
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    That was a good article. Interesting to know that Yao is almost completly deaf in his left ear. I wonder if that's kept him from speaking even more clearly. ----- And if anyone hasn't seen the video of Yao that was mentioned in the article and wants to, it's in my post a couple up - fyi
  13. lockmat
    Yao's gettin a lil cocky these days
  14. lockmat
    What's this mean?: "White says the city will work to give local government the authority to close down after-hours clubs and crack down on scrap-metal theft, among other issues." chron Is it as plain and simple as it reads or am I missing something? Thanks ------ edit: I'm mostly curious about the after-hours clubs reference
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    I guess I'm talking about small local business owners. Not chains. I'm not saying everything is like that. But I've looked at some of the new resaurants that are going in and they sound expensive. I'm probably wrong.
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    here's a map of the location.
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    This is a little off-topic, but relevant enough. I didn't want to start a brand new thread just for this question. But don't you guys think that in a way, Houston only does first-class projects? Maybe I'm phrasing it wrong or something. But this is what I'm thinking. It just seems like a lot of the things going up in downtown or uptown are expensive things. What about ordinary every day things like some simple sandwhich shop? I don't know, I'm probably out of my mind or something. And to tell you the truth, I don't visit downtown on a regular basis. Are these things present? Or is everything expensive? I was just thinking that they should make plans that cater to normal middle class people too.
  18. lockmat
    That may have been planned, but with it being a bunch of hospitals, it's probably more of a pragmatic/logistical thing than anything, don't ya think?
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    Are they having to tear anything down to build? I couldn't imagine there being an empty lot there unless it's parking? Sorry, I don't frequent that area much and don't even live in Houston right now, so I couldn't see for myself until I come home next week, what up!
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    nothing new on this? (and sorry subdue about the other topic i started. i just need to refine my searching skills)
  21. lockmat
    This is kind of an old story but I haven't seen anyone talk about it. Does anyone drive by this area? Is it a big space? What kind of space do you think it'll be used for? Is it in a place where anyone would use it? Hidalgo Park At 3111 Post Oak Blvd.
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    I searched for this topic, but all that it gave me was some thread with 28 pages. Not gonna sift through that... But I can't find any kind of website that has information on this project, if it's still planned. I saw renderings and plans of where it would be in skyscraperpages and the post was only a couple months old. Anyone have some info?
  24. lockmat
    http://www.advancement.uh.edu/masterplan/
  25. lockmat

    Smart, informative, sensible and resourceful

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